DEPARTMENT: Neighborhood and Housing Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Ver?nica R. Soto
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S) IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Briefing on the Council Consideration Request to consider enhancements to the existing neighborhood registration program
SUMMARY:
This item includes a briefing on a Council Consideration Request (CCR) by Councilmember Manny Pelaez for Neighborhood and Housing Services Department staff to consider potential ways to improve the neighborhood registration program, Section 35-408 of the Unified Development Code, to increase the number of neighborhoods registered with the City.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The City maintains a neighborhood registry which includes both mandatory homeowners' associations and voluntary neighborhood associations, in accordance with Section 35-408 of the Unified Development Code (UDC). According to Section 35-408, "Neighborhood registration is established in order to provide notification of neighborhoods for purposes of relevant zoning cases, neighborhood plans, community plans and perimeter plans..." To complete neighborhood registration with the City, the following items are currently required per the UDC:
* A map or written description of the neighborhood boundaries
* A list of the officers in the association, including their address and phone number
* A signed copy of the adopted by-laws
* A regular meeting location and a regular meeting date
* Date the association was founded
* Number of association members
* Approximate number of housing units in the area
* Approximate population of neighborhood
Registered neighborhood associations (NAs) receive mailed notification of zoning changes or planned unit development plans requested within, or within two hundred (200) feet of, the neighborhood boundary.
As of July 21, 2017, there were 268 NAs registered with the City. Many additional NAs exist but are not registered. Registered NAs are required to provide updated contact information, officer information, and ...
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