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AMENDED RESOLUTION NO. 90
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 90 WHICH IN 1984
APPROVED THE ADOPTION OF A REFERRAL PROCESS AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MERIDIAN
AND THE COUNTY OF ADA WHICH AGREEMENT ESTABLISHES PROCEDURES FOR REFERRING AMENDMENTS
OF COMPREHENSIVE PLANS AND POLICIES AND ZONING DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCES BETWEEN THE
CITY OF MERIDIAN AND THE COUNTY OF ADA AND PROVIDES FOR THE PROCESSING OF ZONING AND
DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS; RESCINDING SAID ORIGINAL RESOLUTION 90 AND READOPTING
SAID RESOLUTION TO READ AS SET FORTH HEREINAFTER; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Meridian passed
Resolution No. 90 in 1984 adopting a referral process between the
City and Ada County for comprehensive plan, zoning and
subdivision amendments and applications and which both the
Meridian City Council and the Ada County Commissioners have
agreed to change and amend; and
WHEREAS, the 1975 Local Planning Act requires that Ada
County and each city therein establish area of impact boundaries
for each city and to designate the comprehensive plans and
ordinances to apply within such areas of impact; and
WHEREAS, Idaho Code Section 67-6526 establishes procedures
for amending or changing said area of impact ordinances and the
area of impact boundaries; and
WHEREAS, the City of Meridian and the County of Ada have
agreed to amend their respective area of impact ordinances and
the boundaries of the Meridian Area of City Impact and either
have passes ordinances so changing such area of Impact and the
associated ordinances or are in the process of so adopting such
ordinances; and
WHEREAS, the City of Meridian and the County of Ada have
agreed to amend the referral agreement resolutions establishing
procedures for referring to each other applications for
amendments to comprehensive plans, zoning and subdivision
ordinances, and developmental ordinances and procedures for
processing applications for such amendments;
NOW, THEREFORE, HE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO:
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The City of Meridian hereby adopts the hereinafter set forth
Amended Meridian Area of Impact Referral Process which shall read
as follows:
Section 1.0 AMENDMENT OF CITY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ORDINANCES
1.1 All proposed amendments to the Meridian 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
fifteen (15) days prior to any public hearing on any such
proposed amendment(s), whether said amendment(s) is
before the Meridian Planning and Zoning Commission or the
Meridian City Council. The Ada County Department of
Developmental Services shall determine whether or not such
amendment(s) is in conflict with either the Ada County
Comprehensive Plan or the Ada County Zoning Ordinance.
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.
1.z 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 Drdinances, 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.
Section 2.0 AMENDMENT OF COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ZONING
ORDINANCE
2.1 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 amendmentts). 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 Meridian Comprehensive Plan, 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.
2.2 The Board of Ada County Commissioners shall notify Meridian,
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) 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 Planning and
Zoning Commission to schedule the amendment for public hearing as an
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amendment to the Area of City Impact Ordinance.
Section 3.0 PROCESSING OF LAND USE APPLICATIONS IN THE MERIDIAN AREA OF CITY IMPACT
3.1 The Ada County Development Services Department Director shall send to
the Meridian City Clerk all County land use applications concerning property
located within the Meridian Area of City Impact including, but not limited to,
applications for: planned developments, subdivisions, rezones, private
roads, and conditional use permits, thirty (30) days prior to any county
public hearing on such application. 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 mailed to the Ada COunty Development Services
Department Director within thirty (30) days. Such input from Meridian
shall not be binding or controlling on the County, but shall be treated
as documentary evidence.
3.2 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 the
Meridian Planning and Zoning Commission, as the case may be, has been
received, or the date the County should have received said Council's or
Commission's recommendations, specified above, has passed.
3.3 The Ada County Department of Development Services will notify
the Meridian City Clerk in writing of the County's action on land
use applications located within the Meridian Area of City Impact but
outside the Meridian City limits within fifteen (15) days following
final decision by the appropriate County agency on such matter.
Section 4.0 AMENDMENT OF COUNTY PLAN AND ORDINANCES/PROCESSING OF LAND USE
APPLICATIONS IN REFERRAL AREAS
Amendments to the Ada County Comprehensive Plan, the Ada County Zoning
Ordinance, and all Area of City Impact Ordinances which apply within the
Referral Areas, as identified on the Meridian Area of City Impact Map,
and all land use applications within those referral areas shall be sent
by the Ada County Development Services Department Director to the
Meridian City Clerk. Such documents shall be mailed at least thirty (30)
days prior to any public hearing on them. Any comment by the Meridian
City Council on such documents shall be made to the Ada County Development
Service Department in writing prior to or at such public hearin. Such input
from Meridian shall not be binding or controlling on the County, but shall be
treated as documentary evidence. The Board of Ada County Commissioners shall
notify the Meridian City Council in writing of the County's action on such
documents within thirty (30) days following a final action by Ada County
on such matter..
Section 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Resolution shall be effective upon passage and approval thereof and upon
the passage and approval of the Ada County adjunct Resolution.
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO, THIS 20th Day of
November, 1990.
APPROVED:
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RANT P. KINGSFORD, MA
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ATTEST:
JACK
CLERK