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The purpose of this article is to establish
the procedure for Joint Zoning Board of Appeals/Planning Commission
review and action on applications for site plans. The procedure is
intended to provide for the orderly and expeditious processing of
such applications.
For the purpose of expediting applications and
reducing site plan design and development costs, the developer is
required to attend a preapplication conference and/or concept plan
in accordance with the following requirements:
A.
Preapplication conference.
(1)
The Joint Zoning Board of Appeals/Planning Commission
shall authorize a preapplication conference with the applicant at
time of initial contact for a site development action.
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(2)
The preapplication conference shall allow the applicant
to meet with appropriate City representatives. These individuals shall
include:
(a)
City Engineer.
(b)
Director of Planning.
(c)
Building Inspector/Code Enforcement Officer.
(d)
Fire Chief.
(e)
Representatives from the Joint Zoning Board
of Appeals/Planning Commission.
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(f)
Representatives from environmental, historic
preservation, and other commissions, as deemed appropriate.
(g)
Any other representatives invited by the Joint
Zoning Board of Appeals/Planning Commission Chairperson.
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(3)
A brief written summary of the preapplication conference
shall be provided within 15 working days of the final meeting if requested
by the applicant.
(4)
The applicant shall not be bound by the determination
of the preapplication conference, nor shall the Joint Zoning Board
of Appeals/Planning Commission be bound by any such review.
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B.
Concept plan.
(1)
In addition to the preapplication conference, at the
request of the applicant, the Joint Zoning Board of Appeals/Planning
Commission shall grant an informal review of a concept plan for a
development for which the applicant intends to prepare and submit
an application for development. The purpose of the concept plan is
to provide Joint Zoning Board of Appeals/Planning Commission input
in the formative stages of site plan design.
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(2)
If requested by the applicant, a brief written summary
of the concept plan review shall be provided within 15 working days
of the final meeting.
(3)
The applicant shall not be bound by any concept plan
for which review is requested, nor shall the Joint Zoning Board of
Appeals/Planning Commission be bound by any such review.
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A.
Content. An application for development shall include the items specified in Article VI of this chapter which constitutes a checklist of items to be submitted for site plan review.
B.
Complete application a site plan application shall
be complete for purposes of commencing the applicable time period
for action when so certified by the Joint Zoning Board of Appeals/Planning
Commission. In the event such certification of the application is
not made within 62 days of the date of its submission, the application
shall be deemed complete upon the expiration of the sixty-two-day
period for purposes of commencing the applicable time period unless:
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(1)
The application lacks information indicated on the checklist of items to be submitted specified in Article VI and provided in writing to the applicant, and
(2)
The Director of Planning has notified the applicant,
in writing, of the deficiencies in the application within 45 days
of submission of the application. The Joint Zoning Board of Appeals/Planning
Commission may subsequently require correction of any information
found to be in error and submission of additional information not
specified in the chapter, as is reasonably necessary to make an informed
decision.
A.
Any applicant requesting approval of a proposed site plan as defined in this chapter shall submit to the Director of Planning 15 copies of the items required in Article VI of this chapter, together with an executed application form and the prescribed fee.
B.
The application shall be declared complete or incomplete
within a forty-five-day period from the date of its submission.
C.
The action of the Joint Zoning Board of Appeals/Planning
Commission under this article must be taken within 45 days, or 90
days if a variance is involved, or within such further time as is
agreed to by the applicant and the Joint Zoning Board of Appeals/Planning
Commission. Failure of the Joint Zoning Board of Appeals/Planning
Commission to act within the period prescribed shall constitute site
plan approval, and a certificate of the Director of Planning as to
the failure of the Joint Zoning Board of Appeals/Planning Commission
to act shall be issued on request of the applicant.
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