Source: https://cityofnsb.com/278/Comprehensive-Plan-Amendments
Timestamp: 2019-04-21 16:07:29+00:00

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Any person proposing to amend the Comprehensive Plan, including changes to the Future Land Use Map and/or the text, must meet with a Department of Development Services planner prior to submitting an application. The purpose of the pre-application meeting is to acquaint the applicant with the Comprehensive Plan amendment procedures and to acquaint the City with the proposed Comprehensive Plan amendment (§305.01[A] and §305.02[A], Land Development Regulations [LDR]).
Letter from applicant indicating the portion of the Comprehensive Plan the applicant proposes to amend and the wording of the proposed amendment.
A copy of the completed and submitted Volusia County School Board School Planning and Concurrency Application.
Other issues that have a bearing on the Comprehensive Plan amendment.
Upon receipt of the Comprehensive Plan amendment report, the board, in its capacity as the local planning agency (LPA), shall hold a public hearing on the proposed Comprehensive Plan amendment, review the application package and the staff recommendation, and make a recommendation to the City Commission to approve, conditionally approve, or deny the requested Comprehensive Plan amendment (§305.01[C] and §305.02[C], LDR).
Upon receipt of the recommendation of the Department of Development Services and the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Board, the City Commission shall prepare a Comprehensive Plan amendment ordinance and schedule two (2) public hearings to approve, conditionally approve, or deny the requested Comprehensive Plan amendment (§305.01[C] and §305.02[C], LDR).
Upon receipt of the approval or conditional approval on the first reading of a large scale Comprehensive Plan amendment by the City Commission, the staff shall send copies of the notice and amendment to the Florida Department of Community Affairs (DCA), as the state land planning agency, the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council, and any other person or entity requesting a copy.
This information shall also include a statement identifying any property subject to the amendment that is located within a coastal high hazard area as identified in the Comprehensive Plan (§163.3187[c][b], Florida Statutes).
Upon receipt of the DCA Objections, Recommendations, and Comments (ORC) report and the VGMC Certificate of Consistency, the City Commission may adopt a large scale Comprehensive Plan amendment. The Department of Development Services shall amend the Comprehensive Plan and send copies of the notice, executed Comprehensive Plan amendment ordinance to DCA, and responses to the ORC report (§305.01[C] and §305.02[C], LDR).
The Comprehensive Plan amendment shall not become effective until the DCA issues a final order determining the adopted amendment to be in compliance in accordance with §163.3184(9), or until the Administration Commission issues a final order determining the adopted amendment to be in compliance in accordance with §163.3184(10) (§163.3189[a], Florida Statutes).
Upon receipt of the VGMC Certificate of Consistency, the City Commission may adopt a small scale Comprehensive Plan amendment. The Department of Development Services shall amend the Comprehensive Plan and send copies of the notice and executed Comprehensive Plan amendment ordinance to DCA.
challenged within 30 days after adoption by the City Commission (§305.01[C] and §305.02[C], LDR). Small scale development Comprehensive Plan amendments shall not become effective until 31 days after adoption. If challenged within 30 days after adoption, then small scale development Comprehensive Plan amendments shall not become effective until the DCA or the Administration Commission, respectively, issues a final order determining the adopted small scale development Comprehensive Plan amendment is in compliance (§163.3187[c], Florida Statutes).
Administration fees are for the purpose of processing applications and advertising proposed action. No fees shall be refunded except when an application is withdrawn prior to any processing or advertising.
The City Commission shall establish, by resolution, a schedule of administration fees for Comprehensive Plan amendments. The applicant for a Comprehensive Plan amendment shall pay the required fees at the time the application is submitted. Administration fees shall be set and adjusted periodically by the City Commission (§305.01[B] and §305.02[B], LDR). View the Complete List of Development Services Fees.
If the City Commission finds the imposition of a fee to be creating an unreasonable hardship to any person or entity, the City Commission may waive said fee (§305.01[D], LDR).

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