(A) Tentative approval. After an application for approval of a preliminary plat of a subdivision, together with ten copies of all maps and data, has been filed, the Director shall review the application and give it tentative approval, or return the application to the subdivider with suggestions for changes within a period of 30 days from the date of application. No application will be considered unless it has been filed with the Commission at least 15 days before the date of their regular scheduled monthly meeting. The Director shall have up to five days after filing of an application for determining the application is complete and ready to be accepted. Incomplete applications may not be acted on.
(B) Public hearing. After the Director has given tentative approval, he shall set the date for a public hearing and notify the applicant in writing. The applicant shall notify by general publication or otherwise all adjacent property owners and any person or governmental unit having a probable interest in the plat proposed in the application. The cost of publication of the notice of hearing shall be met by the applicant.
(C) Approval. Following the public hearing and within 30 days after which the application receives tentative approval, the Commission shall approve the plat proposed in the application subject to its receipt of an acceptable final plat, or disapprove the plat, setting forth its reasons in its own records and providing the applicant with a copy.
(D) Approval period. An approval shall be effective for a period of 36 months, unless upon request of the applicant to include all or only a part of the approved plat, the Commission grants an extension. If the final plat is not received by the Commission within the period specified, all previous actions by the Commission with respect to the plat shall be deemed to be null and void.
(BCC Ord. 1977-38, passed 12-19-77; Am. Ord. 2008-BCC-36, passed 11-20-08)