11-3-5: LEVELS OF ZONING REVIEW:
   A.   Level Specified: Three (3) levels of zoning review are hereby established: administrative level, commission level and city council level. All applications submitted to the building department shall be subject to one or more of these reviews:
      1.   Administrative Level: There is hereby established a category of uses that are considered to be allowed uses but for which final approval may be withheld until certain standards and/or criteria are complied with. The building director is authorized to review the required approval standards and/or criteria for this category of allowed uses and issue final approval or withhold final approval. The actions of the building director on administrative applications may be appealed to the appropriate authority as hereinafter set forth.
      2.   Commission Level: This level of review requires action by the planning and zoning commission. An application and fee are required for commission level review. Commission level decisions may be appealed to the city council, subject to the procedures set forth in section 11-3-7 of this chapter.
      3.   City Council Level: Certain zoning applications require action by the city council. An advertised public hearing and a recommendation from the planning and zoning commission are required for certain city council level review. Decisions of the city council can be appealed through the judicial system.
   B.   Resubmittal Of Application: No application for conditional use, rezone, annexation or variance review that has been denied by the commission or city council, shall be resubmitted in either the same or substantially the same form in less than one year from the date of final action thereon. (2003 Code § 11-03-05)