The following procedures shall apply to the periodic update of the City of Lafayette Comprehensive Plan (a "periodic update") or to any proposal to amend any specific policy, land use designation, map designation or other aspect of said plan (a "specific amendment"):

(a)

Requests for amendment: Requests for specific amendment may only be presented by the owner of the real property that is the subject of the requested amendment, city staff, the planning commission or the city council.

(b)

Preapplication conference: Prior to requesting any Specific Amendment, the applicant (other than the planning commission or city council) shall confer with the planning director or the director's designee pursuant to the provisions of section 26-16-3 of this chapter.

(c)

Technical review and referral: All applications for specific amendment shall have technical referral and agency referral in accordance with the provisions of section 26-16-8.1(c) of this chapter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, at least thirty (30) days prior to the public hearing before the planning commission, staff shall send a referral on the proposed specific amendment to the following agencies:

(1)

City of Lafayette department heads.

(2)

Lafayette City Attorney.

(3)

Any affected special district or school district.

(4)

Any affected bordering governmental entity.

(5)

Any affected utility service provider.

(d)

Planning commission hearing: The planning commission shall, after a public hearing, adopt a resolution by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire membership of the commission recommending that the city council approve, approve with conditions or disapprove of a specific amendment or periodic update.

(e)

City council hearing: After receipt of the recommendation of the planning commission, the city council shall, after a public hearing, approve, approve with conditions or disapprove a specific amendment or periodic update. Any approval or approval with conditions shall be adopted by ordinance and any disapproval may be by resolution; provided, however, that any amendment of the urban growth boundary established pursuant to section 6.12 of the Lafayette Charter shall require the affirmative vote of not less than six (6) members of the city council. If approved, the periodic update or specific amendment, along with any maps and descriptive text, shall be filed with the city clerk who shall arrange for the filing of the same with the clerk and recorder of each county or city and county that is affected by the same.

(f)

Public notice of hearings: Each of the above-described public hearings that is conducted in connection with a periodic update or specific amendment shall be noticed in accordance with the provisions of section 26-16-9(b) and (d) of this chapter; provided, however, that any specific amendment that would result in a change to the land use designation of a particular parcel or parcels shall be noticed in accordance with all of the provisions of section 26-16-9 of this chapter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, notice of a public hearing of the planning commission concerning a periodic update or specific amendment shall also be published in a newspaper of general circulation in any county or city and county that is affected by said update or amendment.

(g)

Submittal requirements: In connection with the preparation of a staff report, the planning director may require an applicant for a specific amendment to provide, at the applicant's expense, research, studies and/or reports concerning matters that are relevant to matters considered in the Lafayette Comprehensive Plan, which matters may include, but shall not be limited to, traffic, economic and market analyses, drainage, utilities, and land use compatibility studies. All applications materials for specific amendments shall conform to the requirements of sections 26-17-2 and 26-17-3 of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 2003-39, § 1, 10-21-03; Ord. No. 2011-33, § 14, 9-20-11)