Subdividers Ordinance

SECTION 12 AMENDMENT PROCEDURE AND REZONING REQUESTS 12.01 INTENT This section intends to provide a procedure for the amending or repealing any provision of this Ordinance. For clarification, the procedure to amend this Ordinance for purposes of rezoning property also includes the outlined items in Section 12.03. 12.02 AMENDMENT PROCEDURE An application for an amendment the rezoning of property, requires a processing period of about 90 days as outlined below. The applicant may present “pre-application” information to the City Clerk in advance of any regularly scheduled meeting of the P & Z, and no fee will be charged. The City Clerk will immediately distribute the pre-application information to members of the P & Z for examining, so they may be better prepared for the meeting when the formal application is taken under consideration. Review of the pre-application information submitted to the P&Z does not create any binding agreement for a particular recommendation to the City Council. The process for application review is set forth below. A. Amendment Presented: A properly completed and signed application for an amendment (rezoning application), including 20 copies of the application and its supporting documents, and the fee as regulated by Section 12.04 is filed with the Tiffin City Clerk. Any application fee must be paid in full and the applicant is given a posting sign and must immediately post it on the proposed property. (See 12.03 below.) B. P & Z Commission’s Initial Review: The City Clerk must deliver the official application immediately to the Chairman of the P & Z, city council members, the mayor, the City Engineer, the City Attorney, and other city officials. The application will be placed on the agenda for the next regularly scheduled meeting date of the P&Z Commission; provided however, the “complete” application and fee have been received at least 14 days prior to the next regularly scheduled P&Z meeting. An applicant may request a special meeting of the P&Z to consider the application if the applicant pays the fee for a special meeting C. P&Z Commission Review: The P&Z may review the application at no more than two regular meetings before it reports to the City Council by either recommending approval or disapproval. D. Date of Public Hearing and Publication of Notice to the Public At the time of their first regularly scheduled meeting following the submission of a rezoning application, the City Council must establish a public hearing date on the application. That public hearing date must have a Notice of it published at least 7 but not more than 20 days prior to the public hearing being held and in no case can it be earlier than the next regularly scheduled council meeting following 152 Adopted November 14, 2007