Development or a land use authorized by approval of a permit shall be established, maintained or operated only as approved by the review authority and subject to any conditions of approval and mitigation measures, except when changes to the project are approved in compliance with this section. A permittee may apply to the department for changes in any use or improvement authorized by the permit or any condition of approval applicable to the use or improvement, and shall then furnish appropriate supporting materials and an explanation of the reasons for the application. Changes may be requested either before or after an approved use is established or commenced or a related improvement is constructed or installed.
A. Minor changes. The director or zoning administrator, as applicable, may authorize minor changes to an approved site plan, architecture, or the nature of the approved use if the director or administrator finds that the changes:
1. Are consistent with all applicable provisions of these Regulations;
2. Do not involve a feature of the project that was a basis for findings in a negative declaration or environmental impact report for the project;
3. Do not involve a feature of the project that was specifically addressed or was a basis for conditions of approval for the project or that was a specific consideration by the review authority in the approval of the permit;
4. Do not result in the deletion or negation of any mitigation measure imposed on the project; and
5. Do not result in an expansion in the scope or intensity of the use.
B. Major modifications. Modifications to a project that are not minor changes subject to subsection A, above, shall only be approved by the review authority through a new entitlement application or modification, processed in compliance with these Regulations.
C. Modification in lieu of revocation. A permit or other entitlement approved or issued under this title, or subject to administration under this title, or required to be implemented or exercised in compliance with any provision of this title, may be modified, in lieu of revocation, pursuant to Chapter 19.14 (Permit Revocation).
(Ord. 2185; Ord. 2223. Ord. 2312 §36, Ord. 2364 §391)