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COMMON COUNCIL MEETING PLANNING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND LAND USE COMMITTEE Cathy Fahey, Chair DATE: Tuesday, January 19, 2021 TIME: 5:30 p.m. TOPIC(S) OF DISCUSSION/CONSIDERATION: ORDINANCE 46.122.20 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 375 (UNIFIED SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF ALBANY BY RENUMBERING SUCH CHAPTER PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: YES This meeting is being held in accordance to Governor Cuomo’s Executive Order and other Federal and State Orders that impact in- person attendance at public meetings, if applicable orders expire or are revoked before January 19, 2021, this will be an in-person meeting in City Hall, please check our website and Facebook for updates. Please submit your public comment via email [EMAIL REDACTED] or on our website by January 19, 2021 12pm. These comments will be shared with members and/ or read for the record at the meeting. The meeting will be held using Zoom and streamed through the Albany Common Council’s Facebook. To stream this video please visit: If we experience any technical difficulties on Facebook, the video will be streamed to YouTube: 4N6J4XbQ ---PAGE BREAK--- Council Member introduced the following: ORDINANCE 46.122.20 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 375 (UNIFIED SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF ALBANY BY RENUMBERING SUCH CHAPTER The City of Albany, in Common Council convened, does hereby ordain and enact: Section 1. Chapter 375 (Unified Sustainable Development Ordinance) of Part II (General Legislation) of the Code of the City of Albany is hereby amended, such that it is renumbered in accordance with the document attached hereto as Exhibit Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect immediately. APPROVED AS TO FORM THIS 11TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2020 Corporation Counsel ---PAGE BREAK--- To: Danielle Gillespie, City Clerk From: Brett Williams, Esq., Sr. Assistant Corporation Counsel Re: Request for Common Council Legislation Supporting Memorandum Date: December 11, 2020 SPONSOR Council Member ORDINANCE 46.122.20 TITLE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 375 (UNIFIED SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF ALBANY BY RENUMBERING SUCH CHAPTER GENERAL PURPOSE OF LEGISLATION The USDO has a number of inconsistencies in the way that the ordinance, as originally passed, is internally numbered. This legislation corrects, simplifies, and makes consistent, the numbering of the USDO’s provisions. Tables within the USDO have also been simplified to make them more orderly, readable, and user friendly. The update also corrects certain copy editing issues from the original USDO. The changes have already been approved by General Code, the City’s code consolidation service; indeed, General Code drafted the document that makes the changes to the numbering by incorporation herewith as Exhibit General Code has also provided a redlined version of the document showing exactly where changes were made, which is attached hereto as Exhibit Upon passage, the revised ordinance will be fully integrated into the existing City Code, available online. NECESSITY FOR LEGISLATION AND CHANGES TO EXISTING LAW This legislation is necessary to give the USDO consistent numbering and to increase user friendliness in terms of layout and readability. This ordinance makes no substantive or policy changes to the USDO. FISCAL IMPACT(S) None. ---PAGE BREAK---