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involvement in the approval process for a P.U.D. permit. Initiates amendments to Chapter 25 (Zoning Code), Article 6, Division 1, relating to P.U.D. Amends Section 25-6-1 relating to purpose. Amends Section 25-6-3 relating to requirements of application for P.U.D.permit. Amends Section 25-6-4 relating to notice of action on P.U.D. Application. Amends Section 25-6-5 relating to procedure for processing application when use not permitted in district. Amends Section 25-6-6 relating to actions by director on P.U.D. permit applications. Adds Section 25-6-7 relating to community meeting required prior to submittal of an application for a P.U.D. Amends Section 25-6-10 relating to criteria for granting a P.U.D. permit. Amends Section 25-6-11 relating to height exceptions authorized. Amends Section 25-6-12 relating to approval of variances, use permits and plan approvals issued under P.U.D. permit. Amends Section 25-6-13 relating to effect of P.U.D. permit on other zoning provisions. Amends Section 25-6-14 relating to time extensions and amendments. Amends Section 25-6-15 relating to appeals. AU: Okay, agenda item number 4 and possibly 5. So go ahead, staff COTTLE: Thank you, Mr. Chair. We submitted one background and recommendation report for Items 4 and 5. One is the County Council initiated bill to amend the Zoning Code related to Planned Unit Development. And then Item 5 is a Director initiated bill related to Planned Unit Development. So this presentation will address both items. So the County Council has initiated Bill 291. This proposes amendments to the Zoning Code related to Planned Unit Development. The purpose of Bill 291 is to add the Planning Commission and the County Council to the review and approval process for a PUD permit, and to clarify procedural guidelines and define the requirements of a PUD Permit. Currently PUD permits are issued administratively by the Planning Director, so the Commission and Council do not review them at all. This is the current PUD approval process. It kind of outlines the notification and opportunities for the public to get involved in the PUD process. So currently a PUD application is filed with the Department, and the Department files notice of the application in the newspapers on our island, and then the applicant posts a sign on the property. You've probably seen those white,white signs around the island. And then the applicant also sends a letter notifying the surrounding property owners of the PUD application. So those are the three opportunities that the public currently has to be notified and to become involved in the PUD approval process. After that's done the public or neighbors can mail in letters to the Director letting her know of their concerns about the application. And then the Director considers those concerns and then makes a decision to approve or deny the PUD permit. Bill 291 which is the County Council initiated bill wants to change that process a little bit. In addition to the notification requirements in this first box here, after that is done the Planning Department would make a recommendation rather than a decision. And that recommendation would go to both of the Planning Commissions. They would make a recommendation to the County Council on the PUD Permit and then the County Council would make the final decision to approve or deny the permit. So it's changing the process from an administrative decision to a legislative decision, similar to like a rezone application that the Commissions currently make recommendations on. 2 A