RORZOR Draft Meeting

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RORZOR Draft Meeting 2September 19, 2006

• Article 5 Applications
• Article 6 - Procedures
• Article 7 Approvals Permits

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Any remaining business

• Transitional Provisions
• Decision was to allow anything approved by MC to
  continue to go forward
• Still researching and need to update later
• Purpose statements / Additional Finding
  Language in handout of tonight
• Anything else someone wanted to raise from our
  last discussions?

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Importance of Procedure

• These guide the administration of the rest of the
  articles.
• Tonight Overview of Policies (Articles 4-6)
• Next Week
• Follow application through process
• Address details of review and permits
• Talk about enforcement

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Current Organization

• Focus on procedure then reformat as makes sense.
• Consolidation and cross-references
• Hyperlinks will help
• Need to consider together to get full picture
  (why provided Article 7 early)

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Competing Policies
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Meetings v. Hearings

• Meetings
• Informal
• Can get transcript from the video
• Decision often made at conclusion of meeting
• Hearings
• Formal
• Court reporter present
• Often decision made at a later time

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Article 4 Approving Authorities

• Update of Rules of Procedure to be done
  simultaneously
• Expiration of Decisions (subsections e)
• Next step within 6 months
• May grant 2 extensions of 6 months each
• Any concerns about the time frame?

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Article 4 - Qualifications

• Subsection c4 of each section
• Most must be residents of the City
• Except Historic District 66B allow nonresidents
• Except Sign Review Board allow nonresidents
• Any concern with these 2 exceptions?

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Other Questions of Article 4?
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Article 5 - Applicability
05.01

• Applies to the bulk of all applications
• Excluded are
• Map and Text Amendments (b/c City Clerk in charge
  of those applications)
• Administrative Interpretations (b/c no
  application)
• Building Permits and other permits outside zoning
  ordinance but referenced in Chpt. 25

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Article 5 Public Notification
05.03

• Common Requirements What to include
• Newspaper Only required / how by 66B
• Mailings
• More burden on the applicant to send things
• Chief of Planning burden specifically required
• Sign Same requirements as before except
• Time frame to post (2 days to get, 3 days to
  post)
• Location of posting
• Additional Notice

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Article 5 - Amendments
05.04 and 05.07

• No change earlier of staff report or 7 days
• Can file approved amendment if interest in
  property
• Minor Amendments What should constitute
  minor?
• Substantial Amendments What should constitute
  substantial?

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Article 5 - Withdrawal
05.08

• Must be request before original approving
  authority
• Must be request after the hearing
• Must be request by applicant
• Approving authority must approve request

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Other Questions of Article 5?
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Article 6 Map Text Amendments
06.01 and 06.02

• Primarily the same as currently allow
• Except the exclusion of
• Requirement that the decision of the MC must be
  made within ninety (90) days of the date of the
  last hearing
• Allowance of local map amendments with
  dimensional standards conditions

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(No Transcript)
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Article 6 Referring Applications
06.03d and 06.04d

• Planning Commission no longer required to review
• Variances
• Special Exceptions
• But may still review before BOA reviews the
  application

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Article 6 Administrative Adjustments
06.07

• Question Do we want to continue with this?
• What can be adjusted (likely to be revised)
• Process for adjustment allow public meeting on
  adjustment
• Anything else?

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Article 6 Separate APFO

• Change from outline
• Propose to remove APFO language
• Place in own chapter of City Code

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Other Questions of Article 6?
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Preview of Next Week

• Revised Agenda Meeting 3
• Revised language Articles 1 2
• Proposal for public forum (November 30)
• List of applications subject to moratorium
• Article 18
• Words to be defined for Article 18
• Processes Handout of the new site plan and
  project approval processes