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' » ' ■ <br />.-■ <br />.:v' <br />r^; <br />I;:- <br />?i ■ <br />;i-rW-' <br />;;• - <br />^3,:i"r' <br />k.rf <br />c • <br />p..-. <br />ifIS’- <br />PLAJS' amendment review PROCESS <br />The Councjl has established separate procedures frr ■ : and ^ 'r pi.in e',;s <br />A maior amendment is <br />(1) <br />(2) <br />(3) <br />(4) <br />A complete revision, update or rewrite of an ex .stm^ comprehensAC p .sn .n .ts enti.'^eiv, <br />A substantial revision, update, rewrite or addition to a chapter or element of an cxistmc <br />comprehensive plan. <br />An amendment triggered hr a propK.^sed deselopmertt that requ,.'-es an F \'A or EIS .ind .s <br />inconsistent with the existing comprehensive plan, or <br />A change (land trade or addition) in the urban service area involvini; JO acres or aunc <br />The Council may require a local governmental unit to modiS' the amendment if the Council tmds <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 ;ts review <br />A minor amendment is: any amendment other that a major amendment. Minor amendments <br />without potential system impact or substantial departure are subject to a (><)-dav review and <br />comment period for consistency with the Metropolitan Development Guide The 'oca! <br />government can implement the pioposed plan amendment hetore the Council has concluded its <br />revie v. <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 ne** rar il service area policy ' <br />Minor plan amendments <br />Minor plan iimendments. by definition, have 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 />government could still go ahead and implement 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; changes in the land use plan element, or changes in a <br />sewrr 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 impact on or departure from the current n etropolitan <br />system plans. If so, the Council may require the local governmental unit to modify if e plan.