§ 152.203 REVIEW CATEGORIES.
   The following table defines how applications will be categorized and processed:
Application Type
Review Authority
Affected Owners Notified
Public Hearing
Review Procedure
Appeal To
Application Type
Review Authority
Affected Owners Notified
Public Hearing
Review Procedure
Appeal To
Appeal planner decision
Planning Commission
Yes
Yes
§ 152.208(A)
City Council
Appeal Planning Commission decision
City Council
Yes
Yes
§ 152.208(B)
LUBA***
Building permit*
Planner
No
No
§ 152.204(A)
Planning Commission
Clearing, filling, excavating, and grading permit
Planner
No
No
§ 152.204(A)
Planning Commission
Coastal shorelands
Planning Commission
Yes
Yes
§ 152.204(C)
City Council
Comprehensive Plan or zoning ordinance text and map amendment
Planning Commission/City Council
Yes
Yes
LUBA***
Conditional uses
Planning Commission
Yes
Yes
§ 152.204(C)
City Council
Development in a special flood hazard area
Planner
No
No
§ 152.204(A)
Planning Commission
Final approval of partition
Planner
No
No
§ 152.204(A)
Planning Commission
Final approval of subdivision and planned development
Planning Commission
No
Yes
§ 152.204(C)
City Council
Geotech report
Planning Commission
Yes
Yes
§ 152.204(C)
City Council
LUBA*** remand
Planning Commission
Yes
Yes
§ 152.208(B)
City Council
Master plan approval of planned development
Planning Commission
Yes
Yes
§ 152.204(C)
City Council
New/substantial construction in non-residential zones**
Planning Commission
No
No
§ 152.204(A)(5)
City Council
Preliminary plan approval of planned development
Planning Commission
Yes
Yes
§ 152.204(C)
City Council
Property line adjustment
Planner
Yes
No
§ 152.204(B)
Planning Commission
Renovation, extension, or expansion of non-conforming uses and structures
Planning Commission
Yes
Yes
§ 152.204(C)
City Council
Sign permit
Planner
No
No
§ 152.204(A)
Planning Commission
Stream, pond, wetland, and riparian area development
Planning Commission
Yes
Yes
§ 152.204(C)
City Council
Tentative approval of partition
Planning Commission
Yes
Yes
§ 152.204(C)
City Council
Tentative approval of subdivision
Planning Commission
Yes
Yes
§ 152.204(C)
City Council
Time extension request
Planning Commission
No
No
§ 152.204(A)(5)
City Council
Variances
Planning Commission
Yes
Yes
§ 152.204(C)
City Council
*   For building permits requiring land use applications, refer to a specific type of and use application.
 
**   Those that involve new or substantial construction in commercial, light industrial, marine commercial, or marine planned zones. Substantial construction is defined as more than 20% change in footprint, an increase in building height, or change in use.
 
***   LUBA = Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals
 
(Ord. 24, passed 4-5-1976; Ord. 154, passed 9-17-1990; Ord. 172, passed 10-7-1991; Ord. 173, passed 12-2-1991; Ord. 174, passed 3-16-1992; Ord. 256, passed 4-6-2004; Ord. 287, passed 5-4-2010; Ord. 325-20, passed 7-7-2020)