40.240.030    Amendments to This Section

Clark County may initiate and complete changes to this chapter or associated map designations as follows, to be reviewed under procedures specified under Chapter 40.500:

A.    Scrivener errors, spelling and numbering corrections may be undertaken administratively by county staff.

B.    Minor textual alterations may be undertaken by Clark County through a Type IV legislative action under Section 40.510.040 upon a finding that such changes are consistent with the CRGNSA General Management Plan. Such alterations shall require subsequent approval by the Columbia River Gorge Commission, and the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture for alterations in the SMA, before taking effect.

C.    Minor and major textual and map alterations may be undertaken by Clark County through a Type IV legislative action under Section 40.510.040 in response to changes in the CRGNSA General Management Plan and/or other actions by the Columbia River Gorge Commission authorizing such alterations.

D.    Individuals seeking major textual and map changes requiring a change to the General Management Plan are encouraged to contact the Columbia River Gorge Commission to complete such changes before seeking corresponding changes within this chapter. Any changes to the zoning map’s designations shall require corresponding changes to the Comprehensive Plan map, and shall be considered major changes.

(Amended: Ord. 2006-05-04; Ord. 2021-12-02)