A. Suggested amendments to the comprehensive plan or development regulations shall be considered at least once each calendar year, but the comprehensive plan shall be amended no more often than once each calendar year, unless permitted by law, except that amendments may be considered more frequently for the adoption of a shoreline master program, in cases of emergency, or to resolve an appeal of an adopted comprehensive plan filed with a Growth Management Board or with the court.

B. Suggested amendments shall generally be considered by the Planning Commission in the order received, although suggestions which concern the same property, group of properties or land use topic may be combined. All the recommendations of the Planning Commission shall be considered concurrently by the City Council. The annual deadline for submitting suggested plan amendments and suggested development regulation amendments shall be March 31st, unless otherwise stated by the City Council.

C. The Planning Commission may consider and make a recommendation concurrently on a comprehensive plan land use designation change and the associated rezone. The required public hearing on the designation change and the rezone may be held concurrently. (Ord. 2752, 1/27/15; Ord. 2134, 11/11/03; Ord. 2065, 5/28/02)