Council reviewed a batch of technical zoning-code recodification items — definitions for park/open space, library, alley, façade, ADU, exterior alteration, drive-through facility and building coverage — and asked the planning commission and zoning officer for detailed rationale or to revert some language; several items will return after planning commission review.

In a long workshop discussion council weighed allowing four stories by right, permitting limited ground-floor residential behind 12 feet of commercial frontage, and a possible bonus fifth story (up to 55 ft) in exchange for middle-income rental units and green-building standards; no votes were taken and staff were asked to draft detailed provisions and buffering/lighting rules.