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00102 <br /> PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT <br /> ORDINANCE: Zoning Ordinance <br /> REFERENCE: Article 20 .3 — Procedure For Submission And <br /> Consideration Of Applications For Amendment <br /> Article 20 .4 -- Referral Of Amendment Application To <br /> Planning Board <br /> ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: Staff Planning Board BOCC Public <br /> Other: Ordinance Review Subcommittee <br /> STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION :_x_High Middle Low <br /> COMMENT : By unanimous consent of <br /> Ordinance Review Subcommittee <br /> EXPECTED PUBLIC HEARING DATE: February 24, 1985 <br /> **********s********ew*esse****** <br /> PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT : To provide distinction between procedures <br /> for considering applications for amendment of Zoning Atlas and <br /> applications for amendment of Zoning Ordinance . <br /> ISSUES/IMPACTS : No change in procedures for amending the Zoning <br /> Atlas would result . Procedural changes would occur for <br /> amendments to the Zoning Ordinance text . No time Limits would be <br /> placed on the Planning Department and Planning Board for <br /> consideration of a proposed Zoning Ordinance text amendment prior <br /> to a public hearing . This would allow adequate time for <br /> consideration of a proposed text amendment within the framework <br /> of the Planning Department 's work program . <br /> EXISTING ORDINANCE PROVISION(S) : Both text and atlas amendments <br /> are treated in the same manner when submitted by a citizen . Such <br /> applications are scheduled for the next regular public hearing , <br /> subject to Board of Commissioner approval of the advertisement . <br /> The Zoning Officer must make an analysis of the application <br /> within 30 days and submit a recommendation to the Planning Board <br /> and Board of Commissioners . The application must be submitted to <br /> the Planning Board at its first regular meeting after the <br /> expiration of the 30—day period . (See attached Articles 20 .3 and <br /> 20 .4 — Existing Provisions) . <br /> PROPOSED AMENDMENT(S) : The proposed amendment would retain the <br /> same time limits for atlas amendments proposed by citizens . No <br /> such time limits would apply to proposed text amendments <br /> submitted by citizens . Such amendments often require <br /> considerable study and the imposition of a 30—day review period <br /> does not allow adequate consideration by the Planning Department <br /> and Planning Board . Such amendments are also disruptive of the <br /> work program unless incorporated therein . The elimination of the <br /> 30—day time period within which the Zoning Officer must prepare a <br /> recommendation would result in well thought out proposals which <br />