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Council reviews special-use-permit process; staff recommends comprehensive-plan update before broad changes
Summary
Planning staff reviewed how special use permits (SUPs) work, the notice and public-hearing requirements, and the legal risks of piecemeal changes. Council favored staying the course and instructed staff to begin a comprehensive-plan review when resources permit.
Paulette Hartman, planning staff, briefed the council on special use permits (SUPs) and how they relate to zoning and a comprehensive land-use plan. She said SUPs allow property owners to request uses not typically permitted in a zoning district and noted that about 208 distinct uses in the commercial land-use table currently require an SUP.
Hartman described the statutory and procedural elements of SUPs: notice to property…
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