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Commissioners reviewed review criteria, burden of proof and how to use the comprehensive plan in decisions
Summary
Planning staff led a workshop on locating and applying review criteria embedded in the zoning and development code, emphasized that applicants bear the burden of proof, and discussed how commissioners should weigh the comprehensive plan, logical and orderly development criteria, and public comment when making findings.
At a workshop session, planning staff walked the Grand Junction Planning Commission through how to find and apply the review criteria in the zoning and development code and how staff presents those criteria in staff reports ahead of hearings.
Staff told commissioners that review criteria are embedded by application type and that each application must meet all applicable criteria except for code text amendments, which require meeting at least one specified reason. "We list the criteria in the report, and then we provide an analysis for you... Our findings address each standard, and then we provide a recommendation that's based on findings," Planning staff said.
Staff emphasized that the burden of proof rests with applicants: "It is…
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