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City launches 18‑month general plan update; staff open public engagement and roll out e‑permitting
Summary
Lake Havasu City development services described an 18‑month general plan update process that will include public questionnaires and community events, while also reporting near-complete rollout of an electronic permitting and licensing system called Mainstar and recent code-enforcement changes.
Development Services Director Jeff Tooneman told the June 6 Coffee with the Mayor event that the city has begun an 18‑month update to its general plan, the document that guides land-use decisions for the next decade.
“To use the general plan on a daily basis ... someone comes in and says they would like to to rezone a property. The first thing we do is we go to that general plan,” Tooneman said, explaining that the plan controls whether proposed land uses match the city’s vision and that major amendments are required when projects exceed five acres.
The city hired consultant Logan Simpson and has…
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