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'* *vV - ' -7";C"' <br />H'"\ <br />h. <br />r <br />,t'- <br />If’ <br />I- <br />% <br />f <br />Lp <br />gf' <br /># <br />'ikr <br />i-..te--- <br />li <br />I <br />t'fl. <br />PLAN AMENDMENT REVIEW PROCESS <br />The Council has established separate procedures for major and minor plan amendments. <br />A major amendment is: <br />(1) <br />(2) <br />(3) <br />(4) <br />A complete revision, update or rewrite of an existing comprehensive plan in its entirety; <br />A substantial revision, update, rewrite or addition to a chapter or element of an existing <br />comprehensive plan; <br />An amendment triggered by a proposed development that requires an E. .W or EIS, and is <br />inconsistent with the existing comprehensive plan; or <br />A change (land trade or addition) in the urban service area involving 40 acres or more. <br />The Council may require a local governmental unit to modify the amendment if the Council finds <br />that the plan will have a substantial impact on, or contain a substantial departure from, <br />metropolitan system plans. The local government cannot implement the proposed plan <br />amendment until after the Council has concluded its review. <br />A minor amendment is: any amendment other that a major amendment. Minor amendments <br />wf.hout potential system impact or substantial departure are subject to a 60-day review and <br />comment period for consistency with the Metropolitan Development Guide. The local <br />government can implement the proposea plan amendment before the Council has concluded its <br />review. <br />ISSUE ANALYSIS <br />How should the Council review local plan amendments, and what thresholds or criteria should the <br />Council use to require plan modifications under the new rural service area policy? <br />Minor plan amendments <br />Minor plan amendments, by definition, lave no substantial impact or departure from metropolitan <br />system plans. The Council ’s plan amendment guidelines permit the local government to <br />implement the plan amendment before the Council ’s review is ended. If the amendment is <br />consistent with Council policies, further review is usually waived; or if minor comments are <br />necessary, it is sent directly to the Council ’s consent list. <br />If an amendment is not consistent with the new rural area policy, staff would prepare advisory <br />comments in a MCDC consent list report to explain the inconsistency. However, the local <br />govern ent could still go ahead and implemeiu the plan amendment during the Council ’s review. <br />Major plan amendments <br />The following types of major plan amendments are most likely to raise issues relative to the new <br />rural policy: requests for additions or changes to the Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA); <br />changes in rural area plans or policies; chs ges in the land use plan element; or changes in a <br />sewer or transportation plan element <br />If a major plan amendment is inconsistent with the new rural policies, the Council must determine <br />whether or not it constitutes a substantial impa*.. on or departure from the current metropolitan <br />system plans. If so, the Council may requite the locai governmental unit to modify the plan.