An approved urban renewal plan may be amended by City Council action from time to time. Any such amendment shall first be submitted in writing to the Planning Commission for its review and recommendation. The Commission shall either approve or disapprove the proposed amendments, and submit its recommendation and report in writing to City Council. The Commission shall be deemed to have approved such proposed amendment if the Commission has not submitted its written report and recommendation thereon to City Council within forty-five days after delivery of the proposed amendment to the Commission (delivery to the person charged with the preparation and custody of the record of the proceedings of the Commission) together with the City Manager’s request for the Commission’s review and recommendation with respect to the proposed amendment. In the event a proposed amendment will provide for the acquisition of additional properties in the urban renewal project City Council, prior to taking its legislative action, shall hold a public hearing thereon, at which an opportunity shall be provided for all interested persons to be heard, either in person or by counsel. Notice of such hearing shall be given in the manner as provided in Section 151.07. City Council may either approve or reject the proposed amendment, or make modifications and approve such plan as modified. Approval of the plan shall be by not less than a majority vote, unless such amendment has been recommended against by the Commission, in which case City Council may approve the amendment by not less than a three-fourths vote of the members of City Council. If the proposed amendment is adopted by City Council, it shall become a part of the urban renewal plan. Approval of the urban renewal plan amendment by City Council shall constitute an amendment of the City’s existing Master Plan, by way of supplementing such Master Plan with the urban renewal plan amendment so approved. Upon such approval, such urban renewal plan amendment shall be deemed to be part of the Master Plan of the City, and any conflicting portions of the Master Plan, as it previously existed, shall be deemed to have been superseded by the urban renewal plan amendment.
(Ord. 2016-149. Passed 11-14-16.)