A. Amendment Of City Comprehensive Plan And Ordinances:
1. All proposed amendments to the Meridian city comprehensive plan or the Meridian zoning and/or subdivision ordinances shall be forwarded to the Ada County development services department director by the Meridian city clerk at least thirty (30) days prior to any public hearing on any such proposed amendment(s), whether said amendment(s) is(are) before the Meridian planning and zoning commission or the Meridian city council. The Ada County department of development services shall determine whether or not such amendment(s) is(are) in conflict with either the Ada County comprehensive plan or the Ada County zoning ordinance 1 . The Ada County development services department director shall notify the Meridian planning and zoning commission, or the Meridian city council, as the case may be, of such determination, in writing, prior to or at such public hearing. Such input from the county shall not be binding or controlling on Meridian, but shall be treated as documentary evidence.
2. When the Meridian city council has rendered a final decision to adopt an amendment to the Meridian comprehensive plan or the Meridian zoning and/or subdivision ordinances, the Meridian city clerk shall, within fifteen (15) days, forward a copy of the final document to the Ada County development services department director and the board of Ada County commissioners, along with a notice as to when the amendment will take effect in the city. Within thirty (30) days after the plan amendment was mailed, the board of Ada County commissioners shall either protest the amendment and request renegotiation of the area of city impact ordinances, or if necessary, shall direct the Ada County planning and zoning commission to schedule the amendment for public hearing as an amendment to the area of city impact ordinance.
B. Amendment Of County Comprehensive Plan And Zoning Ordinance:
1. All proposed amendments to the Ada County comprehensive plan and/or the Ada County zoning ordinance shall be forwarded by the Ada County development services department director to the Meridian city clerk at least thirty (30) days prior to any public hearing on any such proposed amendment(s). The Meridian city council and/or the Meridian planning and zoning commission shall determine whether or not such amendment is in conflict with one or more of the goals, objectives, policies or provisions of the Meridian comprehensive plan, or the Meridian zoning and/or subdivision ordinances. The Meridian city council shall notify the Ada County development services department of such determination in writing prior to or at such public hearing. Such input from the city shall not be binding or controlling on the county, but shall be treated as documentary evidence.
2. The board of Ada County commissioners shall notify Meridian city, in writing, of the county's action on such amendment(s) within fifteen (15) days following a final decision on such matter along with notice as to when the amendment(s) will take effect in the county. Within thirty (30) days after the amendment(s) was(were) mailed, the Meridian city council shall either protest the amendment(s) and request renegotiation of the area of city impact ordinances, or if necessary, shall direct the Meridian city planning and zoning commission to schedule the amendment for public hearing as an amendment to the area of city impact ordinance.
C. Processing Of Land Use Applications In The Meridian Area Of City Impact:
1. Applications for conditional use permits, master site plans, master site plan modifications, private roads, one time divisions, expansions or extensions of nonconforming uses, planned unit developments, subdivision and rezones within the city of Meridian urban service planning area shall occur as a result of a request for annexation to the city of Meridian; however, Ada County may consider such applications in those exceptions where annexation is not approved by the city of Meridian or where the parcel on which such application is filed is not contiguous to the city of Meridian, and therefore cannot be annexed.
2. Thirty (30) days prior to any county public hearing on such application, the Ada County development services department director shall send to the Meridian city clerk all county land use applications to be considered by the Ada County planning and zoning commission or the board of Ada County commissioners concerning property located within the Meridian city area of city impact. The Meridian planning and zoning commission or the Meridian city council shall make recommendations to the Ada County development services department director on such application, in writing, and shall cite the Meridian zoning and/or subdivision ordinances or the Meridian comprehensive plan policies, goals, objectives or provisions supporting such recommendation. Such recommendation shall be submitted in writing to the Ada County development services department director prior to or at such public hearing. Such input from Meridian shall not be binding or controlling on the county, but shall be treated as documentary evidence.
3. Neither the board of Ada County commissioners nor the Ada County planning and zoning commission shall hold a public hearing on such application until the recommendation of the Meridian city council or Meridian city planning and zoning commission, as the case may be, has been received, or the date the county should have been received said council's or commission's recommendations, specified above, has passed.
4. The Ada County department of development services will notify the Meridian city clerk in writing of the county planning and zoning commission or board of Ada County commissioners' action on land use applications located within the Meridian city area of city impact within fifteen (15) days following a final action by the appropriate county agency on such matter. (Ord. 137, 10-17-1984; amd. Ord. 161, 12-10-1986; amd. Ord. 229, 12-20-1990; amd. Ord. 345, 9-24-1997; amd. Ord. 535, 4-14-2004; amd. Ord. 925, 7-14-2021)
Notes
| 1 | 1. See title 8 of this code. |