(A) Submission of request. Any request for withdrawal of an application subject to a public hearing shall be submitted in writing to the Ordinance Administrator, or shall be made through a verbal request at the public hearing for which the application has been scheduled.
(B) Prior to notice of public hearing. The Ordinance Administrator shall approve a request for withdrawal of an application if it has been submitted prior to public notification of the application.
(C) Subsequent to notice of public hearing.
(1) If the request for withdrawal of an application is submitted subsequent to public notification, the request for withdrawal shall be placed on the public hearing agenda and acted upon by the decision-making body.
(2) Whenever an application subject to a requirement for a public hearing before the town’s Board of Commissioners is withdrawn after public notification, but prior to a decision by the town’s Board of Commissioners, no similar application may be submitted for the same property for a period of 90 days following the withdrawal.
(D) Fees. Fees shall not be refunded for withdrawn applications.
(E) Waiting period. No more than two withdrawals of the same type of development application for the same property may be filed within any single 12-month period, and no similar type of application may be filed for the same land within one year following the second withdrawal.
(Ord. passed 3-5-2018)