Ordinance 3773-20 - Laserfiche WebLink

initiate and/or make amendments to the comprehensive plan and/or development regulations independent of the annual docketing process herein described. 5. Reapplications for Reclassification of Property Re applications for the amendment of the land use designation of property under the comprehensive plan- are prohibited unless the applicant establishes that there has been a substantial change of circumstances pertaining to a material issue. H. AMENDING THE LAND USE MAP See Title 15, Local Project Review Procedures,for procedures and additional criteria for amendment of the land use map. The City is asked much more frequently to amend the designations of the Land Use Map than the policies embodied in the text. This is usually the result of an individual who wishes to rezone land to allow uses not permitted by the existing zoning of the property. Such requests arc sometimes based upon a specific proposed use and development for a property,and sometimes are speculative for purposes of i„creasing the value of the land without a use or development plan proposed. In either case,the Planning Commission and City Council must carefully evaluate requests to amend the Land Use Map to determine the long term benefit to the community as a whole. Whether initiated by the City or a private party,the burden of proof is upon the proponent to demonstrate the long term benefit to the community as a whole. The following factors shall be considered in reviewing such amendment requests. 1. The proposed land use designation must be supported by or consistent with the existing policies of the various elements of the comprehensive plan. 2. Have circumstances related to the subject property and the or a in which it is located changed sufficiently since the adoption of the Land Use Element to justify a change to the land use designation? If so, the circumstances that have change'should be described in detail to ort findings that different land use designation is appropriate. 3. Are the assumptions upon which the land use designation of the subject property is based adopted,that justify a change to the land use designation? If so,the erroneous assumptions or new information should be described in detail to enable the Planning Commission and City Council to find that the land use designation should be changed. n. Does the proposed land use designation promote a more desirable land use pattern for the community as a whole? If so, a detailed description of the qualities of the proposed land use designation that make the land use pattern for the community more desirable should be provided to enable the Planning Commission and City Council to find that the proposed land use designation is in the community's best interest. 5. Should the proposed land use designation be applied to other properties in the vicinity? If so,the reasons supporting the change of several properties should be described in detail. If not,the reasons for changing the land use designation of a single site,as requested by the proponent,should be provided in sufficient detail to enable the Planning Commission and City Council to find that approval as requested does not constitute a grant of special privilege to the proponent or a single owner of property. b. What impacts would the proposed change of land use designation have on the current use of other properties in the vicinity,and what measures should be taken to assure compatibility with the uses of other properties in the vicinity? Introduction Element,Comprehensive Plan—Amendment 2 City Council Action(11/04/2020)