As part of the City of Redmond’s effort to rewrite its zoning code, the city will host a drop-in Open Office Event from 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24 in the Bytes Cafe on the first floor of Redmond City Hall, 15670 NE 85th St.

The purpose of rewriting the City’s zoning code is to improve the clarity, conciseness and predictability of the code for all users.

Drop-by the Bytes Cafe to tell City staff how the following packages of information can be improved.

• Development Standards 2 package includes affordable housing, transfer development rights, transit supportive development, signs, historic and archaeological resources, parking, transitions between zones and high capacity transit corridor preservation.

• Development Standards 3 package includes open space and recreation, outdoor storage and service areas, hazardous liquid pipelines and limitations on external effects of uses.

City staff seeks citizens’ input prior to review of these sections of the zoning code by the Code Rewrite Commission, which will begin its review in September 2010.

If attendance to the event is not possible, provide all ideas either through RCDGrewrite@redmond.gov or by calling (425) 556-2440. To subscribe to the weekly code rewrite e-newsletter, send an e-mail to the above address. More information about the process is available at www.redmond.gov/rcdgrewrite.