(A) The Planning Department shall review the completed conditional use permit application for compliance with this title. Any application not containing and/or addressing all the information required in § II-19.002 shall be rejected and returned to the applicant together with the reasons for rejection.
(B) If the Planning Department finds the application in compliance with this title, a Planning and Zoning informational meeting will be scheduled for the next regular meeting.
(C) An informational meeting will be held in front of the Planning and Zoning Board.
(D) After the informational meeting has been held, a public hearing will be scheduled in front of the Planning and Zoning Board.
(E) (1) The Planning Department will prepare the notice of hearing letters and the property owner’s list of those persons who own land within 500 feet of the subject property.
(2) The Planning Department will notify the applicant when the property owner’s list and the notice of hearing letters have been prepared. The applicant must send a copy of the notice of hearing letter to each of the property owners on the list by certified mail with return receipt requested. The notice letters must be mailed no less than seven days prior to the date of the public hearing. The white receipts for certified mail must be returned to the Planning Department prior to the date of the public hearing. The green return receipt cards must be returned to the Planning Department prior to the file being closed. These are retained in the Planning Department as part of the official record to document that the required mailings were completed. If the mailing has not been completed as stated herein, the hearing must be continued to the next Planning and Zoning meeting and the applicant shall be required to re-notify the affected property owners of the rescheduled hearing date.
(3) The Planning Department shall provide a notice of public hearing sign, which is to be posted by the Planning Department on or near the property involved in the conditional use request in a location with the greatest public visibility. If the property is not adjacent to any public right-of-way, the sign shall be placed at the access point to the property along the nearest public right-of-way. Said sign shall be placed no less than ten days prior to the date of the public hearing before the Planning Commission and shall remain placed until a decision has been made by the County Commission.
(F) The Planning Department will submit legal notice to the local newspaper(s). The notice shall state the date the Planning and Zoning Board will review and consider the conditional use permit application.
(G) The Planning Department shall create a staff report with recommendations to the Planning and Zoning Board for either approval, approval with conditions, or denial of the application.
(H) The Planning and Zoning Board shall consider the conditional use permit application and public comment regarding the application’s technical compliance with this title after receiving and reviewing the Planning Department’s recommendation.
(I) The Planning and Zoning Board shall make recommendation to approve, approve with conditions, or deny the conditional use permit application within 30 days of the initial hearing of the application. If the action is to deny the conditional use permit application, the reasons for such action shall be stated in the minutes and specific reference shall be made to the requirements not met.
(J) After the Planning and Zoning Board makes recommendation to the County Commission, the Planning Department shall schedule a public hearing in front of the County Commission.
(K) The applicant shall be required to re-notify the adjacent property owners in the same manner as listed in division (E) above. The Planning Department will again submit legal notice to the local newspaper(s).
(L) Within 45 days of the receipt of the Planning and Zoning Board’s recommendation, the County Commission shall take action to approve or deny the conditional use permit request.
(Ord. 14-01, passed 6-6-2014, Ch. 19, § 1.7; Ord. 15-01, passed 6-5-2015; Ord. 22-04, passed 4-11-2023)