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MAY 2t - :. _ t.0oK 46 Fn,45V TO: Neil Nelson County Admi-nistrator DATE: May 13,-.1981 FILE: _ SUBJECT: Community Impact Evaluation Ordi n-ance -FROM: David -R,,ver, ``REFERENCES: - Planning & Zoning Director It is. recommended that the. data herein presented be'given formal consideration by the County Commissioners. 1. Description and Conditions. In conjunction with the recently passed local ordinance requiring a Binding Letter of Interpretation from the Sta-te, the Planning and Zoning Department is submitting an ordinance requiring the development of Community Impa.ct Ev-aluation report, -to be prepared by the applicant for site plans or subdivisions,_whose size or potential size exceeds the thresholds stated in the document for the -various types of development. The intent of this ordinance is much the same as the DRI process,- to identify local impacts both imnTediate and future, of proposed "tldevelopments, and to m.itigate these by whatever reasonable means possible. The county will also be able to suppliment their information base for ongoing.and-special analysis of growth -problems. Development proposals such as some recently encountered as well as some developments which continue to grow in scope and physical, but which by their nature are not subject to state and regional review nontheless have significant local impact and should receive local assessment"prior to the normal review process. The Planning and Zoning Commission as well as the County Attorney's office has worked with the Planning and Zoning Department staff to create this document. A public hearing was held on April 2, 1981, and continued to April 30th, at which a recommendation for approval was given by a unanimous vote of the Planning and Zoning Commission. 2. Alternatives and Analysis. A. A date for the public hearing should be set for the earliest opportunity. Passage of this proposed ordinance will provide reviewers and decision -makers with greater understanding of the effects of both the proposed development and the relation - ship between it and the surrounding areas as well as the impacts on providing public facilities of all kinds. B. The second alternative is to continue to use the existing ordinances with the general statements which allow for requests for "additional information" at the discretion of the staff and Boards, which are inadequate and open to interpretation. i 6