The Planning Commission, before hearing or acting upon any application for a special permit under any provision of this chapter, shall, by resolution, adopt standards and procedures to be applied and followed by the Commission for the purpose of equitably and judiciously granting such special permits, which standards and procedures shall be subject to approval by the City Council, all as provided by state law. Such resolution(s), when adopted, shall govern all proceedings before and by the Planning Commission concerning special permits. The adoption by the Planning Commission of a resolution in the following form:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SCOTTSBLUFF, NEBRASKA, that the Planning Commission hereby adopts “as the standards and procedures to be applied and followed by it for the purpose of equitably and judiciously granting special permits under Chapter 25 of the municipal code as now existing or hereafter amended” all of the standards and procedures prescribed in such chapter, as now existing or hereafter amended, concerning the issuance of special permits, shall constitute adoption by the Commission of the standards and procedures required by the statute; and the standards and procedures thus adopted by the Commission shall be deemed to have been approved by the City Council.
(Ord. 3639, passed - -2000)