One version would protect MUP approvals from code changes for five years and the other would protect it for four years. The five-year version would match the existing five-year deadline for obtaining a building permit following MUP approval.
Mike Podowski, a city supervisor for policy and code development, tells GlobeSt.com the City Council's Land Use Committee on April 1 will compare both versions and likely recommend one to the City Council, which could sign off on the change at its April 6 meting.
Podowski says the annual renewal made sense when the MUP process was established in the mid 1980s because there had been significant changes to the land use code. "We're at a totally different point in the city's evolution," says Podowski. "It's something we've known for a few years could use some adjustment, but in this down economy there became a more acute need to simplify and take out some of the unnecessary hurdles."
As the three council members on the Land Use Committee are believed to be for such a change, they would need to convince two others on the nine-member council to push it through.
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