TO: Chair and Planning Commission
FROM: Jeremy Knapp, Community Development Director
Paul Michaud, Planning Manager
George Burton, Senior Planner
DATE: March 3, 2020
DEPARTMENT: Community Development
Staff Contact Paul Michaud, Planning Manager, 480-348-3574
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Discussion of Noticing for Application Requests
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Background
UPDATE
The Planning Commission discussed noticing related to the Town's Planning Division applications at its February 18, 2020 work session. In summary, the Planning Commission gave the following direction to staff:
* To come back to the Planning Commission with a multi-tiered mailing radius based on application type. The mailing radius suggested was 500', 1,000', and 1,500'. Attachment A uses the application tables from the February 18th presentation, which is a modified version of the current Town staff document for noticing on the various Planning Division applications. This table groups the application types into three categories: legislative applications approved by the public body, administrative applications approved by the public body, and administrative decisions approved by Town staff. The yellow highlighted cells indicate areas of proposed changes to Town policy, with the last column an explanation of the suggested change.
* The mailing notice recommendation is to retain the 1,500' mailing radius for all of the legislative applications approved by the public body, with the exception of the annexation application noted below. In part, the reasoning behind this suggestion is that these applications make major changes to an existing condition, modify the General Plan, and/or address non-residential uses. Annexation is not addressed by Town Code/Zoning Ordinance or in the current Town staff document for noticing on the various Planning Division applications. Attachment A suggests enhanced mailing noticing above Arizona Revised Statutes for annexation. The two most likely areas for considerat...
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