This bill clarifies the process for submitting petitions to county commissioners requesting changes to comprehensive plans or zoning ordinances. It establishes that petitions must be filed with the county auditor, who then forwards them to a planning commission for a recommendation within 45 days (including a public hearing), after which the county board holds its own public hearing and makes a final decision. The bill essentially codifies the step-by-step procedure that petitioners and county officials must follow when requesting zoning or comprehensive plan changes.
The amendment clarifies that the county auditor forwards petitions to both the commission (or its designee) and the planning board (or its designee) for parallel consideration rather than sequential review.
The amendment restructured the petition procedure by removing the planning commission's separate forty-five-day consideration period and consolidating it into a single public hearing process by the board of county commissioners.
Other amendments
Signed by the Governor S.J. 350
Delivered to the Governor S.J. 268
Signed by the Speaker H.J. 324
Signed by the President S.J. 264
House of Representatives Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 3. H.J. 295
Local Government Certified uncontested, placed on consent
Local Government Do Pass Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 0.
Local Government Scheduled for hearing
First read in House and referred to House Local Government H.J. 208
Senate Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 162
Local Government Certified uncontested, placed on consent S.J. 1
Local Government Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 1
Local Government Motion to amend S.J. 1
Local Government Scheduled for hearing
Local Government Scheduled for hearing
First read in Senate and referred to Senate Local Government S.J. 55
Prime sponsor · Rep.
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Prime sponsor · Sen.
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Do Pass Amended
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Do Pass Amended
Local Government — Do Pass Amended