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Hearing - Zoning Code Text Amendment
Co8-15-03, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TERMS AND PROCEDURES
Proposal to amend by ordinance the Pima County Zoning Code Title 18, Chapter 18.89 (Comprehensive Plan) to revise Chapter 18.89 consistent with the recently updated Pima County Comprehensive Plan by amending Section 18.89.010 (Purpose); amending Section 18.89.020.A adding new definitions of "comprehensive plan amendment program", "element", "goal" and "non-major plan amendment"; amending existing definitions including "comprehensive plan", "land use intensity legend", "major plan amendment" to increase the site area to 640 acres and add criteria, and "plan policy". The proposal will amend Sections 18.89.030 (Plan components) and 18.89.031 (Plan elements) to repeal the requirement of permitted zoning districts in all land use intensity legend categories, to add plan goals as a required component, and to add "health" and "economic development" plan elements as potential plan components. The proposal will amend Section 18.89.040 to create a second window during the calendar year to accept non-major comprehensive plan amendment requests, and amend procedures, application process, and the requirement for a Planning and Zoning Commission study session. The proposal will amend Section 18.89.041 (Other plan amendment procedures) to add a new criterion for Board-Initiated Amendment Requests for Immediate Review which is "...waiting for the normal amendment periods would deny substantial and significant benefits to the greater community in terms of major regional economic development opportunities"; add new criteria for a Type 1 Minor Revision to the comprehensive plan which are a "non-substantive staff error" and a map labeling scrivener's error; increase the maximum site area eligible for a Type 2 Minor Revision request from 10 acres to 80 acres; add a new criterion for a Type 2 Minor Revision which is "the plan text does not reflect a process or policy previously approved by...
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