1b. First reading-amended subdivision ordinance_application requirements

Page 2 of 4 inconclusive whether publishing an advertisement 4 days prior to the Planning Commission meeting would suffice to meet state statute requirements of “once a week.” To proactively avoid issues of litigation in the future and to always ensure that staff always pay the standard rate for newspaper notification publication, staff requests a text amendment to the CCSO to eliminate the 21-day requirement and allow staff the authority to establish the application deadline. Text Amendment Proposal: Staff proposes the following text amendments in underlined and strikethrough font to §106.4, §302.1, §302.4, §303, §303.4, §305.1 of the CCSO: 106.4. The Cass County Planning Office shall serve as the administrative officer of the Planning Commission and be authorized to process, review, report, recommend and provide notice for all applications described within this ordinance. The Cass County Planning Office may establish: 1. Deadlines for receipt of complete applications 2. Dates of regular meetings 3. The scheduling of staff reviews and staff reports 4. All required steps in the application process (including public hearings and reviews by other agencies) 5. Required time-frames for action by review and decision-making bodies. 302.1. Application Requirements. All Preliminary Plat Applications shall include the following and shall be submitted at least twenty-one (21) days prior to the next regularly scheduled Planning Commission meeting. 302.4. Planning Commission Action. The County Planner will schedule the Preliminary Plat application for action at a regularly scheduled public meeting within ninety (90) days of the first public meeting of the Planning Commission after the date of filing. In general, the County Planner will schedule the Preliminary Plat application for action at the first Planning Commission meeting which is at least twenty one (21) days following filing. However, a A municipality may request the Planning Commission to delay action on the application up to ninety (90) days from the date of filing to allow for the submission of its comments to the Planning Commission. The Preliminary Plat will, therefore, be considered at a public meeting by the Planning Commission in accordance with a schedule that allows time for review of the Plan by the municipalit y .