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CRITERIA FOR PROPOSED information to move ahead with a decision (e.g.,
AMENDMENTS TO THE utility capacity, potential traffic impacts, other
public service implications, resident/stakeholder
FUTURE LAND USE AND concerns and input)?

CHARACTER MAP • Stakeholder Input— What points, concerns
and insights have been raised by area residents,
property owners, business owners, or others?
Along with procedures for monitoring and
periodically updating the Comprehensive Plan,
another specific issue involves consideration of
proposed amendments to the adopted Future Land

Use and Character Map. A first consideration is whether
a map amendment is necessary immediately, such
as in conjunction with a particular rezoning request?
Or, can a potential adjustment to the Future Land Use
and Character map wait so that it may be examined
more holistically, along with any other map changes
under consideration, through the next interim review
and update of the entire Comprehensive Plan?

The items below should be reviewed and addressed,
especially by the Planning Commission, when a
Future Land Use and Character Map adjustment is
proposed:
• Scope of Amendment— Is the proposed map
change limited to one or a few parcels or would
it affect a much larger area?
• Change in Circumstances— What specific
conditions have changed sufficiently to render
the current map designation(s) inappropriate or
out-of-date (e.g., county’s population size and/or
characteristics, area character and building form,
property/structure conditions, infrastructure or
public services, market factors including need
for more land in a particular designation, etc.)?
• Consistency with Other Plans— In addition to
the Comprehensive Plan, is the proposed map
change consistent with the intent and policy
direction of any other applicable plans (utility
infrastructure or drainage plans, parks master
plan, etc.)?

• Adequate Information— Do County staff, the
Planning Commission, and/or Board of County
Commissioners have enough and appropriate

32 | Plan Pottawatomie County 2040 Adopted - August 19, 2019

PLAN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY 2040