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Planning staff outlines new final‑plan certification, waiver track and notice rules after council changes
Summary
Planning staff told the commission on July 17 that Council has adopted revisions to the development review process that create an administrative certification path for final development plans that meet objective standards and a separate hearing path for waiver requests and discretionary approvals.
At the July 17 work session the Division of Planning explained how Council‑adopted changes to the zoning and development process will affect applicants, reviewers and neighbors.
Tracy Wade from the Division of Planning described a new two‑track process for final development plans. If a final plan meets all objective standards and requires no waiver, staff and the technical review committee (TRC) will be able to certify the plan ministerially; the planning commission secretary will sign certified plans on the commission’s behalf. If an applicant requests a waiver or seeks a discretionary approval, the plan will go through the waiver application process and…
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