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 | § 152.205
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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)