(a) SAC or STAC, as determined at the time by the floodplain administrator, shall review all proposed amendments to chapter 26 of the Tucson Code and shall provide written conclusions and recommendations to the director of the department of transportation and mobility to be forwarded to the mayor and council prior to a public hearing on the proposed amendments. Floodplain administrator shall request the directors of the planning and development services department and department of transportation and mobility to reconstitute or convene as necessary the SAC or STAC.
(b) Pursuant to A.R.S. Sec. 48-3609.02, prior to the adoption, amendment or repeal of any provision of this chapter the following shall occur:
(1) City department through the floodplain administrator shall provide at least two weeks' notice of a meeting at which the public may provide comments on draft language of any proposed rule. Notice shall include the entire text of the draft proposed rule and it shall be made available to the public. Written and verbal comments on the draft language shall be accepted by floodplain administrator.
(2) City department through the floodplain administrator shall provide at least two weeks' notice of a meeting at which the final text of the proposed rule is considered by the mayor and council. Notice shall include the entire text of the final version of the proposed rule and it shall be made available to the public. At least one week before this meeting, floodplain administrator shall provide the public with the department's written responses to the written public responses generated as a result of the meeting required under subsection (1) above, and may provide written responses to the verbal public comments generated as a result of the meeting required under subsection (1) above.
(3) City department through the floodplain administrator shall provide mayor and council with copies of the public comments and the department's written responses to those public comments. If as a result of public comments or internal review, mayor and council determines that the text of a proposed rule requires substantial change, mayor and council shall issue a supplemental notice containing the changes to the proposed rule and shall provide for additional public comment before adoption.
(4) City department through the floodplain administrator may provide the notices required by this section on the department/city's website.
(Ord. No. 11396, § 1, 8-9-16; Ord. No. 11801, § 1, 12-8-20)