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Council hears staff plan to codify state planning changes; final plat and review-timeframes move toward administrative processing
Summary
Planning staff presented two ordinances to align the city's community development code with recent state laws: moving final-plat approvals to an administrative process with a 7-business-day completeness acknowledgment (SB 784) and updating development-review timeframes including modest extensions to certain internal deadlines (SB 1080). Staff said changes largely codify current practice and aim to reduce noncompliance risk.
Planning and development staff presented two ordinance packages Nov. 17 to bring the Clearwater Community Development Code into compliance with statutory changes from this year's legislative session.
Lauren Maskey (Planning & Development) summarized the first ordinance as implementing statutory requirements—referred to in the staff presentation as linked to the recent senate bill—that move final-plat processing to an administrative workflow. Staff said the code will require a written acknowledgment of receipt for final-plat applications within seven business days that identifies missing information and a time frame…
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