Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2024-38 and Ordinance No. 2024-23: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona, declaring as a public record that certain document filed with the City Clerk entitled "PZ-24-00010 - Zoning Map Amendment Process" and an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona, amending the Flagstaff City Code, Title 10, Flagstaff Zoning Code
 

1. Adopt Resolution No. 2024-38
2. Read Ordinance No. 2024-23 by title only for the final time
3. City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2024-23 by title only (if approved above)
4. Adopt Ordinance No. 2024-23

City’s request for a Zoning Code Text Amendment to modify Division 10-20.50: Amendments to the Zoning Code Text and Zoning Map to add required review timeframes for Zoning Map Amendments as well as updating protest procedures for Zoning Map Amendments as required by Senate Bill 1162.

The Planning & Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council approve the proposed text amendment by a vote of 5-0 at their September 25, 2024, public hearing.  Commission members expressed concerns about state mandates and their impacts on local decisions.   

There are no anticipated financial impact affiliated with the proposed Zoning Code Text Amendment.

There are no anticipated policy impacts affiliated with the proposed Zoning Code Text Amendment.

There has not been a previous City Council decision on this ordinance.

The City Council may adopt, modify, or deny the proposed amendment.

The proposed amendment includes modifications to the following Zoning Code provisions:

Chapter 10-20: Administration, Procedures, and Enforcement, Division 10-20.50: Amendments to the Zoning Code Text and the Zoning Map, Section 10-20.50.040: Procedures, Subsection 10-20.50.040(E) to add required review timeframes for Zoning Map Amendments.

Chapter 10-20: Administration, Procedures, and Enforcement, Division 10-20.50: Amendments to the Zoning Code Text and the Zoning Map, Section 10-20.50.040: Procedures, Subsection 10-20.50.040(M): Protest Procedures to update protest procedures for Zoning Map Amendments.

A Zoning Code Text Amendment shall be evaluated based on the following findings:

A.    Finding #1:  The proposed amendment is consistent with and conforms to the objectives and policies of the General Plan and any applicable specific plan;

Flagstaff Regional Plan 2030

• Policy LU.1.6. Establish greater flexibility in development standards and processes to assist developers in overcoming challenges posed by redevelopment and infill sites.
• Policy LU.1.7. Consider creative policy and planning tools as a means to incentivize redevelopment and infill.

B.    Finding #2:  The proposed amendment will not be detrimental to the public interest, health, safety, convenience, or welfare of the City;

The amendment provisions are not anticipated to be detrimental to the public interest, health, safety, convenience, or welfare of the City.  The proposed provisions are intended to comply with the requirements of SB 1162.

C.    Finding #3:  The proposed amendment is internally consistent with other applicable provisions of this Zoning Code.
The amendment is internally consistent, utilizes the existing format, and does not conflict with other Zoning Code provisions. It maintains the Zoning Code’s purpose as a comprehensive contemporary set of land uses and requirements that are straightforward, usable, and easily understood.

• Achieve a well-maintained community through comprehensive & equitable code compliance, & development is compatible with community values.

• Policy LU.1.6. Establish greater flexibility in development standards and processes to assist developers in overcoming challenges posed by redevelopment and infill sites.
• Policy LU.1.7. Consider creative policy and planning tools as a means to incentivize redevelopment and infill.

• Create housing options for households at all income levels and family sizes occupied by local residents.

• Create 4: Amend the Flagstaff Zoning Coe to facilitate the development of all housing types.