Budget Ordinance Amendment 1st Reading - Finance: Ordinance No. 2023-O0118, Amendment 35, Amending the FY 2022-23 Budget for municipal purposes respecting Grant Fund to accept and appropriate funding from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission; providing for filing; and providing for a savings clause.

1. Sections 39.02.006.a.3 & 39.02.006.b.3 (related to Lot Density and Dimensions);
2. Section 39.03.021.a.2 (related to Signs Exempt from Regulations);
3. Section 39.02.014 (related to the Reduction Overlay (RO) District);
4. Article 39.04 (related to Subdivision Standards);
5. Article 39.07 (related to Development Review Procedures);
6. Section 39.07.007(a) (related to Public Notice);
7.1. Section 39.02.016 (related to the Land Use Matrix);
7.2. Table 39.02.016-1 (related to Permitted Uses by District);
7.3. Table 39.02.006.e-1 (related to IP Permitted Uses);
7.4. Table 39.02.006.f-1 (related to LI Permitted Uses);
7.5. Table 39.02.006.g-1 (related to GI Permitted Uses);
8. Sections 39.02.020.b(4)(F)(A)(iii) and 39.02.020.b(4)(F)(B)(ii) (related to Residential Carport or Porte Cochere Locations);
9. Section 39.04.005-1 (related to Minimum Connection Spacing by Street Classification); and
10. Sections 39.02.005.d.3 and 39.02.018.c.7 and Tables 39.02.003-1 and 39.02.016-1 (related to Base Mixed Use Districts and Zoning Map)

B. Ordinance No. 2023-O0132, the City of Lubbock Planning and Zoning Commission's final report of September 7, 2023 to the Lubbock City Council on proposed amendments to the Unified Development Code (Ordinance No. 2023-O0054) recommended for denial, limited to the following:

1. Tables 39.02.004.d-3; 39.02.004.e-3; and 39.03.009-1 (related to Parking Requirements);
2. City of Lubbock zoning policies regarding property with abandoned, industrial, or nonconforming uses, and the zoning map for residential properties adjacent thereto;
3. Certain permitted uses in residential neighborhoods, limited to customary home occupation, commercial vehicles, short-term rentals, and the equal distribution in the City of group homes;
4. Designation of the U.N.l.T. Neighborhood (area bordered by University Avenue, 19th Street, Indiana Avenue, and 34th Street) as R-1 only, with certain exceptions made for R-2;
5. Staff recommendation regarding Section 39.02.020.e.1.A.ii (Previously Existing Accessory Dwelling Unit);
6. Section 39.10.002 (definition of "Family"; regarding proposals to modify the allowable number of unrelated persons constituting a Family);
7.1. Addition of Section 39.02.004.e(4)(A) (regarding a limitation of Vertical Mixed­ Use in Residential Neighborhoods);
7.2. Section 39.02.004.e(4) and Table 39.02.004.e-2 (reducing the maximum building height for Vertical Mixed Use from 75 feet to 45 feet; allowing an increase by Specific Use)

Kristen Sager, director of planning, gave a presentation and answered questions from City Council.