§ 650.404. Planning and Development Department review.

(a)

Completeness review. The Department shall complete a review of the application for completeness of all the information required, including appropriate attachments and filing fees, prior to the filing deadlines established by the Department. Incomplete applications shall be returned to the applicant in accordance with Department procedures.

(b)

Citizen informational meeting. Prior to preparing the written report and recommendation, the Department shall hold an informational meeting for interested citizens. The time and place of this citizen informational meeting shall be included in the mailed notices sent, pursuant to Section 650.407, Ordinance Code, and a copy of same shall be transmitted to the applicable District Council Member. The notices shall be mailed a minimum of seven days prior to the date of the citizen informational meeting. The Department shall establish the citizen informational meeting procedures for providing information to the public and receiving comments from the public concerning the application, and such meetings shall be held by the Department as often as required to accommodate the land use amendment applications filed for each legislative filing cycle. No citizen informational meeting shall be conducted during any Council breaks or holidays.

(c)

Department review report. The Department shall review each application for a comprehensive plan amendment, which has been determined to be complete, and prepare a written report and advisory recommendation in accordance with the schedule adopted by the Department.

(d)

Criteria for Department review. In its review of requests for comprehensive plan amendment(s) and the preparation of the written report and advisory recommendation, the Department shall consider the following:

(1)

The relationship of the data and information in the application to the social, economic, physical, environmental, historic and archaeological resources of the City and the projections of future growth, including an analysis of the impact of the proposed change on the amount of land required to accommodate anticipated growth and projected population;

(2)

The impact of the proposed amendment(s) on the public facilities and services and the Capital Improvements Element (CIE) of the comprehensive plan;

(3)

The relationship of the proposed amendment(s) to the applicable goals, objectives, policies, criteria and standards, including level of service standards, adopted in the comprehensive plan;

(4)

The relationship of the proposed amendment(s) to the existing and future land uses depicted on the FLUMs;

(5)

Other professional planning principles, standards, information and more detailed plans and studies considered relevant; and

(6)

Written comments, evidence and testimony of the public.

(Ord. 91-1016-425, § 8; Ord. 2002-714-E, § 2; Ord. No. 2005-102-E, § 1; Ord. 2014-108-E , § 1)