1) Except as otherwise provided in this ordinance, an application for site specific vesting plan approval shall be processed in accordance with the procedures established by ordinance and shall be considered by the designated approval authority for the specific type of zoning or land use permit or approval for which application is made.
2) If the authority to issue a particular zoning or land use permit or approval has been delegated by ordinance to a board, committee or administrative official other than the town council, in order to obtain a zoning vested right, the applicant must request in writing at the time of application that the application be considered and acted on by the town council following notice and an evidentiary hearing as provided in G.S. 160D-406(b), in accordance with the procedures set forth in section 8.9 for consideration of special use permit requests.
3) In order for a zoning vested right to be established upon approval of a site specific vesting plan, the applicant must indicate at the time of application, on a form to be provided by the town, that a zoning vested right is being sought.
4) Each map, plat, site plan or other ocument evidencing a site specific vesting plan shall contain the following notation: "Approval of this plan establishes a zoning vested right under G.S. 160D-102; 108; 108.1. Unless terminated at an earlier date, the zoning vested right shall be valid until date."
(Ord. No. 2020-10, 12-1-20)