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Planning commission recommends changes to proposed site-specific master-plan procedure to avoid costly pre-rezone studies
Summary
After hours of debate, the commission voted Sept. 4 to forward a proposed ordinance requiring site-specific development concepts with a modification: delete a provision that could have compelled developers to submit expensive studies before a rezoning decision.
The Planning Commission on Sept. 4 voted to recommend a proposed ordinance that would create a procedure for submitting site-specific development concepts with rezoning requests — but commissioners directed a key edit to avoid imposing costly pre-rezone study requirements on applicants.
Attorney and staff authors presented the proposed addition to Chapter 127, a procedure intended to require a concept-level development plan when a property owner requests certain rezoning classifications (initially focused on planned unit developments and multifamily). The plan would let the commission and council evaluate…
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