Relating to zoning by counties and cities, and including effective date provisions

This bill relates to requirements for additional members of a city planning and zoning commission and a board of adjustment when a city extends its zoning jurisdiction. Current law authorizes a city to extend its zoning jurisdiction into the unincorporated area up to two miles beyond the limits of the city, subject to limitations. When a city extends its zoning jurisdiction in this manner, the city shall increase its planning and zoning commission and its board of adjustment each by two members. One of the members appointed to the planning and zoning commission shall be a member of the board of supervisors or the board’s designee. The board’s designee, if any, shall be a resident of the county in which the extended area is located. The other appointee to the planning and zoning commission shall be a resident of the area outside the city limits over which the zoning jurisdiction is extended. The bill requires the member of the board of supervisors or the board’s designee, if any, appointed to the planning and zoning commission to also be a resident of the area outside the city limits over which the zoning jurisdiction is extended. Additionally, at least one of the appointees to the planning and zoning commission and at least one of the appointees to the board of adjustment shall own land that is actively used for an agricultural purpose. The bill allows, but does not require, a property owner affected by a city’s extended zoning to consent to annexation as a condition of receiving approval for a zoning classification, special or conditional use, variance, permit, or division of land into two tracts.