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Planning commission recommends ordinance edits, fee schedule and revised affidavit to City Council
Summary
The commission approved recommendations to forward revised definitions (chapter 2), fee schedule, affidavit and parts of chapters 5 and 7 to the City Council, and voted to send the short-term ordinance (chapter 11) as well. Commissioners also discussed creating a simpler application for "simple" lot divisions.
Fountain Green Planning Commission members voted to recommend several ordinance revisions and administrative materials to the City Council, including updated definitions (Chapter 2), fee schedules and a revised ownership affidavit tied to subdivision applications.
During the meeting staff and commissioners reviewed multiple administrative attachments — a subdivision fee schedule, application checklists and the affidavit language that would accompany subdivision filings. Commissioners agreed that the current application packet should be simplified for "simple" lot divisions (simple lot division = 10 or fewer lots under the proposed definitions) so applicants would not be required to complete the full affidavit and preliminary subdivision plan for simple divisions. Staff agreed to prepare a separate, streamlined form for simple lot divisions and to mark items “NA” where they do not apply.
On the affidavit, commissioners discussed the legal wording (“depose and say…”) and whether to use “affirm” or similar language. Commissioners decided the council and city attorney should review final wording; in the meantime the commission voted to forward the revised affidavit to Council as a recommended document while flagging that the city attorney may edit legal phrasing.
The commission also reviewed the proposed fee schedule and voted to recommend it to Council (the motion to recommend the fee schedules passed unanimously). Commissioners asked staff to send the fee spreadsheet to Council in PDF form and to coordinate final formatting.
Why it matters: The changes simplify administrative processing for routine simple lot divisions, clarify what applicants must submit, and provide a recommended fee schedule and affidavit for Council approval. The affidavit formalizes applicants’ acknowledgement of the city’s subdivision and design standards at the time of application.
What’s next: The commission forwarded recommended changes for the City Council’s review and approval, and asked staff to prepare a streamlined simple-subdivision application and to ensure the affidavit becomes an editable document under staff control before final adoption.
Provenance: Discussion of fees and affidavit began in the meeting’s discussion agenda (topicintro at s=4096.2646) and concluded with motions and votes to recommend those materials to City Council (topicfinish at s=11590.445).
