Cities may set zoning conditions with owners’ written agreement

A city council may add conditions to a zoning change or site development plan if the property owner agrees in writing. This applies when a city changes land from one zoning district to another or approves a site development plan. The conditions must be reasonable and meet public needs directly caused by the requested change. The owner must agree in writing before the required public hearing or an adjournment of that hearing.

A city council may review a variance and may overturn the board of adjustment’s decision by a vote of at least two-thirds of all council members. This applies to a variance granted by a city board of adjustment. The council may overturn the decision whether or not anyone appealed it. A person affected by a variance may appeal to the council; the variance’s effective date is delayed until the council reviews the appeal. An affected person has 60 days to appeal. If the council sends the decision back to the board for more study, the variance takes effect 30 days after the council’s decision to send it back.

A person must get approval from the appropriate county or city authority before making specified improvements to shooting-range property or substantially changing its use. This applies to property acquired to establish, use, and maintain a shooting range. The county or city zoning commission follows the applicable rules; if there is no zoning commission, the county board of supervisors or city council follows the applicable rules before granting approval. Approval is required before the improvements or substantial change in use.