HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012 COMP PLAN AMENDMENT-DISPLAY AD
Year 201 2 Comprehensive
Plan Amendment
Applications Being
Accepted
Interested parties are encouraged to submit a pplications to amend the City of Auburn
Comprehensive Plan for consideration during the 201 1 annual amendment cycle . In
order to be considere d this year, a pplications must be received by 5:00 p .m .,
Friday, June 8 , 201 2 .
Amendments to the Auburn Comprehensive Plan have been considered annually since
the 1995 GMA related amendments were adopted. There are two general types of
amendments: 1) text amendments, which seek to revise the Comprehensive Plan’s
written text; and 2) map amendments, which seek to amend the land use designation for
a specific parcel (s) on the City’s Comprehensive Land Use Map.
Per Chapter 14.22 (Comprehensive Plan) of the Au burn City Code, amendment s to the
Comprehensive Plan may be requested by: 1) an individual, organization, corporation,
partnership or general or specific purpose government other than the City for a specific
property, provided that the property owner provi des written consent for the amendment
request; or 2) an individual, organization or general or special purpose government
having suggested changes to the Comprehensive Plan that are not specific to a piece of
property. For the latter, this process is known as “docketing”. An item may be submitted
to the docket at any time during the calendar year and there is no fee for submitting an
item to the docket. The Planning and Development Director will annually review the
docket with the City Council or appropriat e Council committee to determine whether the
docket items will be forwarded to the City’s Planning Commission for its consideration.
The City Council or Council Committee may decline to consider any items from the
docket.
The City of Auburn Planning Comm ission will hold a public hearing(s) on all plan
amendment applications in the fall of this year. Following the Planning Commission
public hearing and recommendation, the City Council will consider the requested
amendments. Final action by the Auburn City Council on amendment request s are
typically made in the month of December .
Those interested in submitting a comprehensive plan amendment application f or
consideration during the 201 2 annual amendment cycle are encouraged to
discuss their ideas w ith the Ci ty of Auburn Planning and Development
Department. To obtain a current comprehensive amendment application form, fee
schedule and/or to discuss your ideas, please call (253) 931 -3090 or visit the City’s
web site at ww w.auburnwa.gov .