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<br />Zoning Ordinance Amendments -Article 2 <br />Clarification of procedures and notification requirements for amendments to the <br />Comprehensive Plan <br />Presented at the <br />Quarterly Public Hearing <br />February 23, 2009 <br />Comprehensive Plan <br />-Text Amendments <br />-Land Use Plan (Map) Amendments <br />Zoning Ordinance <br />-Text Amendments <br />-Zoning Atlas (map) Amendments <br />Proposed Amendments to Article 2 -Basis for Staff s Recommendations <br />•Clarity vs. Confusion <br />-Currently, processes for Comprehensive Plan amendments are not specific and <br />therefore open for interpretation <br />-If in compliance with BOCC approved small area plans, then simultaneously <br />processing the Comprehensive Plan amendment(s) and Zoning Ordinance <br />amendment(s) will be less confusing for property owners <br />-NOTE: This will not require concurrent amendments but will allow for this option <br />•Time <br />-Development and adoption of small area plans already a lengthy process <br />-Separately processing the Comprehensive Plan amendments and Zoning Ordinance <br />amendments necessary for the implementation of an adopted plan can potentially add <br />years to the realization of the adopted small area plan <br />•Budget Impacts <br />-Large-scale Comprehensive Plan amendments can cost thousands of dollars in <br />advertising and mail-out costs <br />-The advertising and mail-outs for the subsequent Zoning Ordinance amendments will, <br />at a minimum, double those costs <br />-Processing the Comprehensive Plan amendments and Zoning Ordinance amendments <br />at the same public hearing will save on advertising and mail-out costs <br />Key Points <br />•Procedures and requirements for Comprehensive Plan amendments clearly articulated in <br />Article 2 <br />-references to Article 20 removed <br />•County and Non-County initiated amendments treated identically <br />