3. Prepare refinement and functional plans that supplement the Metropolitan Area General <br />Plan. <br />Policies <br />A special review, and if appropriate, Metro Plan amendment, shall be initiated if changes . <br />in the basic assumptions of the Metro Plan occur. An example would be a change in <br />public demand for certain housing types that in turn may affect the overall inventory of <br />residential land. <br />2. The regional land information database shall be maintained on a regular basis. <br />All amendments to the Metro Plan shall be classified as a Type I or Type II amendment <br />depending upon the specific changes sought by the initiator of the proposal. <br />a. A Type I amendment shall include any change to the urban growth boundary <br />(UGB) or the Metro Plan Plan Boundary (Plan Boundary) of the Metro Plan; any <br />change that requires a goal exception to be taken under Statewide Planning Goal 2 <br />that is not related to the UGB expansion;. and any amendment to the Metro Plan <br />text that is non-site specific. <br />b. A Type II amendment shall include any change to the Metro Plan Diagram or <br />Metro Plan text that is site specific and not otherwise a Type I category <br />amendment. <br />Adoption or amendment of some refinement plans, functional plans, or special <br />area plans may, in some circumstances, be classified as Type I or Type II <br />amendments. Amendments to the Metro Plan that result from state mandated <br />Periodic Review or Metro Plan updates also shall be classified as Type I or Type <br />II amendments depending upon the specific changes that would result from these <br />actions. <br />4. Initiation of Metro Plan amendments shall be as follows: <br />a. A Type I amendment may be initiated at the discretion of any one of the three <br />governing bodies_ <br />propose-d-a d~nent (Nate: thi.s_c o reetio:n reflects adopted ordinance and <br />Gi)de. <br />b. A Type II amendment may be initiated at the discretion of any one of the three <br />governing bodies or by any citizen who owns property that is subject of the <br />proposed amendment. <br />c. Only a governing body may initiate a refinement plan, a functional plan, a special <br />area study or Periodic Review or Metro Plan update. <br />IV-2 <br />Laurel Ridge Record (Z 15-5) Page 265 <br />