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The procedures for reviewing a Comprehensive Plan amendment involve several steps. First, the <br />Planning and Zoning Commission (PZC), as the Local Planning Agency, conducts a public hearing to <br />review thle request. At the public hearing, the Commission makes a recommendation to the Board of <br />County Commissioners (Board) to approve, approve with modifications, or deny the requested <br />amendment. <br />Following PZC action, the Board conducts two public hearings. The first of those hearings is for a <br />preliminary decision on the amendment request. At that hearing, the Board determines whether or not <br />the amendment warrants transmittal to state and regional review agencies for their consideration. <br />If the am Indment is transmitted, state and regional review agencies review the amendment as it pertains <br />to each agency's area of focus. Review agencies then send their comments directly'to the county and <br />the State Land Planning Agency. Subsequent to staff and/or the applicant addressing any issues raised <br />in the review agency comments, a second and final Board public hearing is conducted. If the Board <br />approves the request at the final public hearing, then the approved amendment is submitted to the State <br />Land Planning Agency and to the other review agencies. The amendment becomes effective 31 days <br />after the State Land Planning Agency determines that the approved amendment submittal is complete, <br />unless a cl allenge is filed by an affected party. <br />PZC Action <br />At its regular meeting of December 10, 2015, the Planning & Zoning Commission voted 5-0 to <br />recommend that the Board of County Commissioners deny the proposed amendment (see attachment <br />#3). The PZC's recommendation and reasoning for its recommendation are described later in this <br />report. <br />BCC Action (transmittal public hearing) <br />After the PZC hearing, the BCC held its transmittal hearing on January 19, 2016, and voted 3-2 to <br />transmit the proposed comprehensive plan text amendment to state and regional review agencies. <br />Subsequently, staff transmitted the proposed amendment to state and regional review agencies. At the <br />January 19, 2016 transmittal hearing, the Board directed staff to refine the amendment and create a <br />narrow window of opportunity for approved existing places of worship and camps/retreats to connect to <br />the water ; and sewer services via a sunset provision. Based on that directive, staff revised the <br />amendment which is described in the analysis section of this report. <br />i <br />State Agency Review <br />After transmittal and review of the proposed amendment, no state or regional reviewing agency had any <br />objections'to the comprehensive plan text amendment (see attachment # 7). Although the final version <br />of the amendment will differ from the transmittal version, staff does not anticipate any objections from <br />reviewing agencies since the scope of the amendment will be narrowed. <br />BCC Final Public Hearing <br />The April 5, 2016 public hearing is the final step in the Comprehensive Plan amendment process. At <br />that hearing, the BCC must decide whether or not to approve the proposed amendment. <br />2 141 <br />