2017-04-06 Hearing Transcript - PC Rule Amendments (Public Comments Only)

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Special Permit if the Director requests that it be revoked based on non-compliance with conditions of the permit or the use authorized under the permit is creating a threat to the health or safety of the community. And, then, in any case that any permit is revoked, obviously, we would be required to notify the landowner in advance. And, then, the last change to the various rules is related to the timing for hearings. We wanted to, each permit had different timelines for when the Director needs to provide a recommendation to the Commission and how quickly the Commission needs to act. We wanted to make all of the permits that are approved by the Commission consistent with the timelines. So, this, the changes would make it so that a public hearing would need to be held within 90 days of acceptance of an application, and the Commission would need to make a decision within 60 days after close of hearing, unless a longer time is agreed to by the applicant. These same timelines would also apply to processing permit amendments. And, before we move further because I'm going to hand it over to Christian to talk about the PUD Rule, do you have any changes on, I mean any questions about what's been suggested so far? Okay. Thank you. KAY: You gotta tag me in. JACKSON: Go for it. KAY: Good morning, Commissioners. How are you? MIYASATO: Good morning. KAY: Thank you, Maija. So, this is a little bit different and we're going to get into a little bit more specifics about the Planned Unit Development Rule in that we are actually proposing a new rule for a permit that the Commission now has authority over. Action is to add a new rule for guiding the Commission's decisions making for Planned Unit Development or PUD's. The planners like to speak in acronyms so we're going to say PUD's from now on. The purpose is that in 2015, the County Council amended the Zoning Code so that PUD permits are issued by the Planning Commissions instead of the Planning Director. The change was made to provide the public an opportunity to testify or request a contested case proceeding on a PUD application. The rules were developed by adapting the Zoning Code language and adding appropriate sections to help clarify and direct the PUD process for not only the Commission but also applicants and the Planning Department on how to move forward with that process. The requirements and process closely follow what we used to do in the Planning Department prior to the 2015 Code change. EXHIBIT C 5