05-21-2018 Planning Commission Packet

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been made.—At the public hearing the planning commission or the council shall review the application and the statements and drawings submitted with the application and shall receive pertinent evidence concerning the proposed use and the proposed conditions under which it would be operated or maintained. Any party may appear at the hearing in person or by agent or attorney. Subject to such limitations as may be imposed by the council, the planning commission or the council may adopt rules for the conduct of proceedings before it. Such rules may include provisions for the giving of oaths to witnesses and the filing of written briefs by the parties. The city shall provide for a record of the proceedings, which shall include the minutes of the meetings, the findings, and the action taken on each matter heard, including the final action. SECTION 15. Section 78-1008(c)4. shall be amended by removing text to read as follows: Sec. 78-1008. - Procedure for processing a planned unit development. (c) Schedule. (4) The planning commission shall conduct the hearing and report its findings and make recommendations to the city council.'` otiee of the hearing shall consist of a legal " pow.. deser-iption and a deser-iption of the request, and be p4lished in the offieial newspaper - least ten days prior- to the hearing; and written netifieatien of the hearing shall be mail least ten days prior- to the hearing to ev,%er-s of land within 350 feet of the beundmy of the pr-epeAy in question. SECTION 16. Section 78-1610(a) shall be amended to read as follows: Sec. 78-1610. - Alteration of wetlands. (a) No alteration of land within a wetland overlay district or an existing established wetland buffer is allowed without a wetlands alteration permit, subject to recommendation by the planning commission and approval of the city council. The planning commission must hold a public hearing per Section 78-48.^f*er notifying the pr-opei4y owners within 350 f of of the r pet4 , on Activities that constitute an alteration regulated by this section include changes to the size, depth or contour of the wetlands or its existing established buffer, dredging, or alterations of wetlands or buffer vegetation. Alterations do not include wetland planting or the selective clearing or pruning of trees or vegetation that are dead, diseased, noxious weeds or similar hazards. A wetland alteration permit is not required when a wetland district is rezoned to another zoning classification. SECTION 17. Section 82-2 shall be amended by adding text to the following definition: