§ 15.8. Order of amendments.

The permitted order in which amendments may be made to the text of the zoning ordinance, the land use plan, and the official zoning map, respectively, is as follows:

(1)

The text of the zoning ordinance may be amended without prior or subsequent amendment to the land use plan or the official zoning map.

(2)

The official zoning map may be amended without an amendment to the land use plan if the proposed amendment would permit a use that is permitted by the land use plan.

(3)

If a proposed amendment to the official zoning map would permit a use that is not authorized within the land use category of the subject property as shown on the land use plan, then the applicant must obtain an appropriate amendment to the land use plan before applying for the rezoning. The applicant may apply for an appropriate amendment to the land use plan and at the same time apply for zoning map amendment.

(4)

The land use plan may be amended regardless of the zoning districts that apply to the subject property.

(5)

Where an application to amend the land use plan and an application to amend the official zoning map each affect the same property and are scheduled to be heard at the same hearing, the application to amend the land use plan shall be heard first and action authorized by this ordinance taken before the application to amend the official zoning map is heard and action taken with respect thereto.

(ZOA Ord. No. 2007-02, 7-23-2007)