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Peoria planning staff holds deep-dive on entitlement process: general plan, SAPs, rezones and PADs
Summary
City planning staff led a workshop explaining how the general plan, specific area plans and zoning interact in Peoria and clarified common misconceptions about amendments, rezonings, and developer rights.
City of Peoria planning staff on Oct. 16 gave commissioners a detailed "development workshop" explaining the entitlement process, the difference between the general plan and zoning, the role of specific area plans (SAPs), and the rezoning process including planned area developments (PADs) and planned community districts (PCDs).
"This is a policy document," presenter Miss Deaver said of the general plan, describing it as the city's long-range vision and distinguishing it from regulatory zoning. "It encompasses the municipal planning area, which extends beyond the city limits. It's what do we wanna be as a city when we grow up, the full extent. It is looking out 10 to 20 years beyond." The presentation…
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