A. Review for Completeness. The Director shall review each application for completeness and accuracy before it is accepted as being complete and officially filed. The Director’s determination of completeness shall be based on the City’s list of required application contents and any additional written instructions provided to the applicant in any pre-application conference (see Section 10.82.040 [Application Preparation and Filing]) and/or during the initial application review period.
1. Notification of Applicant. As required by Government Code Section 65943, within 30 calendar days of application filing, the applicant shall be informed in writing, either that the application is complete and has been accepted for processing, or that the application is incomplete and that additional information, specified in the Director’s letter, shall be provided.
2. Appeal of Determination. Where the Director has determined that an application is incomplete, and the applicant believes that the application is complete and/or that the information requested by the Director is not required, the applicant may appeal the Director’s determination in compliance with Chapter 10.114 (Appeals).
3. Submittal of Additional Information.
a. When the Director determines that an application is incomplete, the time used by the applicant to submit the required additional information shall not be considered part of the time within which the determination of completeness shall occur.
b. Upon submittal of additional information, the Director shall have an additional 30 days to review the additional information in order to determine application completeness.
4. Expiration of Application.
a. If an applicant fails to provide the additional information specified in the Director’s letter within 45 days following the date of the letter, or shorter time frame as determined by the Director, the application shall expire and be deemed withdrawn without any further action by the City, unless an extension is approved by the Director for good cause shown.
b. After the expiration of an application, future City consideration shall require the submittal of a new, complete application and associated filing fees.
5. Environmental Information. After an application has been accepted as complete, the Director may require the applicant to submit additional information needed for the environmental review of the project in compliance with the CEQA and Section 10.82.090 (Environmental Review), below.
B. Referral of Application. At the discretion of the Director, or where otherwise required by this Zoning Code or State or Federal law, an application may be referred to any public agency that may be affected by or have an interest in the proposed project. (Ord. 935 § 3 (part), 2015)