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proposed district.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
1. Please be advised that failure to submit a complete
application, with all supporting documents, could delay
your hearing date. The Planning Commission will not
consider a request until all information is submitted and
accurate.
2. Please be advised that the application deadline dates
posted are designed to allow the staff time to review the
application and receive required comments from
coordinating agencies. The application is not considered
complete until all required information from the
applicant is available for review by the staff and
coordinating agencies.
3. Please see reverse of this sheet to determine the
deadline dates for filing your application.
3. Increase in need for sites – increased or increasing
needs for business or industrial sites, in addition to
sites that are available, make it necessary and desirable
to reclassify an area or to extend the boundaries of an
existing district.
4. Annexation – it is necessary and desirable to
classify territory hereafter annexed to the city to a
district classification.
5. Ordinance changes – amendment of the ordinance
not involving a change in classification of land
necessary.
6. Change in governmental property –it is necessary
to reclassify property as a result of acquisition or
disposition of such property by the United States of
America, the state of Mississippi or Harrison County.
G. The following items must be submitted when in a
written statement you are requesting an
amendment to the Comprehensive Zoning
Ordinance or SmartCode Ordinance:
1. Interest: The applicant or applicants name(s),
address(es) and interest of any individual(s), firm(s) or
corporation(s) represented by the applicant(s) in the
application.
2. Condition for Change: State which one or more
condition(s) exists which warrants the change to the
zoning amendment. The six conditions defined in the
ordinance are above.
3. Development Schedule: A development schedule
must also be submitted. This should show the time
schedule for the beginning and completion of mall
development planned by the applicant in the area. The
successive stages and the development for each stages
should be shown if applicable.
4. Effects of Amendment: Provide a report giving
the nature, description, and effect of the proposed
amendment.
5. Error: The error in this ordinance that would be
corrected by the proposed amendment; if the intent is
to correct an error.
H. Cash or check payable to the City of Gulfport in the
amount of $175.00.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
A. Page one of this application, completed and signed.
B. Proof of ownership (Copy of deed or affidavit)
C. If applicable, notarized proof of authority to act as
agent for owner (board resolution, etc.)
D. The City of Gulfport Planning Division Staff will notify,
by letter, property owners adjacent to the requested
action identified in this application using the Land Roll
database from the County Tax Office. If you would like
to have additional persons or property owners notified,
please provide a list of additional persons to be
notified.
E. Site Plan: Showing proposed development (Optional).
F. Provide a written statement addressing the following
reasons for your text amendment request:
The Comprehensive Zoning and SmartCode Ordinances,
including the zoning map, are based on comprehensive
planning studies and are intended to carry out the object
of sound, stable and desirable environment. It is
recognized that casual amendment of the ordinance
would be detrimental to the achievement of that
objective, and it is therefore declared to be the public
policy to amend this ordinance only when one or more of
the following conditions prevail:
1. Error – there is manifest error in the ordinance.
2. Change in Conditions: - changed or changing
conditions in a particular area, or in the city or
metropolitan area generally, make an amendment to the
ordinance necessary and desirable.