Script for PB for A-424
SCRIPT FOR Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment (A-424, 7/16)
Request by Planning Staff to amend the Zoning Ordinance to update references to the 2006 CAMA
Land Use Plan to coincide with the Comprehensive Land Use Plan.
1. This is a public hearing. We will hear a presentation from staff. Then the applicant and any
opponents will each be allowed 15 minutes for their presentation and additional 5 minutes for
rebuttal.
2. Conduct Hearing, as follows:
a. Staff presentation
b. Applicant’ s presentation (up to 15 minutes)
c. Opponent’s presentation (up to 15 minutes)
d. Applicant’s cross examination/rebuttal (up to 5 minutes)
e. Opponent’s cross examination/rebuttal (up to 5 minutes)
3. Close the Public Hearing
4. Planning Boards discussion
5. Vote on the text amendment request. The motion should include a statement saying how the
amendment is or is not consistent with the land use plan and why it is or is not reasonable and in
the public interest.
Staff Suggested Motion:
Motion to recommend approval of the amendment as presented by Staff, as the Planning Board
finds that this request as described is:
1. Consistent with the purposes and intent the 2016 Comprehensive Land Use Plan, as the
amendment is necessary to allow continued administration of land use regulations to facilitate
intelligent growth and economic development in the county.
2. Reasonable and in the public interest as the amendment allows for uninterrupted
administration of the county’s Zoning Ordinance in a manner consistent with the spirit and intent
of the existing regulations