(A) Notification. Upon receipt of notification from the Planning Commission that the preliminary review stage is completed, the applicant may proceed with preparing final plans.
(B) Review.
(1) The time frame for final plan review shall be approximately 60 days.
(2) During the final plan review phase, the Planning Commission shall review, with the support of the City Planner, Attorney, City Engineer and other professionals as necessary, the detailed materials developed in support of each of the items presented at the preliminary plan review phase and the following additional information and exhibits. Further, such plans shall be submitted by the applicant for review and comment to all applicable local, county and state agencies, as may be appropriate, and as determined by the Planning Commission.
(3) Before the expiration of the final plan review period, the Planning Commission shall either make a recommendation to the City Council to approve or provide the applicant with a list of outstanding items that need to be addressed or recommend denial.
(4) The final plan shall conform substantially to the preliminary plan as it existed at the conclusion of the preliminary plan review process. The Building Inspector, or other official(s) designated by City Council, shall check the proposed final plan for completeness. Should any of the data required be omitted, the Building Inspector shall inform the applicant of the data required.
(5) The application will be delayed until the required data is received.
(C) Variance. Zoning variance issues shall be resolved by the Zoning Board of Appeals before City Council acts on the final plan. Similarly, any request for a non-zoning variance shall be addressed by the Council before City Council acts on the final plan.
(D) Cancellation of plan approval and building permit(s).
(1) Approval by the City Council of a final plan shall confer upon the applicant the right to a building permit for a period of 12 months from and after approval.
(2) Upon receipt of a building permit, reasonable construction shall be commenced within 12 months and be reasonably continued or the project plan and the building permit shall be declared invalid unless the applicant requests and obtains a new approval (renewal) from the City Council and Building Inspector.
(3) Prior to the City Council and Building Inspector allowing a renewal, the Planning Commission shall apply, as its standards in determining whether to recommend a renewal, the city’s currently existing standards and requirements.
(E) Fees. The applicant shall submit to the Clerk, in support of the final plan review, a serviceable check for the sum total of all applicable processing fees, including review fees, engineering fees, attorney fees and other applicable charges, as specified in the fee schedule and approved by City Council.
(Ord. 155, passed 3-18-2003)