A. After notice and public hearing, the planning commission may move to take application under consideration for a period not to exceed seventy (70) days from the date of the public hearing. When action is taken by the planning commission on the application, it shall vote to:
1. Recommend to the city council that the application be approved as submitted, or as amended, or be approved subject to modification; or
2. Recommend to the city council that the application be denied.
B. An application to recommend approval shall be transmitted with the report and recommendation of the planning commission within fifteen (15) days from the date of the planning commission action to the city council for further action.
C. An application recommended for denial shall not be considered further unless the applicant, within fifteen (15) days from the date of the planning commission action, files a written request with the city clerk for a hearing before the city council. Upon notice of such request from the city clerk, the planning commission shall forthwith transmit the application and its report and recommendation to the city council. (1986 Code)