Title
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1211 "GROWTH MANAGEMENT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ALLOCATION" OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IN ITS ENTIRETY.
Executive Summary: The ordinance would implement the Growth Management system only when certain growth factors are exceeded.
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Legislative History
The residential Growth Management Allocation system was adopted in May 1996 and is now Chapter 1211 of the Land Development Code. An Annual Review Report and an ordinance establishing the residential development allocation for the impending allocation period have been approved by Council every year since then. In March 2016 in Ordinance 16-65 Council deferred administration of the system pending amendments to the Land Development Code, but no later than December 31, 2016.
Purpose & Explanation
The proposed amendments are those that were contemplated last March when the Growth Management Residential Development Allocation System (hereinafter the "system") was deferred. As reported then one recommendation of the Comprehensive Plan adopted in January 2016 is "review and evaluate the system to balance continued management of new residential development with increased flexibility and responsiveness to market demands". The pressures on infrastructure present when the system was first implemented in 1996 have lessened significantly over the past decade. To that end Ordinance 16-65 proposed a future revised ordinance that would accomplish the following:
1. Activate the system only when certain population and residential development growth factors are exceeded.
2. These factors and other development measures would be documented in a report to be presented to Council annually.
3. Growth management allocations would not be required when the system is not activated.
4. Section 1211 of the Land Development Code (LDC) should be revised to include the above, the mechanisms for activating the system when a growth factor is met, the schedule of growth management applications and alloc...
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