Council approves Development Code amendments

At its regular meeting on Thursday, the Sierra Vista City Council approved amendments to the definitions, mobile food vendors, and matrix of use permissions sections of the Development Code.

The amendments include eliminating redundant annual use permits for mobile food vendors, eliminating conditional use permit requirements for places of worship within general commercial districts, and correcting inconsistency in the use classification matrix for airport zoning and amending the definition of community service use to include emergency medical service providers, allowing sleeping quarters in facilities at the airport for them.

In other business:

• Council approved an intergovernmental agreement with Pima Community College for paramedic training.
• Council approved the issuance of bonds by the Industrial Development Authority to American Leadership Academy Johnston and Bayou Belle Project.
• Council appointed Demetry Simonton to the Environmental Stewardship Commission and Jennifer Holt and Robert Brooks to the Parks and Recreation Commission.