Step One: Request for a Neighborhood Meeting. This is what was conducted on March 15th. This is as far as we have gone to date.
Now we are working on adjustments to our plan, so it may be 1-3 weeks from now before we are ready for the next step.
Step Two: Submit a General Plan/Rezoning Pre-Application with the Town. In essence this is a request for some time with the Planning Staff ahead of a formal application. It includes forms, evidence of having completed the initial Neighborhood meeting, exhibits of the project, and a written narrative.
Step Three: Attend a PreApp meeting with Town staff. Receive comments from the Staff team. It appears that it can take 1-3 weeks for the PreApp meeting to be scheduled and held.
Following the meeting, we could take 2-4 weeks before submitting the actual Application mentioned next.
Step Four: Application for General Plan amendment and Rezoning request. This process is outlined by the Town at: https://www.gilbertaz.gov/home/showpublisheddocument?id=21208 and https://www.gilbertaz.gov/home/showpublisheddocument?id=21210.
This entails a very detailed and complete packet of information on the project, reflecting the Staff’s input at the PreApp stage. Historically, the General Plan amendment and Rezoning request run concurrently through the process with the Planning Staff, Planning Commission, and Town Council.
Step Five: The Town has up to 30 days in which to provide comments to the applicants.
Step Six: The Applicant submits a re-submittal having addressed the Town’s comments. The preparation of this submittal could take one to two weeks.
NOTE: Steps 5 and 6 can be repeated if requested by the Town.
The soonest the staff could schedule a public hearing appears to be twelve weeks.
Step Seven: Public Notice regarding a public meeting with Planning Commission is to be done 15 days prior to a public hearing. This includes letters and the 4’ x 8’ yellow signs you may have seen in other cases.
Step Eight: The Public Hearing before the Planning Commission is held.
Step Nine: Public Notice regarding a public meeting with Town Council is to be done 15 days prior to a public hearing.
It appears to take 3-4 weeks between the Planning Commission hearing and the Town Council public hearing.
Step Ten: The Public Hearing before the Town Council.
You’ll notice that these steps don’t provide us a tightly scheduled timeframe. We rely on the Planning Staff regarding when public hearings can be/are to be scheduled.
It is a long process. We previously mentioned six months, which is an approximate length.
We hope you find this helpful. It is the process that is required and we intend to follow.