What happens in the rezoning process?
When a rezoning application is submitted, along with all applicable fees and supporting documents, the Planning Division schedules the case for a public hearing before the Planning & Zoning Commission. Notice of this meeting is published in the official City newspaper and property owners within 200 feet of the proposed rezoning site are notified by mail. Planning staff conducts a land use survey of the area noting all case pertinent facts and provides the Planning & Zoning Commission a written report indicating staff’s recommendation on the rezoning request. A public hearing is conducted by the Planning & Zoning Commission and the Commission may either recommend approval or denial of the request or it may table the request for a specified period of time. Then the Tomball City Council holds a public hearing considering the recommendation of the Planning & Zoning and other testimony. The Council may approve or deny the request or it may table the request for a specified period of time. T
A public hearing by the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission is scheduled and a notice of this meeting is published in the newspaper. Notice of the hearing is also sent by first class mail to the property owners on the certified ownership list filed with the application. These notifications are provided by the Metropolitan Area Planning Department office. If the property is in the unincorporated area near one of the 17 small cities in Sedgwick County, that city’s planning commission will consider the request at one of its meetings and make recommendation to the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission and County Commission. The applicant or agent should attend these meetings to present the rezoning request and respond to questions from the various boards and the public. After the public hearing recommendation by the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission, the rezoning request is sent to the Sedgwick County Board of Commissioners for final approval or disapproval.
First the Planning Department staff conducts a land use survey of the area noting all case pertinent facts. The Planning Department provides the Planning Advisory Board a written report indicating their recommendation on the rezoning request. A public hearing for site specific rezoning is conducted by the Planning Advisory Board. Notice of this meeting is published in a newspaper and abutting property owners of the proposed rezoning are notified by certified mail. Then the Jefferson Parish Council holds a public hearing considering the recommendation of the Planning Department the Planning Advisory Board and other testimony. The decision of the Council is final. Appeals of the Council’s decision must be made to the 24th Judicial Court within 30 days.
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