(a) The council shall adopt public infrastructure maps reflecting major public infrastructure projects, as defined in § 4-8.4, that impact adopted growth policies or needed public facility policies for each of the development plan areas in the city as each of the development plans is revised and adopted pursuant to the 1992 charter amendments.
(b) The public infrastructure maps shall not be deemed part of the development plans, shall be adopted by resolution, and shall be revised by resolution in accordance with the procedures set forth in § 4-8.2. The city shall, when making any land use decision, consider the potential impact of the decision on those proposed projects that are represented by symbols on the public infrastructure maps.
(c) The public infrastructure maps shall include symbols showing the general locations of major public infrastructure, as defined in § 4-8.4. Symbols for publicly funded facilities for a development plan area for which a public infrastructure map has been adopted shall be shown on the applicable public infrastructure map before the appropriation of land acquisition or construction funds. In addition, no funds for land acquisition or construction shall be expended or encumbered for a project, unless either the symbol for the project is shown on the public infrastructure map or the project does not meet the applicability criteria specified in § 4-8.4 and, therefore, a symbol for the project is not required to be on the public infrastructure map. However, when time is of the essence in order for the city to comply with a State or federal consent decree or court-ordered deadlines, or when there is an imminent threat to public health, safety, or property, funding for capital improvement projects may be initiated and appropriations may be made therefor without amending the public infrastructure map.
(d) The department of planning and permitting shall consider all phases of a project when determining whether a project meets the applicability criteria specified in § 4-8.4. All phases of a project shall be presented to the council before its adoption of the resolution revising the public infrastructure map to include a symbol for the project. Intentional parceling of projects to avoid the designation of a project as “major public infrastructure” pursuant to § 4-8.4 shall be prohibited.
Land acquisition for the purpose of preserving open space or protecting scenic viewplanes shall not constitute parceling and shall not require a revision to the public infrastructure map. Future use of the land for any public improvement project of a type that meets the criteria specified in § 4-8.4, however, will require a revision to the public infrastructure map.
(e) Any questions of interpretation regarding whether a project requires placement of a symbol therefor on the public infrastructure map, or relocation of an existing symbol, shall be resolved by the council.
(1990 Code, Ch. 4, Art. 8, § 4-8.1) (Added by Ord. 99-69; Am. Ords. 02-03, 07-37)