Skip to main content
Loading…
Search Within This
17.100.035 General criteria for zoning map amendment.
This section is included in your selections.

Applications for amendments to the zoning map (which include, but are not limited to, site specific rezones) may only be approved if all of the following criteria are satisfied:

A. The application for the zoning map amendment must be consistent with and further the goals, policies and objectives of the comprehensive plan and GHMC 17.12.015;

B. The application for the zoning amendment must further or bear a substantial relationship to the public health, safety and general welfare;

C. No substantial detrimental effect will be caused by the granting of the application for the amendment; and

D. The proponents of the application have the burden of proof in demonstrating that conditions have changed since the original zoning or original designation for the property on the zoning map. (Ord. 1522 § 8, 2024; Ord. 1322 § 4, 2015; Ord. 853 § 3, 2000; Ord. 710 § 100, 1996).