Title/Name/Summary
2021 Land Development Code Amendment I - ORDINANCE
History
QUICKFACTS
Project
2021 Land Development Code Amendment I
Petitioner
Development Services Department
Purpose
The purpose of these amendments is to update and clarify Section 5-101 of the Land Development Code pertaining to development review procedures.
Requested Actions: Land Development Code Amendment
Topic
Update to Development Review Procedures
Minor Clarifications to Previously Approved Land Development Code Amendments
Project Attributes (Section to be Amended)
Section 5-101 Development Review Procedures
OVERVIEW AND BACKGROUND
The proposed amendment to the Land Development Code would allow preliminary plans for specified petitions to proceed directly from a unanimous Plan Commission approval to final plan preparation rather than the current process that requires Committee of the Whole and/or Board of Trustees review of said preliminary plans. The proposed change is limited to development approvals that require a Plan Commission public hearing and Board of Trustees approval.
The Amendment Report, titled “2021 Land Development Code Amendments I”, summarizes the proposed amendment. The Amendment Report contains the full narrative explanation for the amendment and the Exhibits include a redlined version of the Code amendment. Language with a strike-out (strike out) indicates elimination from the Code and language that is in red indicates proposed addition to the Code.
DETAILED DISCUSSION - PLAN COMMISSION
The Plan Commission held a public hearing for this amendment at its April 20, 2021 meeting. The Commission was unanimous in its support for the amendment.
Chairman Parisi stated that he was glad to see the process be streamlined a bit. Vice Chairman Schussler concurred and expounded on the need to seek opportunities to reduce the time necessary for a development to go through the public review process. In response to questions from Commissioner Zaatar, staff clarifi...
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