(A) Technical Review Committee and Technical Revisions Committee. The Plan Commission’s Technical Review Committee and Technical Revisions Committee shall consist of the following county officials or their designated representative:
(1) Director of Planning and Development Department or designee;
(2) County Highway Manager or designee;
(3) Director of Environmental Health or designee;
(4) County Surveyor or designee;
(5) County Storm Water Coordinator or designee; and
(6) Other interested departments as necessary; Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) District Conservationist, Electrical Utilities, Sheriff’s Department, Fire Departments or County Park Board.
(B) Technical review meetings. The Plan Commission staff and their technical advisors shall hold technical review meetings on complete applications per the approved meeting schedule. An applicant or his or her representative shall present and explain the application to be considered for Plan Commission approval.
(C) Applications technically correct. If the application is complete and technically correct, the application will be forwarded to the next scheduled meeting of the Plan Commission, with a positive recommendation, for primary approval.
(D) Applications not technically correct. Technical deficiencies in the application shall be outlined at the technical review meeting and a copy provided to the petitioner. The petitioner will then be provided the opportunity to schedule a revisions review of all corrections at the next meeting of the Technical Revisions Committee.
(E) Technical Revisions Committee.
(1) The Technical Revisions Committee shall meet one week after the Technical Review Committee meeting; in the event of a conflict with a county organized holiday, the meeting shall be held on a different date as published on the Plan Commission’s annual planning calendar. To be considered by the Committee, all revisions must be submitted to the Plan Commission staff at least 48 hours prior to the Technical Revisions Committee meeting. Revisions not received 48 hours prior to the Technical Revisions Committee meeting will, at the request of the petitioner, be rescheduled to the next regularly scheduled Technical Review Committee. If all technical deficiencies have been resolved and the application is technically correct, it will be forwarded to the Plan Commission with a positive recommendation.
(2) If the petitioner chooses to hold the application for a later Technical Revisions Committee meeting, the petitioner must so indicate at the Technical Review Committee meeting. The Plan Commission staff will hold the application for no longer than 90 days at which time the application will expire.
(3) If the application is not technically correct, the application will be forwarded to the Plan Commission with a recommendation for denial if the petitioner:
(a) Chooses not to attend the Technical Revisions Committee meeting; or
(b) Does not submit revisions to the Plan Commission staff prior to the Technical Revisions Committee meeting and does not request a rescheduling.
(4) It is the desire of the Plan Commission that either the Technical Review Committee or the Technical Revisions Committee review all changes to an application. Revisions or changes made to an application presented to the Plan Commission, which have not been reviewed by the Technical Review Committee and/or the Technical Revisions Committee shall be returned to the Technical Review Committee or the entire proposal denied at the Plan Commission’s discretion.
(F) Review for compliance. The Plan Commission staff and their technical advisors shall consider, but not necessarily be limited to, compliance with the following documents:
(1) The county subdivision control regulations, as codified in this Chapter 157;
(2) The County Zoning Ordinance, as adopted and incorporated in Chapter 158;
(3) The County Building Code, as codified in Chapter 151;
(4) The County Comprehensive Plan, as adopted and incorporated in Chapter 155;
(5) Health Department rules and regulations including the County On-Site Sewage Disposal Ordinance, as codified in Chapter 52, and corresponding state agency regulations;
(6) The Street Standards and traffic impact studies for proposed developments within the county;
(7) The State Department of Transportation rules and regulations if any lot abuts a state or federal highway;
(Ord. 2009-67, passed 3-2-2009; Ord. PC 2016-20, passed 7-18-2016; Ord. PC 2017-19, passed 10-16-2017)