A. Forms And Fees: Applications for permits or approvals under this title shall be submitted to the administrator upon forms furnished by the city along with applicable fees established by ordinance. The original application shall be kept on file at city hall.
B. Certification Of Application: The certification of an application under this title by the administrator shall be considered the effective date of the application, at which time the rights of the applicant shall vest. The administrator shall certify the date when an application is deemed complete for the purpose of beginning the review process.
C. Determination Of Completeness: The administrator shall issue a determination whether the application is complete within thirty (30) days of the receipt of the application. If an application is incomplete, but following receipt of additional materials is found to be complete by the administrator, the administrator shall issue a certification within fifteen (15) days. The administrator shall, upon certification of an application as complete, schedule review of an application at the earliest available meeting date of the council, commission or hearing examiner, as the case may be. Unless the council, commission or hearing examiner finds that additional time is needed, findings of fact, conclusions of law and decision/ recommendation shall be issued and mailed within thirty (30) days of the decision/recommendation.
D. Public School Facilities: Applications for public school facilities shall be given priority consideration and shall be scheduled for the earliest reasonable meeting of the appropriate reviewing body, regardless of the timing of its submission relative to other applications which are not related to public school facilities, pursuant to Idaho Code section 67-6519, as amended.
E. Fast Track:
1. Applications for projects providing community housing unit(s), projects eligible to be certified as an Energy Star project, projects eligible to be certified according to the leadership in energy and environmental design (LEED) green building rating system or projects within the central business district may be eligible for fast track status and scheduled for the earliest reasonable meeting of the appropriate reviewing body, regardless of its submission relative to other applications (except for public school facilities). In no case shall an application for which legal notice has been published be rescheduled to allow for priority scheduling of another application subject to the fast track process.
2. Fast track status may be given provided:
a. The applicant submits the regular application form and fee, plus an additional nonrefundable fee for fast track status, as established by ordinance.
b. The applicant submits the following conceptual plans:
(1) Site plan showing structures, parking and circulation;
(2) Utilities plan showing location and size of water and sewer and location of other utilities;
(3) Preliminary drainage plan;
(4) Preliminary landscaping plan;
(5) Preliminary lighting plan;
(6) Conceptual building elevations.
c. The applicant attends a preapplication meeting, following department head review of the conceptual plans submitted. The attendees at the preapplication meeting shall include the applicant and the applicant's representatives, and representatives from applicable departments (e.g., planning and zoning, building, public works, engineering, fire and police departments).
d. The applicant submits all of the complete plans as set forth on the applicable city application form, and as specified by the department heads at the preapplication meeting, by the deadline(s) agreed upon at the preapplication meeting.
e. If items are not submitted by the deadline(s) set forth at the preapplication meeting, a onetime late fee will be charged to continue fast track status. Failure to meet deadline(s) more than once will cause the application to lose the fast track status and will be scheduled as set forth in subsection C of this section.
f. Notwithstanding the expedited review established herein, all notice requirements established by ordinance and state law shall be followed.
g. In the event the applicant seeks a building permit in conjunction with an application that complies with the fast track status, the building official shall review the building permit application at the earliest reasonable time, regardless of its submission relative to other applications, provided the applicant has submitted the applicable building permit fees and additional fast track status fees as established by ordinance, has submitted complete documents for review by the building official, and other applicable departments, and the application complies with all applicable codes, ordinances and laws. (Ord. 1191, 2015)