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Platting can indeed sometimes make development slower, but it exists for a very legitimate reason and is <br />a legal requirement, so ignoring it is not an option. Typically, the biggest delay comes from a developer <br />or builder who does not realize the requirements even exist, and/or they did not plan the time and cost of <br />developing the plat. Platting may include time and cost for surveying the property, for example, and often <br />includes engineering costs as well. It is not unusual for us to get materials that are incomplete or <br />inaccurate, in which case they have to be returned to the applicant. <br />Plats must legally be acted on by the Planning & Zoning Commission within thirty days of submittal by <br />the applicant, or they are automatically approved. The Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) typically <br />meets the first Monday of every month beginning at 5:30 p.m. The deadline for submitting a plat is 17 <br />days prior to the frst Monday of the month, which is a Friday, because they must be reviewed for <br />accuracy and completeness (and sometimes they are neither accurate nor complete). The following <br />Thursday, the city has a meeting with the utility companies and T�OT to discuss what is being <br />proposed. They tell city staff if they need easements or have existing utilities to the sites in question. <br />Once approved by P&Z, a plat has another thirty days before it must be acted on by the city council. <br />Approval is ministerial, meaning if all requirements.are met, the council must approve it. The thirty days <br />is a maximum; we normally move much faster (we had a plat before P&Z on November 5, for example, <br />and before council only seven days later). <br />Special P&Z meetings can be called to act on plats or to take other actions. The reason the date is usually <br />set for the first Monday of the month is if any zoning item is submitted to the city. Zoning applications <br />are due 21 days prior to the first Monday of the month. Zoning changes must be advertised in the <br />newspaper and notices sent to property owners within 200-feet of the property for which an application <br />has been submitted for a zoning change. These notices list the dates, times, and places for the public <br />hearings. The first public hearing is held at the P&Z meeting and the second public hearing is held at the <br />second City Council meeting of the month. <br />11/19/2012 <br />_ . 'I � <br />