§ 1-3-8 Citizen Review Process.
A. Prior to any public hearing, as required under Article 1 of this Zoning Ordinance, on any application for any zoning ordinance that changes any property from one zoning district to another, including those for Preliminary PAD district and Final PAD district approval; for a Use Permit; and for a Special Use Permit application that imposes any regulation not previously imposed, or that removes or modifies any such regulation previously imposed, the Zoning Administrator shall require the applicant to conduct a neighborhood meeting or an acceptable alternative prior to a public hearing to consider the proposal. A written notice of the application shall be sent by first class mail to the owners of all properties within five hundred (500) feet of the property that is subject to a rezoning, Use Permit or Special Use Permit application and to such other persons as the Zoning Administrator reasonably determines to be potentially affected citizens. In determining the number of potentially affected citizens, the Zoning Administrator shall review the density and intensity of residential development in the general vicinity, the existing street system, and other factors that may be related to the impact of the proposed zoning amendment, Use Permit, or Special Use Permit on the character of the neighborhood.
B. The written notice shall also include a general explanation of the substance of the proposed zoning amendment, Use Permit or Special Use Permit application and shall state the date, time and place scheduled for a neighborhood meeting, at which any adjacent landowner(s) or those other potentially affected citizens, will be provided a reasonable opportunity to express any issues or concerns that the landowner or citizen may have with the proposed zoning amendment, Use Permit or Special Use Permit application before any public hearing required by this Ordinance is held.
C. The written notice shall be given at least fifteen (15) days before the neighborhood meeting in one or more of the following manners:
1. The notice shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation published or circulated in the City of Goodyear; or,
2. The notice shall be posted upon the sign required in Article 1, unless waived by the Zoning Administrator; or,
3. The notice shall be mailed in accordance with the procedures required elsewhere in Article 1.
D. The Zoning Administrator, upon consultation with the applicant, shall establish a time, date and place for the neighborhood meeting that provides a reasonable opportunity for the applicant, adjacent landowners and those other potentially affected citizens to discuss and express their respective views concerning the application and any issues or concerns that they may have with the proposed zoning amendment, Use Permit or Special Use Permit application. The Zoning Administrator shall attend the meeting, but is not required to conduct the meeting. The Zoning Administrator shall report the results of the neighborhood meeting to the Planning and Zoning Commission and Mayor and City Council when such body considers taking action on the application.
E. At the discretion of the Zoning Administrator, an alternative citizen review process may be used that does not involve a neighborhood meeting. The alternative process shall consist, at a minimum, of the following:
1. The written notice described in Section 1-3-8, except that the notice shall only indicate the name, address and phone number of the member of the planning staff whom adjacent landowners within five hundred (500) feet, or other potentially affected citizen, may contact to express any issues or concerns that the landowner or citizen may have with the proposed zoning amendment, Use Permit or Special Use Permit applications.
2. A staff report summarizing any issues or concerns expressed by adjacent landowners shall be presented to the Planning and Zoning Commission and Mayor and Council when such body considers taking action on the application.