When an action for an amendment to the Planning Code, conditional use or variance has been initiated by application or otherwise, except as provided by Sections 316.2 through 316.5, the Zoning Administrator shall set a time and place for a hearing thereon within a reasonable period. In the case of an application for a variance, such period shall not exceed 30 days from the date upon which the application is accepted for filing. The procedures for scheduling of hearings and determinations on conditional use applications where such authorization is required in any South of Market District or Eastern Neighborhoods Mixed Use District, or pursuant to zoning categories .10, .11, .21, .24 through .27, .38 through .90, and .95 of Sections 710 through 729 for each Neighborhood Commercial District, are set forth in Sections 316.2 through 316.8 of this Code. When an action for an amendment to the General Plan has been initiated by the Planning Commission, the Planning Department shall set a time and place for a hearing thereon within a reasonable period.
(Added by Ord. 235-68, App. 8/7/68; amended by Ord. 69-87, App. 3/13/87; Ord. 115-90, App. 4/6/90; Ord. 321-96, App. 8/8/96; Ord. 298-08, File No. 081153, App. 12/19/2008)