How development agreements get negotiated, approved, and signed

(a) A proposed development agreement may be negotiated upon request by a developer, by the city, or, for State developments, by the State, by submitting an application in accordance with § 33-1.7 . Negotiations by and among all parties may be pursued, provided that the development agreement shall not be executed by the mayor until the developer has obtained the approval of the council and all development plan land use map and zoning district designations necessary for the proposed development have been enacted and become effective. The mayor shall not execute the development agreement until all nongovernmental parties thereto have executed the development agreement. The council may, as a condition to its approval of a development agreement, require the prior execution thereof by all nongovernmental parties thereto. If a development agreement approved in connection with a rezoning ordinance is not executed by all parties within 30 days after the effective date of the ordinance, the director of planning and permitting shall immediately initiate action to rezone the affected property to the zoning that existed before the effective date of the rezoning ordinance. (b) The designated agency shall submit any proposed development agreement to the council for its approval, modification and approval as modified, or rejection, by resolution adopted by a majority of the council.