(A) All applications for zoning, special use, conditional use, or sign permits must be complete before the permit-issuing authority (Land Use Administrator, Board of Adjustment, or Board of Commissioners) is required to consider the application.
(B) Subject to division (C) below, an application is complete when it contains all of the information that is necessary for the permit-issuing authority to decide whether or not the development, if completed as proposed, will comply with all of the requirements of this chapter.
(C) In this chapter, detailed or technical design requirements and construction specifications relating to various types of improvements (streets, sidewalks, and the like) are set forth in one or more of the appendices. It is not necessary that the application contain the type of detailed construction drawings that would be necessary to determine compliance with these appendices provided that the application provides sufficient information to allow the permit-issuing authority (Land Use Administrator, BOA, or BOC) to evaluate the application in the light of the substantive requirements set forth in this text of this chapter. However, when this chapter requires a certain element of a development to be constructed in accordance with the detailed requirements set forth in one or more of these sections, then no construction work on such element may be commenced until detailed construction drawings have been submitted to and approved by the Land Use Administrator. Failure to observe this requirement may result in permit revocation, denial of final subdivision plat approval, or other penalty as provided in §§ 152.155 through 152.159 and 152.999.
(D) The presumption established by this chapter is that all of the information set forth in §§ 152.075 through 152.082 is necessary to satisfy the requirements of this section; however, it is recognized that each development is unique, and therefore the permit-issuing authority (Land Use Administrator, BOA, or BOC) may allow less information or require more information to be submitted according to the needs of the particular case. For applications submitted to the Board of Adjustment, the applicant may rely in the first instance on the recommendations of the Land Use Administrator as to whether more or less information than that set forth in §§ 152.075 through 152.082 should be submitted.
(E) The Land Use Administrator shall make every effort to develop application forms, instructional sheets, checklists, or other techniques or devices to assist applicants in understanding the application requirements and the form and type of information that must be submitted. In classes of cases where a minimal amount of information is necessary to enable the Land Use Administrator to determine compliance with this chapter, such as applications for zoning permits to construct single-family or two-family houses or applications for sign permits, the Land Use Administrator shall develop standard forms that will expedite the submission of the necessary plans and other required information.
(Ord. passed 12-20-2001) Penalty, see § 152.999