(a) No permit required by this chapter shall be granted or application accepted for any use, structure, or project on any zoning lot in conflict with a proposed zone change, including the establishment of or an amendment to any special district, between the time the proposal is initiated by the director or the council and the time the proposal is withdrawn, approved, or denied by the council. This provision shall not apply for a period of more than one year after the date of initiation of the proposal.
(b) If a permit required by this chapter requires a public hearing, no request for postponement of the hearing shall be allowed after notice has been published; however, the applicant may withdraw the permit application.
(c) In the event a permit required by this chapter is denied, or in the event the applicant withdraws the permit application, one year shall elapse before the permit application is resubmitted in the same or substantially the same form; provided that if the denial or withdrawal was the result of infrastructure inadequacies and these inadequacies are subsequently corrected, then the director may accept a new application before the lapse of the one-year period.
(d) The director shall notify an applicant in writing whether an application for a permit required by this chapter is complete or incomplete within 10 working days after its receipt by the director. If the application is incomplete the notice shall inform the applicant of the specific requirements necessary to complete the application. An application shall not be accepted by the director unless it is complete.
(e) Applications previously approved by ordinance shall continue to be regulated by that ordinance, except that:
(1) The director may administratively modify cluster housing and planned development-housing projects that were originally approved by ordinance; and
(2) All modifications shall be processed in accordance with current site design standards and application procedures.
(f) Applications previously approved, other than by an ordinance, shall continue as approved; provided that any reference to an approving body shall be construed as the approving body contained in the applicable regulation of this chapter.
(g) Nothing contained in this chapter prevents the strengthening or restoration to a safe condition of any building, or any part of any building, declared to be unsafe by any official charged with protecting the public safety, upon order of such official.
(h) The department monitors compliance with and enforces this chapter only. Accordingly, the issuance of a permit pursuant to this chapter does not constitute the department’s confirmation that the applicant has complied with any other applicable laws.
(i) In addition to the requirements stated in this chapter for the issuance of any permit, it shall be the responsibility of the applicant to observe and comply with all other applicable federal, State, and city laws, ordinances, and rules.
(j) All references in this chapter to a government agency or department means the government agency or department specifically identified or its successor.
(k) (1) Except as otherwise provided herein, the director may administratively authorize minor alterations, additions, or modifications to any approved permit required by this chapter; provided that the minor modification request:
(A) Is reasonable and consistent with the intent of the respective permit;
(B) Does not significantly increase the intensity or scope of the use; and
(C) Does not create adverse land use impacts to the surrounding neighborhood.
(2) Subdivision (1) does not apply to:
(A) Zone changes; and
(B) Council approvals pursuant to §§ 21-2.110-2 (Planned development) and 21-2.120 et seq. (Plan review uses), except to the extent that minor modifications are permitted by the express language of the council’s approving resolution.
(3) Major alterations, additions, or modifications, and other alterations, additions, or modifications excepted by subdivision (2), will be processed under the provisions for the applicable permit or approval.
(1990 Code, Ch. 21, Art. 2, § 21-2.20) (Added by Ord. 99-12; Am. Ords. 10-19, 17-40)