§ 21.10.020. Municipal district amendment procedure.

A.

A request to initiate an ordinance rezoning land within the municipal district shall be submitted to the administrative officer for that municipal district. The administrative officer shall forward immediately the request to the borough planning director.

B.

A public hearing on any proposed rezoning shall be held by the advisory planning commission for that municipal district. After public hearing, the advisory planning commission shall send its written recommendations to the borough clerk, together with all certified copies of minutes and public records relating to the proposed ordinance.

C.

The borough planning commission shall hold a public hearing on the proposed ordinance amending zoning within the municipal district. The public hearing shall be limited to the issue of whether the proposed ordinance has a significant impact on land use and transportation in the area outside the municipal district. The borough planning commission shall review the application and other records to determine if enactment would likely create significant impacts upon land use and transportation in the area outside the municipal district. If the borough planning commission finds in the affirmative, it shall recommend approval, rejection or modification of the proposed ordinance. If the borough planning commission finds that the proposed ordinance will have no significant impact in the area outside the municipal district, then the borough planning commission shall recommend to the borough assembly that the assembly take the action recommended by the advisory planning commission.

D.

The borough assembly shall consider and act upon the proposed ordinance at the assembly's earliest convenient time.

(Ord. No. 79-4, § 1(part), 1979)