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-206- the City in a legal situation to impose on a developer the new standards that weren't in place before they proposed the development. Commun/ty Development Director clarified that Staff. tries to guide the developers toward the new standard, but only can require what is on the books currently. Steve Miller, 5490 155m Lane, asked when the citizens should have gotten in~'~t~ved to learn more. Chairperson Nixt suggested the residents could have joined one of the ~q-~us:~ups that led to the development of the Comprehensive Plan. The ComprehensiYe. Pla~i'~S urid~i~mte, law to be completed in 1998, and was not.approved .until December 20~,;~ 'The Metr°~611[!i~, Council signed off in 5anuary 2002. Under state law, the Compreh~n~'~' Plan drives ev~~'~g, the local laws and ordinances have to follow that plan. Board Member Johnson asked Staff if the residents ha~;'~i:!;(~oncern ab0~} particular part of the Comprehensive Plan, and they wanted to approach the 'Ci~'~r,::::~:.,: .~a~i:i~'~'hdment' how wou}d they Principal Planner Trudgeon explained they mUg~(~fi~...~.fill out an aibP~ea~tion for'a Comprehensive Plan amendment. The city will be petition~41::~ ~b~!de[:~t,~?d the~ii{?~l go through the steps to have it considered. :'J~}~ Board Member Johnson askect~aperson who i'i ~-0.~:aiii~downer ~'0'uld request a zoning change. Loren Gordon, Consu!tai4tfi:;~Ioisin~_'~ Koegler'~::~0Up Inc. stated that person would need to obtain approval from:the~Planning C$~isSion and(~ Council. - Joe McDilda, 14321 :N~6~:St.,.:~[i~P"i~-'-'~/i~;~-Parkland that waS shown as protected in the Comprehensive Plan, ana'ith Pi fihres showed th~' trees, being removed. 'There has been a lot of discussiort:~i~:~ssue as '~i;iizend attend pUblic hearings. Many of the citizens see it for the first 'time af:'t.h~*~'~'~r~g~2;He a~i~:how citizens can find out about these things sooner. He noted som¢':~e'~he discussi°~/X~e emc}t~gy charged because people haven't looked at it as long as Commissio~has. Boa~-'d~![V~mber Johnson nb.t~t three to four public hearings have been held on this parcel so far. Jill Anders6B~"~ke&ff:~ Comprehensive Plan has been finalized and how she could obtain a copy of it. ~"~:::i~}:'![:i Chairperson Nixt responded it has. been adopted, but it can change according to situations. He stated a copy is available at City Hall for $60. He said the zoning ordinance is also available at the City Hall. Board of Adjustment/May 4, 2002 Page 9 of 10