An application for and review of a special zoning request that requires full notice procedure shall comply with the following.
(1) Pre-application conference. A pre-application conference with city staff to review requirements for the proposal under this chapter, the LUC, development standards and other applicable policies and regulations is required on all full notice procedure applications.
(2) Neighborhood meeting. The applicant shall offer to meet at a specified time and place to discuss the proposed project with the persons and entities entitled to notice of the application. The offer shall be made at least ten (10) days prior to the date of the meeting. The meeting shall occur at least fifteen (15) and not more than sixty (60) days prior to the submittal of the application. The neighborhood meeting shall be held at a location near the property that is the subject of the application. Notice of the meeting shall also be provided by the applicant to the office of the council ward in which the subject site is located. Documentation of the offer to meet and a summary of the meeting shall be submitted with the application.
(3) Application. Applications shall conform to the requirements set forth in the LUC, this chapter and appropriate development standards. An application is accepted or rejected within seven (7) days of the date of receipt unless the applicant consents to additional time. An application may, in the discretion of the director, be conditionally accepted.
(4) Public notice of the application. Applications for full notice procedure shall be provide public notice as follows.
a. Mailed notice.
1. Shall be sent to the applicant, public service agencies affected by the application, all property owners within the subject site and within three hundred (300) feet of the subject site, the neighborhood association(s) which includes or are within one (1) mile of the subject site, any person or organization that has filed a request and paid a fee to receive notification of public meetings and hearings on a particular process and any other person the director determines has an interest in the matter.
2. Property owners shall be determined from the records of the Pima County Assessor that are available to the public no more than forty-five (45) days prior to the application or public hearing.
3. Shall be provided to all parties of record on a previous hearing on the same application and to other affected property owners as required by each process.
4. Shall be sent whether or not the properties are within the corporate limits of the city.
5. Adjoining land under the same ownership as the subject site and public right-of-way abutting the site shall be included as part of the subject site in determining the boundaries from which the notice area is measured.
6. For sites within the Airport Environs Zone (AEZ), notice shall be provided to the Tucson International Airport or to the Davis Monthan Airforce Base, whichever is applicable.
b. Posted notice. Notice shall be posted in such locations on the subject property as to be visible to the public. The posted notice shall identify the request, the date, time and location of any public comment period or public hearings and a telephone number for the city and the applicant where further information may be obtained.
(5) Public comment period. There shall be a period of twenty (20) days following the date on which notice is mailed for submission of comments on the proposal to the planning and development services department.
(6) Review process. Review is conducted by the planning and development services department staff and other agencies, committees or advisory boards as specified in this chapter, the LUC and as may be deemed appropriate by the director.
(7) Denial of plan compliance appeal. if an application is rejected because it is not consistent with the general plan or any applicable specific plan, the rejection of the application may be appealed by the applicant to the mayor and council in accordance with [section] 23A-62.
(Ord. No. 9967, § 9, 5-17-04; Ord. No. 10655, § 4, 4-21-09, eff. 7-1-09)