A. Preapplication Conference: A preapplication conference with the planning staff is recommended. At this meeting, the planning staff will familiarize the potential applicant with the review process that will apply to the project and with related City regulations and review criteria that may affect the project. The applicant shall bring site specific information, including conceptual drawings, in order to familiarize the planning staff with the specifics of the proposal.
B. Design Drawings: Detailed design drawings shall be submitted for final planning review. Construction plans or working drawings are not required prior to review. At this stage, the applicant must provide architectural drawings showing building materials, details of all exterior features, and other information as set forth in section 17.06.050 of this chapter. A minimum scale one-eighth inch (1/8") is recommended for the architectural plans.
C. Review For Conformance: City department heads review all projects ensuring conformance with the underlying zone requirements, City standards and design review guidelines.
D. Public Hearing; Exception:
1. Except as otherwise provided herein, applications for design review require a public hearing. Public notice must be provided in a publication of general circulation a minimum of fifteen (15) days prior to the public hearing, and for all owners of property within three hundred feet (300') in those cases where a hearing before the commission is to be held. When notice is required to two hundred (200) or more property owners or purchasers of record, alternate forms of notice may be provided in lieu of mailed notice. Sufficient notice shall be deemed to have been provided if the City provides notice through a display advertisement at least four inches (4") by two (2) columns in size in the official newspaper of the City at least fifteen (15) days prior to the hearing date, in addition to site posting on all external boundaries of the site.
2. Applications determined to meet one of the criteria in section 17.06.020 of this chapter do not require a public hearing. Notice to property owners within three hundred feet (300') of the subject property is required for applications that are determined to have no significant impact; such notice shall inform adjacent property owners comment on the application may be given during a period of ten (10) days beginning the date the notice is postmarked.
E. Decision Of Reviewing Body: The reviewing body will approve, deny or conditionally approve the applicant's request based on criteria outlined in section 17.06.060 of this chapter.
F. Final Construction Drawings; Issuance Of Building Permit; Extensions: In order for a building permit to be issued after final design review approval, final construction drawings must be reviewed and approved by the Building Department. Application for a building permit must occur within one year of design review approval, or as otherwise provided by agreement authorized by law. The expiration date may be extended once, for an additional six (6) months, upon written request. Such request must be received prior to the expiration date. In the event any design review approval is for community housing units, an extension period of up to eighteen (18) months may be granted. The commission shall review and approve or deny the request for extension. (Ord. 1191, 2015)