YAVAPAI COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING ORDINANCE
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(2) Board of Supervisors Hearings: Subsequently, the Board of Supervisors
shall hold a public hearing to consider the adoption of the DRO zone as
proposed and/or amended. The Board of Supervisors shall hear the DRO
application as recorded together with the Planning and Zoning
Commission's recommendations and public input. At the first Board of
Supervisors hearing, the Board may only approve or deny the DRO
application as recorded or move to hold in abeyance or move to amend
and re-hear (with re-advertisement calling attention to the content of the
proposed amendment(s)). At the second and subsequent Board of
Supervisors' public hearings, the Board may approve duly advertised
amendments.
d. Recording of Adoption: Upon adoption, the adopted DRO zone shall be
permanently recorded by a certificate of adoption making specific reference to
the master form recording data, and including any revisions from the originally
recorded application.
7. Amendments to the DRO Zone:
a. Amendment: After adoption, any amendment to a DRO Zone which in the
determination of the Development Services Department materially alters the area
coverage and/or the content of the design guidelines or requirements or their
applicability shall follow the same procedural and content requirements specified
for the original nomination, application, and adoption of a DRO zone.
b. Recision: The recision of a DRO zone shall follow the same procedure and
requirements as any amendment, except as provided below for abandonment.
c. Abandonment: A DRO zone may be abandoned upon the initiation of the
Planning and Zoning Commission according to the following procedures:
(1) The Planning and Zoning Commission in discussion moves to initiate a
public hearing to consider a finding of fact.
(2) The Planning and Zoning Commission, in public hearing, adopts a finding
of fact of extraordinary circumstances (including but not limited to
substantial unworkability of the DRO zone; de-facto abandonment of the
DRO zone by the property owners; nonfeasance, misfeasance, and/or
malfeasance by the DRO Commission; impending public turmoil or other
threat to the public welfare) and upon the basis of such finding initiate a
second public hearing to consider the abandonment of the DRO zone.
(3) The Planning and Zoning Commission, in public hearing, adopts a
recommendation to the Board of Supervisors to abandon the DRO zone.
(4) The Board of Supervisors, in public hearing:
(a) Concurs in the finding of fact of extraordinary circumstances.
(b) Adopts the Planning and Zoning Commission recommendation to
abandon the DRO zone.
8. DRO Commission:
a. Powers: The DRO (Local DRO Zone Review) Commission shall serve as an
advisory body to the Land Use Specialist and the Development Services