(A) Filing.
(1) Applications shall be filed with the Zoning Administrator. The application shall be accompanied by appropriate plans for the proposal, showing such information as may be reasonably required by the Administrator, including but not limited to those things listed below. Such plans shall contain sufficient information for the city to determinate whether the proposal will meet all applicable standards.
(2) In all cases, the application shall include the following applicable to the application:
(a) Name and address of the applicant. If the application is being made by someone other than the owner of the property, a signed statement from the owner must accompany the application authorizing the applicant to represent the property owner on this application;
(b) The name and address of the owners of the property and any person having a legal interest therein, if other than the applicant;
(c) The legal description of the property involved in the request as shown on a copy of the current property tax statement, including the street address, if any, of the property;
(d) The reason for the application;
(e) A site plan drawn to scale showing the property dimensions or a legal survey if requested by a representative of the city;
(f) Location of all existing and proposed buildings and their size, including square footage and elevation of finished building;
(g) Proposed floor plan and elevations of any building with use indicated;
(h) Sanitary sewer and water plan with estimated flow rates;
(i) Location of curb cuts, driveways, access road, parking spaces, off-street loading areas and sidewalks, if applicable;
(j) An applicant's certificate showing the names and addresses of the record owners of all property (obtained from the County Surveyor's office), located within a minimum of 500 feet of all the contiguous property owned by the applicant;
(k) Landscaping and screening plans including species and size of trees and shrubs proposed;
(l) Finished grade and drainage plan sufficient to drain and dispose of all surface water accumulated; and
(m) The application fee, as established by city ordinance, which can be changed from time to time.
(3) The application process will not proceed forward until all applicable items are provided to the Zoning Administrator and formally accepted as a completed application.
(Prior Code, Ch. 300 § 503.01)
(B) Public hearing. The Zoning Administrator shall process the application and schedule a public hearing before the Planning Commission or City Council (if required in § 159.021; see chart), and otherwise meet legal time requirements.
(1) Notice of the purpose, time, and place of the public hearing shall be published in the official newspaper of the city and mailed to each of the owners of all property located within a minimum of 500 feet of the property described in the application and such other persons as the Planning Commission may direct, as least 10 days prior to the date of the hearing. A copy of the notice and a list of the owners and addresses to which the notice was sent shall be attested to by the responsible person and shall be made a part of the records of the proceedings. The failure to give mailed notice to individual property owners or defects in the notice shall not invalidate the proceedings, provided a bona fide attempt to comply with the provisions of this section has been made.
(2) The applicant or the applicant's representative shall appear at the public hearing to answer questions concerning the proposed application.
(Prior Code, Ch. 300 § 503.02)