A May 28, 2026 memorandum from Building Official John Meyers and City Planner Paul Urbiel to the Planning Commission outlines a broad set of strategic issues and potential ordinance revision projects for discussion at the June 4, 2026 meeting. The focus areas are managing vacancy (dangerous buildings, vacant and underutilized commercial and residential properties), more effective land use regulation (updating use definitions, regulating short-term rentals, revising home occupation rules), and enhancing property maintenance enforcement. The memo proposes consolidating the Construction Board of Appeals with a Dangerous Buildings Board, redefining vacancy for commercial versus residential property, implementing recurring certificates of occupancy, drafting explicit short-term rental regulations, and revisiting home occupation and enforcement policies. This is an early-stage policy and code modernization effort, ideal for planning, legal, and code-enforcement consultants to help draft ordinance language, design enforcement processes and technology workflows, and support outreach to affected businesses and property owners as the city moves toward formal ordinance amendments.

Topics include dangerous buildings, vacant commercial properties, rental housing, short-term rentals...