Public hearing requirements for appeals and variances
Zoning text amendment to Title 21A (Petition PLNPCM2025-00327) removing public hearings for appeals of land use decisions and variance requests and replacing them with public meetings, to comply with House Bill 368, which took effect May 7, 2025. The Council adopted it as Ordinance 46 of 2025 on July 1, 2025.
Approved
- Type
- Code change
- Location
- Citywide
- City Council: Zoning text amendment replacing public hearings for appeals and variances (Ordinance 46 of 2025)
- City Council: Consent agenda
- City Council work session: Zoning text amendment on public hearings for appeals and variances
In brief
Public hearing requirements for appeals and variances appears on 3 recorded agendas, from the City Council work session meeting of June 3, 2025 to the City Council meeting of July 1, 2025.
On record, it was approved 2 times.
The most recent decision was approved (7-0) at the City Council meeting of July 1, 2025.
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Public hearing requirements for appeals and variances
- Council action
Approved: Zoning text amendment replacing public hearings for appeals and variances (Ordinance 46 of 2025) · Approved minutes Record → · July 1, 2025
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Every hearing and vote
July 1, 2025 · City Council
Zoning text amendment replacing public hearings for appeals and variances (Ordinance 46 of 2025)
Approved · 7-0
The Council adopted a Title 21A amendment replacing public hearing requirements for appeals of land use decisions and variance requests with public meetings, to comply with House Bill 368, which took effect May 7, 2025. No one spoke.
- Petition: PLNPCM2025-00327
June 10, 2025 · City Council
Consent agenda
Approved · 7-0
The consent agenda set a July 1 hearing on the zoning text amendment on public hearing requirements for appeals and variances (Petition PLNPCM2025-00327), set a July 8 hearing on the CIP resolution, appointed Jonathan Freedman to the Airport Board through June 10, 2029, and reappointed Jenny Bonk and Brad Christensen to the CDCIP Advisory Board through June 5, 2028.
June 3, 2025 · City Council work session
Zoning text amendment on public hearings for appeals and variances
Discussed
Staff explained the proposal removes the public hearing requirement for appeals of land use decisions and variance requests, as House Bill 368 from the 2025 Legislature requires; the law took effect May 7, 2025. Planning Director Nick Norris described the intent, data on appeals and variances received, and variance requirements. Members asked whether hearings were helpful, what other ways exist to gain public information, and how often variances occur. Public hearing was scheduled for July 1 with action expected July 8.
- Petition: PLNPCM2025-00327 (from the June 10 consent agenda)
- Timeline: briefing June 3; hearing July 1 at 7 p.m.; tentative action July 8