Grain Valley City Zoning Code
SECTION 400
335 Amendments To Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map.
[R.O. 1996 § 400.335; Ord. No. 1616, 12-8-2003]
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Purpose. Changes to the Grain Valley Future Land Use Map may be necessary from time to time to reflect changing neighborhoods and social demands. This process provides the method for making those changes.
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Submission.
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Preapplication Meeting. Before an application to amend the Future Land Use Map, the applicant should schedule a meeting with the Director of Community Development to discuss the amendment process. All map amendments shall be required to be submitted in conjunction with rezoning applications.
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Information. A Future Land Use Map amendment application shall include the following information:
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A scaled map of the property clearly showing the property's location and surrounding ownerships. The applicant will provide fifteen (15) copies of each map with a sheet size of twenty-four (24) by thirty-six (36) inches or thirty (30) by forty-two (42) inches and one (1) copy of each map in a sheet size of eight and one-half (8.5) by eleven (11) inches.
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The area of the property in square feet and/or acres.
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The name, address, telephone and cell phone numbers of the applicant and the property owner.
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An affidavit from the property owner stating that the applicant, if different from the property owner, has permission to make this application.
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A description of the present use of the property, the existing Future Land Use Map classification, existing zoning and the same information for all surrounding properties.
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A description of the proposed use of the property.
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Identification of the requested classification.
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A description of existing roads, utilities and infrastructure available to the property.
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A summary of the proposed amendment for inclusion in the mailed notice.
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Completeness. Within ten (10) business days of submission, the Director of Community Development shall review the application to ensure that it is complete. Complete applications will be scheduled for hearing before the Planning Commission. Incomplete applications will be returned to the applicant.
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Review.
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Public Hearing. The Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing to consider changes to the Future Land Use Map.
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Criteria For Review. In determining whether the proposed amendment shall be approved, the Planning Commission shall consider the following factors:
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Whether events subsequent to the Comprehensive Plan adoption have changed the character and/or condition of the area so as to make the application acceptable;
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Whether the change is consistent with the goals and policies of the plan;
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Whether public and community facilities, such as utilities, sanitary and storm sewers, water, Police and fire protection, parks and recreation facilities and roads, are adequate to serve development for the type and scope suggested by the proposed land use. If services and utilities are not available, whether they can be reasonably extended, the cost of extension, and who will bear those costs; and
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The impacts of the potential costs and benefits derived by the community or area by the proposed change.
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Decision. Following the hearing, the Planning Commission shall approve or deny the application.
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Review. Following a determination by the Planning Commission, the application shall be forwarded to the Board of Aldermen for review at their next regularly scheduled meeting. The Board of Aldermen may overturn the decision of the Planning Commission only through a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the members present, provided there is quorum.
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Updating The Map. If the Future Land Use Map is amended, the Board of Aldermen shall instruct the Director of Community Development to prepare an updated map reflecting such changes with a note in the legend describing the date of the change and the previous land use classification. Copies of the new map shall be distributed to members of the Planning Commission and the Board of Aldermen prior to their next regularly scheduled meeting.