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Planning commission finalizes draft and schedules hearing for subdivision and land-use updates
Summary
Ferron planning staff and commissioners agreed to finalize a subdivision and land-use update draft, create a land-use authority review committee with consultant engineering review covered by applicant fees, and schedule a public hearing that must be posted at least two weeks before the hearing.
The Ferron Planning and Zoning Commission spent its December meeting finalizing a draft update to subdivision and land-use procedures and set a path toward a public hearing. Staff said the hearing notice must be posted at least two weeks before the meeting and that the commission could approve the draft at an upcoming session to permit a hearing and subsequent city council consideration in early January.
Commissioners and staff focused on who should act as the city’s land-use authority for subdivision reviews. Because the city lacks an on-staff engineer, participants discussed forming a review committee that would include the planning chair and a council member and bring in an outside consultant engineer to advise (the engineer would not vote). Commissioners proposed charging applicants a fee to cover the consultant review and suggested adding an application fee (an example figure of $200 was discussed) so the city does not absorb consultant costs.
Staff said it would coordinate with retained consultants and revise the fee schedule, then send the updated draft to the commission. The group discussed timing: if planning completes a draft and posts it for the required two-week notice, planning could hold the hearing and the city council could consider adoption at its first meeting in January. No final adoption by the council was recorded in the provided transcript.
Next steps: staff will prepare the final draft and fee schedule, post the hearing notice as required, and schedule the planning hearing; the commission will consider the ordinance changes and forward any recommendation to the city council for final action.
