Planning commission backs city-initiated change raising acreage threshold for major general-plan amendments

The Kingman City Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously to recommend City Council approval of GP 25-0001, a city-initiated amendment that raises acreage thresholds for major general-plan amendments and requires council hearings within 12 months of application.

Staff presented the text amendment as a cleanup to align the city's adopted General Plan with the municipal code. Heather, a city planning staff member, told commissioners the amendment would change the acreage threshold that triggers a major general-plan amendment from 40 acres to 320 acres when residential land is being changed to another residential designation, and from 60 acres to 320 acres when residential land is being changed to a nonresidential designation. The amendment also would require that applications be presented to City Council within 12 months of the…