Subpart I. Neighborhood Compatibility Meeting Process and Procedures
Neighborhood compatibility meetings may be required for some uses or review processes to inform adjacent property owners, residents and business owners about a potential development in their community and provide an opportunity for questions to be answered by the applicant or developer.
- Facilitation. Upon receipt of a completed application, the Planning Director, Zoning Administrator or a designee appointed by the Planning Director or Zoning Administrator will facilitate the neighborhood compatibility meeting as scheduled each calendar year.
- Notification of Participants. A mailed notice shall be sent to adjacent property owners within four hundred (400) feet of any property line of the proposed development at least seven (7) days prior to the neighborhood compatibility meeting
- Applicant Presentation. The applicant/developer and or the designated agent shall provide a presentation at the meeting on the proposed project and shall address questions about the project which remain unclear.
- Discussion Topics. Participants shall be allowed to ask questions of the applicant for clarification but not to question if the site should be developed. A neighborhood compatibility meeting is not a public hearing. There will be an opportunity for public comment about the project during the formal review by the approving authority.
- Meeting Results. Upon the applicant addressing all the participants questions, the facilitator will review the points discussed and ask those assembled if the positions represent an accurate consensus of the opinions expressed. The facilitator shall record the opinions in the staff report and it shall become part of the application file.
