§ 514. Planning agenda.

The planning agenda shall be prepared by the administrator and the mayor, with assistance from the head of the planning department, and shall include all regulatory and policy matters which bear the recommendation of the planning commission, and may include other matters referred to the commission from the planning department:

a.

The planning agenda shall be closed at 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, [and] shall be furnished to each of the commission on the Tuesday evening prior to the next regular Thursday meeting of the commission held on the last Thursday of the month;

b.

The statutorily required public hearing on zoning items is conducted by the planning commission and no further public hearing shall be required;

c.

After the public hearing, the planning commission shall make its written recommendation on each zoning item to the commission;

d.

A second hearing on each zoning item shall be scheduled for action before the entire commission; no such matter referred by the planning commission may be referred by the commission to a standing committee;

e.

A consent agenda of matters unanimously passed or denied by the planning commission shall be presented for action in the same manner as provided in section 509 of these Rules of Procedure, provided that any member of the of the governing body or the public shall have the right to request that an item be removed from the consent agenda for discussion prior to action being taken;

f.

The commission will determine from the written recommendations from the planning commission whether or not to return the particular zoning item to the planning commission for rehearing;

g.

If protest petitions, signed by 20 percent or more of the owners of property, within 200 feet of the property to be rezoned, have been filed with the planning commission, an affirmative vote of nine commissioners shall be required to approve the requested zoning application; and

h.

For the commission to refer a recommendation from the planning commission back to the planning commission for further review, an affirmative vote of six commissioners shall be required. To overturn a planning commission recommendation, an affirmative vote of eight commissioners shall be required.

(Res. No. R-18-97, § 1, 11-6-1997; Res. No. R-58-98, § 4, 6-18-1998)