A. The Director of the Community Development Department, upon recommendation of the City Engineer, may recommend to the City Council the approval of a map or maps delineating impact zones within which any new development will cause or contribute to a traffic or street problem, and within which any new development will benefit from street improvements, traffic controls and traffic management projects. The proposed map shall be accompanied by a report setting forth the reasons for the zone boundaries recommended by the Director of Community Development. Said map(s) and report shall be available for public inspection upon notice of the public hearing as required by this Section.
B. Prior to the approval of any impact zones, the City Council shall hold a public hearing on the proposed map or maps. The hearing shall be noticed as follows:
1. A notice of the time and place of such hearing and the purpose thereof shall be given by publication of a notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the City not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of the hearing.
2. The notice shall contain:
a. The time, place and purpose of the public hearing;
b. The times and places where copies of the proposed map or maps and the report of the Community Development Director are available for inspection by the public; and
c. A statement that any interested person may appear in person or by agent and be heard, or submit comments in writing in advance of said hearing.
C. After the public hearing by the City Council, the City Council may approve the recommendation of the Director of Community Development or may modify or reject, in whole or in part, the recommendation of the Director of Community Development. If the determination of the City Council varies from the recommendation of the Director of Community Development, the City Council shall make written findings setting forth the reasons for such changes. The action of the City Council approving such map or maps shall be by resolution.
D. The approved map or maps delineating the impact zones may be revised by the City Council after a public hearing as required by this Section. The Director of Community Development shall file a report of recommended changes, if any, with the City Council prior to setting the date for hearing on revisions to an approved map or maps.
E. Certified copies of the approved map or maps shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk and in the office of the Building and Fire Safety Division and the Community Development Department by the City Treasurer after adoption by resolution.
('65 Code, § 33H-8) (Ord. No. 83-021 § 1; Ord. No. 96-007 § 1 (part))