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Planning & Zoning Lingo
The following actions require a public hearing by the P&Z Commission for recommendation
to City Council, and then City Council decides final acceptance:
Annexation: Annexation allows land to be serviced by the City. In order for a parcel to
be annexed, it must touch current city limit boundaries and the landowner must agree to
the action. This action is regulated by State law and also requires a second hearing at
the City Council level. A parcel can be annexed and rezoned simultaneously.
Conditional Use Permit (CUP): A Conditional Use Permit is an allowance of a specific
use within a zone when approved by the Commission and/or City Council .
The following CUPs can be approved on the Commission level, without approval of City
Council:
Bed & Breakfast
Boarding houses
Churches, synagogues, and temples
Day care centers
Developments with four (4) or less dwelling units Funeral and crematory services
Government buildings
Home occupations under Section 4.00.040.
Household goods warehousing and storage
Nursery Schools
Parks
Reduced parking space size in parking structures
Comprehensive Plan: The Comprehensive Plan has two parts: 1) 2020
Comprehensive plan document and 2) Future Land Use Map that projects future growth
in the City. Both plans are required by the state for each City. Changes in the
Comprehensive Plan Document or Map are by resolution, while all other actions in this
list are by ordinance.
Planned Unit Development (PUD): Plan for larger land areas under single ownership
or control, including a combination of uses, with the purpose of selling, leasing, or
renting lots or estates.
Rezone: The changing of a zoning designation within the City. This action requires a
hearing of the community. The zoning designation must align with the Comprehensive
Plan Map. If not, the Comprehensive Plan Map must go to hearing to be amended prior
to the rezone.
The following actions have alternate processes:
Lot Line Adjustments: An altering of lot lines, requiring new legal descriptions and
land owner approval. This action is internally reviewed by City staff to determine
acceptance, and then recorded with Madison County.
Plat: A map of a subdivision or condominium development. A preliminary, then final
plat are submitted; the Commission and City Council consider both plats, but they do
not require public hearings.