(a) The Planning Commission shall have the power to review building plans, landscape plans, and sign applications referred to it by the Building Inspector, Zoning Inspector or Council.
(b) The Building and Zoning Inspectors shall review all documents submitted for a building permit and the applicant shall satisfy the Inspectors that the documents comply with the requirements hereinafter defined and with all other ordinances of the Municipality that have application to the issuance of building permits. The Building and Zoning Inspectors shall reject any application that does not conform to these requirements. If the application is acceptable to the Building and Zoning Inspectors, the Commission shall review such application at a public meeting within twenty-one days of its receipt by the Chairman. Where field inspections or detailed reviews are necessary, an application may be tabled for up to twenty-one days; where other unusual circumstances dictate, additional time may be taken by the Commission upon notice to the applicant. Within seven days subsequent to its decision, the Commission shall report in writing to the Building and Zoning Inspectors its actions together with the reasons therefor. Such actions shall consist of an “approval”, “disapproval”, or “conditional approval” based on stipulated revisions. If the Commission is notified by the property owner in writing within thirty days of objections to the stipulated revisions of a conditional approval, the Commission shall again review the application and issue either an unqualified “approval” or “disapproval” within thirty days from the receipt of such letter by the Chairman. The Building and Zoning Inspectors shall then date and stamp the application as “approved” or “disapproved”, advising the applicant in writing in the latter case, of the reasons for such disapproval.
(Ord. 13-1997. Passed 3-17-97.)