Eliminating public hearings is part of a streamlined approach city officials said will speed up the permitting process by an average of 25% and create new housing in areas surrounded by existing communities. Projects would still be required to post signs with information about the developments and receive public comments.
Councilmembers such as Pam Foley took issue with part of the plan that eliminates public hearings for infill housing developments. 'The developer doesn't have to listen to them and the city council doesn't have a vote, many of our residents don't accept that (and) they're not going to accept that with this change,' she said at the meeting.
'These are areas that have been planned for growth, in some cases, for 15 years,' Mayor Matt Mahan said. 'I certainly would like to see it extended to other urban villages, to downtown, to the airport growth area, and as our group memo points to this is a step in the right direction.'
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