Chapter 17.96
AMENDMENT TO COMPREHENSIVE LAND-USE PLAN

Sections:

17.96.010  Procedure.

17.96.020  Initiation of amendments.

17.96.030  Major revisions and minor changes--Time for hearing.

17.96.040  Schedule of public hearings.

17.96.050  Substantive standards.

17.96.060  Action by city council.

17.96.010   Procedure.

The comprehensive land-use plan of the city may be amended by changing the text, the boundaries of districts therein, or by changing the urban growth boundary, subject to approval by the Land Conservation and Development Commission of the state, whenever the public necessity and convenience and general welfare requires such amendment, by following the procedure of this chapter.  (Ord. 1436 §2(part), 1981).

17.96.020   Initiation of amendments.

Amendment may be initiated by:

A.  Resolution of intention of the planning commission;

B.  Resolution of intention by the city council;

C.  Application by one or more property owners, or their agents, of property affected by the proposed amendment.  The amendment shall be accompanied by a legal description of the property or properties affected and all properties within a radius of three hundred feet of the exterior boundaries thereof; proposed findings of facts supporting the proposed amendment, justifying the same and addressing the substantive standards for such an amendment as required by this chapter and by the Land Conservation and Development Commission of the state.  (Ord. 1436 §2(part), 1981).

17.96.030   Major revisions and minor changes--Time for hearing.

In accordance with state-wide planning goal two, proposed amendments to the comprehensive plan shall be categorized as either major revisions or minor changes under the goal two definitions of said terms.  Proposals for major revisions shall be processed, as provided for in this chapter, not more than every January of even-numbered years, and proposals for minor changes shall likewise be processed not more frequently than each January.  Notwithstanding the schedule set forth in this section, applications for plan amendments may be processed concurrently with applications for annexation under Chapter 1.20.  (Ord. 1615 §60, 1989; Ord. 1436 §2(part), 1981).

17.96.040   Schedule of public hearings.

  All proposals for amendment to the comprehensive plan, including major revisions and minor changes, shall be scheduled for public hearing before the citizens advisory committee, the city’s planning commission and the city council, on dates to be scheduled by the city council by resolution, which dates may be set by the resolution of intent.  The applications and review thereof shall conform to the provisions of Chapter 17.05 of this code and all applicable laws of the state. (Ord. 1533A(part), 1984; Ord. 1436 §2(part), 1981).

17.96.050   Substantive standards.

A.  The citizens’ advisory committee, the planning commission and the city council, in reviewing a proposed amendment to the comprehensive plan, shall address the public need and justification for the proposed change, and shall make specific findings, reciting the evidence in support thereof, for each of the state-wide planning goals as the same apply to the proposed change.

B.  The findings adopted by the citizens’ advisory committee, following a public hearing on the proposal, shall be forwarded to the city planning commission prior to the public hearing at the planning commission level.  The findings adopted by the planning commission following public hearing shall be forwarded to the city council prior to the public hearing at the council level.  (Ord. 1436 §2(part), 1981).

17.96.060   Action by city council.

A.  Following receipt of the findings of the citizens’ advisory committee and planning commission on the proposed amendment, receipt of any staff reports, and all evidence received at the public hearing held at the city council level, the city council shall render its decision within sixty days after said hearing, and said decision shall include findings as required in Section 17.96.050.  If the council proposes to adopt an amendment that is substantially altered from that recommended by the citizens’ advisory committee or the planning commission, the council may refer said proposed amendment back to the citizens’ advisory committee or the planning commission for report and recommendation prior to adoption.

B.  When adopted, any changes shall be suitably noted in a prominent place in the city’s comprehensive plan, filed with the city recorder, and copies thereof shall be made available to the public.

C.  In the event a petition for an amendment to the comprehensive plan is denied by the council, said petition shall not be eligible for resubmission until the next date scheduled for review of proposed amendments to the comprehensive plan.  (Ord. 1436 §2(part), 1981).