Land use plan amendment or rezoning initiation requests shall be decided by Planning Commission or City Council at a public hearing noticed in accordance with CVMC 19.12.070. The decision shall be limited to whether staff should be directed to accept a formal application for a land use plan amendment or rezone and to bring the action and appropriate environmental review through the Planning Commission for recommendation and to City Council for final consideration at a future date. Initiation actions shall not commit staff nor future decision makers to a specific recommendation on the proposal or to any specific future action. The Planning Commission and City Council reserve the right to exercise their police power and land use authority with respect to any future land use plan amendment or rezone in their sole and absolute discretion as required by and in accordance with applicable laws. Initiation requests shall be heard by City Council within 40 business days from the date the initiation application is deemed complete.

A staff review of the application of this chapter to specific initiation requests should be conducted within a year of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter. The results of this review shall be provided to Planning Commission and City Council upon request. (Ord. 3404 § 1 (Exh. 1), 2017).