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Public Hearing to Consider a Proposed Zoning Amendment to AMC Section 30-25 Appeals or Calls for Review
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To: Honorable President and Members of the Planning Board
From: Andrew Thomas, Assistant Community Development Director
Date: September 11, 2017
Re: Public Hearing to Consider a Proposed Zoning Amendment to AMC Section 30-25 Appeals or Calls for Review
Background
On March 7, 2016, the City Council directed staff to prepare a zoning amendment to increase the threshold for a "call for review" by the City Council from one member to two members. The City Council-approved referral is attached as Exhibit 1. The City Council minutes from the March 7, 2016 meeting are attached as Exhibit 2.
Exhibit 3 includes draft amendments to Section 30-25 Appeals and Calls For Review designed to achieve the City Council's requested change to the threshold for a City Council call for review and clarify the existing procedures established by Section 30-25.
Analysis
Currently, Section 30-25 establishes the procedures for:
* An individual community member to appeal a decision by the Planning Director, Zoning Administrator, the Planning Board, or the Historical Advisory Board;
* A member of the Planning Board or Historical Advisory Board to call for review a decision of the Planning Director or the Zoning Administrator; and
* A City Council member to call for review a decision by the Planning Director, Zoning Administrator, the Planning Board, or the Historical Advisory Board.
Each subsection of Section 30-25 is described below with a brief description of the proposed amendments.
Section 30-25.1 - Purpose and Authorization for Appeals and Calls for Review This subsection establishes the purpose of an appeal or call for review, which is to avoid or reverse a city decision that is "inconsistent with the purposes" of the Zoning Code. The current code does not explain where one might find the "purposes" of the Zoning...
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