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plated appeal form with the city within ten days of the time the applicant receives the written decision. The appeal shall be heard by the Metropolitan Policy Committee within 20 days of the time the appeal is filed. The Metro- politan Policy Committee shall allow the applicant and the planning director the opportunity to present oral and written arguments on the appeal. The committee shall render a decision on the appeal within 30 days of the time the appeal is filed. The decision of the committee is final. ~5} Effect of classification determination. If the plan amendment is determined to be a major plan amendment, it shall be considered under the procedures set forth i n section 9.134 of this code. If the plan amendment i s determined to be a mi nor p1 an amendment, i t shall be ref erred under section 9.124 of this code. The classification of a plan amendment as quasi-judicial or legislative affects the type of process used to consider the amendment. 9.124 Metro Plan - Referral of Plan Amendment. A mi nor plan amendment initiated by the city counci] or applied for by a person shall be referred to the City of Springfield and Lane County governing bodies for con- sideration. The referral shall occur within ten days of the plan amendment initiation date. The referral jurisdictions shall have 30 days from the date of referral to determine if the propased amendment substantively affects their jurisdiction. If a referral jurisdiction issues a written finding that the proposed amendment substantively affects land uses within its jurisdic- tion, the approval of the governing body of that jurisdiction shall be re- quired in order to adopt a plan amendment. Failure of a jurisdiction to take action on the referral within 30 days shat 1 be deemed a f i ndi ng of no sub- stantive effect. A jurisdiction need not make a finding of substantive effect to be included in the decisional process if the property which is the subject of the amendment request is within the territory aver which the jur- isdiction exercises governmental authority. If bath referral jurisdictions adapt written findings of substantive effect, the amendment shall be classi- fied as a major plan amendment and the provisions of section 9.134 of this code apply. 9.126 Metro Plan - P1 an Amendment A l ication Fee. After referral res- ponses have been received by the home jurisdiction and after any classification decision by the planning director or the Metropolitan Policy Committee, an applicant for a pri vately-initiated plan amendment shat l pay an application fee in an amount set by the city manager under section 2.020 of this code. The application fee shall differ depending upon whether the re- quested amendment is minor or major. An applicant shall be entitled to a credit against the application fee of any amount previously paid as a permit processing fee for the application under section 9.1221} of this code. No application shall be processed further until the application fee is paid. 9.128 Metro Pl an-_Approva~___of Plan Amendment. ~1} Who must approve pl„an .,amendment. In order to become effective, a minor plan amendment must~be approved~~~by the governing body of the home jur- i sdi cti on and by the governing body of any other jurisdiction which i s sub- stantively affected by the proposed amendment. A major plan amendment and a plan update amendment must be approved by the governing bodies of the City of Ordinance - 4