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Board votes to repeal comprehensive-plan ordinance on first reading; staff recommends adopting plan by resolution
Summary
The board voted 5-2 on first reading to repeal the existing comprehensive-plan ordinance and discussed adopting the 2045 plan as a resolution to avoid the binding legal weight of an ordinance; staff recommended adopting by resolution and returning with the required consecutive votes.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen debated whether to treat the city's 2045 comprehensive plan as an ordinance or a resolution and on April 27 voted on a repeal of the existing ordinance on first reading.
Planning staff and the city attorney explained that while a comprehensive plan can be adopted via ordinance, many municipalities…
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