All development permit applications shall be classified as one of the following: type 1, type 2, type 2a, type 3, type 3a or type 4. Legislative decisions are type 5 actions. Exclusions from the requirements of permit applications procedures are included at section 15-4-3 of this chapter. Table 15-4-1 of this section describes the city's permit processing procedures.
Procedure For Permit Applications | Legislative | ||||||
Type 1 | Type 2 | Type 2a | Type 3 | Type 3a | Type 4 | Type 5 | |
Procedure For Permit Applications | Legislative | ||||||
Type 1 | Type 2 | Type 2a | Type 3 | Type 3a | Type 4 | Type 5 | |
Recommendation by | n/a | n/a | Administrator | n/a | n/a | Planning commission | Planning commission |
Final decision by | Administrator | Administrator | Planning commission | Hearing examiner | Planning commission | City council | City council |
Notice of application | No | No1 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Open record public hearing or open record appeal of final decision | No | Only if appealed. Open record hearing with hearing examiner | Only if appealed. Open record hearing with hearing examiner; recommendati on made by hearing examiner to the city council | Yes, before hearing examiner | Yes, before planning commission | Yes, before planning commission | Yes, before planning commission |
Closed record appeal/final decision | No | No, unless appealed to council | City council | No, unless appealed to council | No, unless appealed to council | Yes, before council | Yes, or council may hold another public hearing |
Judicial appeal | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Note:
1. Notice of application is required for short plats of five (5) or more lots.
Table 15-4-2 of this section describes the types of decisions rendered in each permit procedure category.
Type 1 (Administrator) | Type 2 (Administrator) | Type 2a (Planning Commission) | Type 3 (Examiner) | Type 3a (Planning Commission) | Type 4 (Council) | Type 5 (Council) |
Permitted uses; boundary line adjustments; cottage development; home occupations; minor amendments to subdivisions and PUD; nonconforming use permit; temporary construction trailer | Short plats; land clearing and grading; shoreline permits; administrative variances; administrative interpretations; landscape plan modifications | Architectural design review; sign permits | Conditional use permits; general variances; sign permit variances; certain appeals | Sign code hardship variances; plat vacations and alterations; site plans and major amendments thereto; major amendments to PUDs | Preliminary plats; preliminary PUDs; final plats; final PUDs; certain appeals; mobile/ manufactured home parks or subdivisions; binding site plans | Comprehensive plan amendments; development regulations; shoreline master program; zoning text amendments; zoning map amendments; annexations; development agreements |
(Ord. 778, 10-30-2003, eff. 11-11-2003; amd. Ord. 830, 6-28-2006; Ord. 886, 9-8-2010; Ord. 2021-1073, 3-10-2021; Ord. 2021-1074, 3-10-2021)