(A) Review of application. Upon receiving the building permit application, the City Recorder shall, within five working days after receipt, review the application to determine its completeness and compliance with the applicable city building and zoning ordinances.
(B) Approval. If the application is complete and the proposed building complies with the applicable city and zoning ordinances, the City Recorder shall endorse approval and mail the completed application to the county for its review process. If the City Recorder deems the application for building permit to be of significant interest to the Council or to have substantial impact upon the facilities of the city, the City Recorder shall refer the application directly to the Council for final determination.
(C) Denial. If the application is not complete or is not in compliance with applicable city building or zoning ordinances, the application will be denied until completed and is in compliance with applicable city building and zoning ordinances.
(D) Request for reconsideration.
(1) If the applicant disagrees with the determination that the application is incomplete or is in non-compliance the applicant may request a reconsideration of this decision by the City Planning Commission. The request for reconsideration shall be submitted to the City Recorder in writing.
(2) Upon receiving the request for reconsideration the City Recorder shall schedule the request on the agenda for the next regularly scheduled Planning Commission meeting in order to review the application with the applicant. Following this meeting with the applicant, the Planning Commission shall approve or deny the application.
(3) If the application is approved the City Recorder shall mail the application to the county for its review process. If the application is denied, the applicant may appeal this decision to the City Council by submitting a written statement of this intent to the City Recorder within 15 days of the Planning Commission’s decision.
(4) Upon receiving such notice of the applicant’s intent, the City Recorder shall schedule the appeal on the agenda for the next regularly scheduled City Council meeting. At this meeting the Council shall make the final determination on this matter.
(Ord. 341, passed 11-11-1991)