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El Mirage planners outline development-application process and zoning code basics
Summary
City staff reviewed the development application workflow, pre-application meetings, technical advisory committee reviews, Planning & Zoning and council approvals, fees, extensions, zoning map categories, overlays, and types of applications including PADs, site plans, conditional use permits and variances.
City planning staff described the city's development-application process and gave an overview of Chapter 154 (zoning) during the March 18 El Mirage Common Council work session.
Senior Planner Jose Macias explained that projects typically begin with informal inquiries (phone, email, over-the-counter) and that applicants are encouraged to use a pre-application meeting to provide a project narrative, site plan and traffic information. He said the city holds technical advisory committee (TAC) meetings with representatives from public works, police, fire, economic development, zoning, engineering and code enforcement to review applications before they are scheduled for Planning and Zoning Commission…
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