The City Manager [or his or her delegate] has the initial responsibility for administering  and interpreting the provisions of the Community Development Code [CDC], and the CDC provides rules for issuing Formal and Informal Code Interpretations [LOC 50.04.010].  A request for an Informal Code Interpretation can be made to Planning staff or the City Attorney orally or in writing. Planning staff makes decisions and code interpretations while administering the CDC on a daily basis.

Informal written interpretations are posted in the log below.  The listing provided is for reference only.  This log is updated monthly and it does not include all interpretations, and some listed may be obsolete due to code changes that occurred after the interpretation was made.

Informal Interpretation Log

An Informal Code Interpretation is not subject to notice, appeal or fee and is not binding on future land use decisions on the subject property or in general.  An Informal Code Interpretation can be challenged or formalized through the Formal Code Interpretation process described in the link below:

Code Interpretation, Formal