Laserfiche WebLink
approach and does the tight thing now it will save the CiTM a lot of money and hopefully everyone <br />will be happy. <br /> <br />Councilmember Elvig inquired if in fact the City were to try and do something proactive along <br />Highway #10 and property owners requested that the City purchase the property because of a <br />moratorium, what would that process be. <br /> <br />City Administrator Norman replied that those are some of the questions that will be answered by <br />The Tinklenberg Group. ~ <br /> <br />Councilmember Elvig stated that he has been contacted by some property owners along Highway <br />#10 who currently have their properties for sale and have indicated that if a moratorium is put in <br />place they would like the City to purchase the property. <br /> <br />Councilmember Cook stated that it is important an effort is made with the business owners to <br />keep the values of the properties. <br /> <br />Councilmember Zimmerman stated that the City does have the right to place a moratorium on <br />property and some people feel slighted because of that, but that is some of the consequences of <br />proper planning. At this time to say that they are going to buy out businesses is too early. <br />Presently the City needs to operate under a moratotium to study what they need to do. <br /> <br />City Administrator Norman explained that the study needs to occur duting the moratotium. The <br />City cannot place a moratorium on a piece of property and then do nothing about it. <br /> <br />2) Citizen Involvement in Subdivision Process <br /> <br />Principal Planner Trudgeon stated that currently when the Community Development Department <br />receives an application for any kind of land use (subdivision, variance, conditional use permit, <br />rezoning, etc.), a 4'x8' sign is placed on the subject property as soon as possibleJ The sign <br />identifies that the property is the subject of a land use application and the phone number to call <br />for more information. All land use applications, with the exception of minor subdivisions (3 lots <br />or less with no road construction) and site plan reviews, require a public hearing. State law <br />requires that the City make a reasonable attempt to notify owners of property within 350 feet of <br />the subject property of the land use request and the date and time of the public hearing. Currently <br />staff has been sending out notification 700 feet of the subject property. Subdivisions have three <br />stages: sketch, preliminary plat, and final plat. The public hearing is required at the time <br />preliminary plat stage. Besides signing the property upon receipt of the land use application, <br />another option to getting citizens involved early on in the process would be to suggest (or <br />require) developers to hold a neighborhood meeting prior to the Planning Commission reviewing <br />the sketch plan. The developer must let City staff know of the date, time and place of the <br />neighborhood informational meeting. To keep Council up to date on new development plans, the <br />City Administrator can note all new land use applications in the Weekly Update. The Weekly <br />Update would also be used to let City Council know the logistics of any developer-hosted <br />neighborhood meetings. Another option is to not wait for the preliminary plat stage to send <br /> <br />City Council/February 4, 2003 <br /> Page 2 of 7 <br /> <br /> <br />