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Consider an ordinance amending Zoning and Development Code, Chapter 10, Article I, Section 10-2(a) and (b), Code of Ordinances (2018 Edition), regarding Review Procedures. (First Reading)*
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The revisions to the City’s Code of Ordinances, creating the Zoning and Development Code, were published on October 1, 2018. Since that time, staff has identified changes which are intended to improve specific sections or to correct errors.
This change to Section 10-2 - Review procedures changes the responsibility for posting on-site public notice signs from City staff to the property owner/applicant making the project application. The code currently specifies that the City is responsible for posting required on-site public notice signs prior to public hearings. The City provides the signs and staff posts them and provides photographs of them for the public hearings. The revised code makes the owner/applicant responsible for posting the signs and providing photographs and an affidavit indicating that they were posted. The City will continue to provide the signs. The Planning Director has determined that shifting this responsibility to the owner/applicant will provide for more effective use of City staff resources. Other changes include correcting and clarifying public notice requirements.
The Planning and Zoning Commission conducted a public hearing and voted 8-0 to recommend approval of the amendment to Section 2-26 at their meeting on January 9, 2019. There were no speakers at the hearing.