City to update development codes

RITZVILLE – City council members signed a contract with Land Use Attorney Mike Connelly to update development codes at their Nov. 17 meeting.

Clerk-treasurer Julie Flyckt said the city has been working with Connelly for the past year on land use issues.

“We receive land use applications, and we keep running into specific issues we want to get further defined in our development code,” Flyckt said.

Connelly said he went through the city’s development code and identified areas where a lack of definition has made it difficult for city officials to make decisions, and areas which needed updated to...