(1) Type IV Actions. Type IV actions comprise the following land use reviews:

Type IV Land Use Application

Annexation, except as provided in Section 10.216

Land Development Code Amendment

Major Comprehensive Plan Amendment

Major General Land Use Plan Map Amendment

Major Urban Growth Boundary Amendment

Major Zoning Map Amendment

Minor Comprehensive Plan Amendment

Minor General Land Use Plan Map Amendment

Minor Urban Growth Boundary Amendment

Transportation Facility Development

Urbanization Plan

Vacation of Public Right-of-Way

(2) Major Type IV land use reviews including amendments to the Land Development Code are legislative actions and may only be initiated by the Planning Commission or City Council. An Urbanization Plan is a Major Comprehensive Plan Amendment that may be initiated by the property owners representing the subject area. See Review & Amendments chapter of the Comprehensive Plan for definitions of “major” and “minor.”

(3) Minor Type IV land use reviews including Annexations, Transportation Facility Developments and Vacations are quasi-judicial actions and may be initiated by the Planning Commission, City Council, or property owners representing the subject area. An exception to the preceding rule is that the Planning Commission does not initiate annexations.

(4) Type IV Approving Authorities. For Type IV actions the City Council is the approving authority and the Planning Commission acts as an advisory body to City Council. At a public hearing the Planning Commission will consider the request and make a recommendation to City Council to approve or deny the request. For annexations, the City Council makes a decision without a recommendation from the Planning Commission. Following completion of a recommendation by the Planning Commission, it shall be scheduled for a public hearing before the City Council. The decision of the City Council shall be based upon the application, the evidence, comments from referral agencies, comments from affected property owners (if any), the Planning Commission’s recommendation (if applicable), compliance with the Statewide Planning Goals and Guidelines, this code and the Comprehensive Plan.