The Rules & City Government Committee held a special meeting on September 8, 2025, from 10:13 AM to 12:34 PM in City Council Chambers. Present were Alderwoman Finlayson (Chair), Alderman Arnett, and Alderman Schandelmeier. The committee approved the agenda and minutes from July 11 and July 23, 2025 special meetings.
This ordinance proposes zoning text amendments to implement the recently adopted Comprehensive Plan, focusing on planned developments, increased housing density, revised open space requirements, and updates to definitions and bulk limits. Sponsors include Buckley, Arnett, Finlayson, Schandelmeier, and Gay.
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This ordinance would limit short-term rentals to 10% of residences on a blockface. Sponsor: Huntley.
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This ordinance would add two campaign finance reporting deadlines and eliminate one. Sponsor: Huntley.
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All the rules of the city government committee meeting to order. Welcome back, everyone. Uh roll call, please note Alderman Arnett is present, and Alderman Shandemeyer is joining us by video. I'll entertain a motion to approve the agenda. Move to approve the agenda. Did I get a second? Your mic is not. It is still not on. Um how about now you're on? Better. Okay. Second. Thank you. All in favor of approving the agenda is written, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Thank you. Um approval of the minutes from the July 11th and the July 23rd meeting. So we'll entertain a motion. So moved. Second. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Okay. First item on our agenda is legislation 014 25. Implementation of Annapolis Ahead Comprehensive Plan 2040. And I see uh our director, Mr. Kubiak, would you come up? Mr. Densky, please come up. Good morning. Good morning. So tell us why we have to why we should be approving uh 01425. Well, there that's a big question. Yeah. Um the address and uh the the ordinance and in its various uh the various aspects of the ordinance address uh a number of obstacles that um are preventing uh land development or redevelopment more more appropriately uh that's consistent with the city's comprehensive plan. Uh you know the the the document is relatively large, addresses multiple um zoning text amendments, but that's the theme that runs throughout the the ordinance that these uh changes would improve the implementation of the city's comprehensive plan. And naturally, once an adopted plan is um on the books, the next step for municipality is to uh adopt the text amendments and zoning map amendments to help bring the plan about. And um there will be in the future other text amendments forthcoming. Um, but this is the first cut of those, and um there'll be map amendments as well that will be presented to the uh city council in the months ahead. So uh should we just begin with I see the attachments with the amendment alderman? Thank you, madam chair. Um as I look at this legislation, it feels like it has three distinct component parts. The majority of it up through page eight has to do with the changes that are going to help us accommodate the goals of the comprehensive plan 2040, more specifically to increase density in plan development areas, which if I'm correct, are largely the 12 opportunity areas. Is that a correct assumption? Yeah, yeah. Um there, I would say a better way to think about it. They do capture those areas, but we're thinking about the major corridors of the city as where these opportunities will be. And then we have a small section that deals with the 3250 rule, which uh starts on page eight, and then on page 10, we get into some bulk and height changes in a specific portion of the city.