§ 21.01.025. Comprehensive plans—Amendments.

A.

All amendments to a comprehensive plan for a city must be adopted by assembly ordinance except for land use plan amendments made by the city council in accordance with this section.

B.

A city that has the delegated authority to provide zoning regulations is authorized to make land use plan amendments, as defined in this section, to their adopted comprehensive plan.

C.

A city shall accept delegation of authority to make land use plan amendments by an ordinance which shall provide the following:

(1)

a clear statement of acceptance of the authority;

(2)

that all amendments shall be made by an ordinance;

(3)

that the borough planning commission be notified in writing of all proposed and adopted amendments.

D.

The assembly, acting upon recommendations of the borough planning commission, shall delegate the authority to make land use plan changes to a city comprehensive plan by ordinance. This authority may be revoked by ordinance upon a finding that a city has not complied with the terms of this ordinance.

E.

Cities requesting extensive comprehensive plan amendments and cities without the power to make land use plan amendments, may recommend to the Borough Planning Commission a change to the city comprehensive plan.

F.

The assembly, acting upon recommendations of the borough planning commission, and finding that no significant negative impacts occur outside the municipal district, shall make extensive comprehensive plan amendments by ordinance.

(Ord. No. 89-17 Substitute II, § 2, 5-2-89; Ord. No. 89-17)