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Los Ranchos removes staff approvals for conditional uses and narrows variance test
Summary
The commission voted to require the Planning & Zoning Commission (not staff) to decide conditional‑use requests and to delete an open‑ended 'other relevant factor' variance criterion, also replacing the vague word 'injurious' with 'material adverse impacts' in the conditional‑use standard.
The Planning & Zoning Commission on Nov. 12 voted unanimously to change how conditional uses and variances are decided in the village code.
Director Schultz told commissioners the package, TA‑25‑03, was requested by the Board to increase transparency and regulatory clarity. Under the approved changes, staff may no longer approve conditional uses administratively; all conditional‑use applications must be heard by the Commission. Schultz said the prior two‑step procedure — where a conditional use could be approved administratively if no adverse comments were received during a 15‑day notice period — was "a very…
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