Commission hears legislative update covering zoning, annexation, public safety and court rules

City staff and department heads on Aug. 26 briefed the Canyon City Commission on a range of state legislative changes that officials said could affect local land use, public safety, utilities and municipal-court procedures.

John (city staff lead) told the commission that changes to zoning protest rules and signage will alter local procedures for rezoning notices. Under the new state requirements, notice signs must be posted ahead of planning-and-zoning hearings and online notices published; staff said the sign must be placed 10 days before a P&Z hearing and the legal notice must be published at least 15 days in advance. City staff said the law does not yet specify exact sign text or font and that the city will finalize sign language and dimensions; staff discussed using large (approximately 2 feet by 4 feet) signs that refer to the published online notice.

The legislative update touched on several other land-use and economic-development items, including limits on local regulation of mobile food vendors, changes that make disannexation petitions available to property owners who say required…