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3-02.9.0   TIME FRAME SUSPENSIONS
   The overall time frames listed in Table 3-02 below are suspended for the following time periods:
9.1   From the date of a notice to the applicant of specific deficiencies in an application, whether on review for completeness of application or substantive review, and the date that the City receives the missing information from the applicant.
9.2   Time for substantive review and overall completion of certain purposes, including any or all of the following delays for:
   1.   Public hearings;
   2.    or licenses;
   3.   Approvals from public on residential or commercial   ; or other non-municipal licenses; or
   4.   Participation in meetings required by law.
(Am. Admin. Directive 1.02-9, rev. 4/25/2014)
3-02.10.0   NOTICES OF COMPLETENESS AND SUBSTANTIVE COMPLIANCE
   The City must review applications for both application completeness and substantive compliance. The City must send written notice to the applicant of the application’s status within the mandatory time frames listing all required additional information or corrections. Written notices may be delivered by mail or electronically (the term “notice” as subsequently used in this Compliance Policy includes either type of notice). If the permit sought requires approval of more than one City department, each department may issue separate notices.
(Am. Admin. Directive, 5/14/2013; Am. Admin. Directive 1.02-9, rev. 4/25/2014)
3-02.11.0   ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW, NOTICE
11.1   The City will review an application for administrative completeness. If the City determines that an application is not administratively complete, the City must issue a written notice with a comprehensive list of the specific deficiencies. A.R.S. §§ 9-835(D), 9-835(E). The statute provides for additional written notices of deficiencies based on the applicant’s submission of the missing information.
11.2   The notices of deficiencies must cite all reference to the applicable regulation or policy, and inform the applicant that the City’s mandatory time frame is suspended pending receipt of the requested corrections or any missing information. A.R.S. § 9-835(E).
11.3   If the City fails to provide notice to the applicant of administrative completeness or deficiency, the application is then deemed complete. A.R.S. § 9-835(F).
(Am. Admin. Directive 1.02-9, rev. 4/25/2014)
3-02.12.0   SUBSTANTIVE REVIEW, REQUESTS FOR CORRECTIONS
12.1   For substantive reviews of a license application, the City may issue no more than one comprehensive request for corrections, as that term is defined in the A.R.S. § 9-831(7) except as listed below.
12.2   The City may make the following additional requests for corrections:
   1.   If the City subsequently identifies legal requirements that were not included in the comprehensive request for corrections, the City may amend the comprehensive request for corrections once to include the legal requirements and provide the legal authority for the requirements.
   2.   If an applicant fails to resolve an issue identified in a request for corrections, the City may make a supplemental written requests for corrections that are limited to issues previously identified in a comprehensive request for corrections.
   3.   If an applicant requests significant changes, alterations, additions or amendments to an application that are not in response to the request for corrections, the City may make one additional comprehensive request for corrections and may have an additional fifty percent of the substantive review time frame for the license to be granted or denied.
12.3   Nothing in the statute prohibits communication between the City and the applicant regarding a comprehensive request for corrections. A.R.S. § 9-835(H).
12.4   The substantive and overall time frame may be extended by mutual written or electronic agreement. The extensions may not exceed 50% of the overall time frame. For an application requiring more time, the applicant must submit a new application. A.R.S. § 935(I).
(Am. Admin. Directive 1.02-9, rev. 4/25/2014)
3-2.13.0   APPROVAL, WITHDRAWAL, DENIAL
13.1   The City must give notice of approval, denial or withdrawal.
13.2   The City may deem an application withdrawn if the applicant does not provide the requested documentation or information, or an explanation why the information cannot be provided within the established time period after:
   1.   fifteen from date of the notice of application corrections or deficiencies; or
   2.   thirty after the date of the notice of a request for corrections.
13.3   If the notice is for a denial or withdrawal, the notice must include the following:
   1.   Citations of the pertinent regulations justifying an application denial or withdrawal; and
   2.   An explanation of the applicant’s rights to appeal the denial or withdrawal, including the number of working in which the applicant must file an appeal and the telephone number of a municipal; contact person who can answer questions regarding the appeal process; and
   3.   An explanation of the applicant’s right to resubmit the application, the total amount of fees that will be assessed for reapplication and the method in which those fees are calculated.
13.4   If within the substantive review time frame for a license, and after all permitted comprehensive requests for corrections, the license request is still not in compliance with the City regulations and policies, the application will be denied.
(Admin. Directive 1.02-9, rev. 4/25/2014)
3-2.14.0   APPLICATION RESUBMITTALS
   Upon receiving a notice of application denial or withdrawal, the applicant may submit a new application to the City for further reviews. If an application is denied or has been withdrawn, and the applicant resubmits the application for the same purpose with only revisions or corrections to the original, the City may not assess any additional application fees that exceed the cost of processing the resubmitted revisions or corrections. A.R.S. § 9-835(L) and (M).
(Admin. Directive 1.02-9, rev. 4/25/2014)
3-02.15.0   REFUNDS
   If the City does not send notice to an applicant regarding approval, denial, or withdrawal within the overall time frame or any mutually agreed extension thereof, the City must refund the all fees within 30 working of the expiration of the overall time frame or any mutually agreed extension of the overall time frame, waive any additional fees for further review of the application, and continue to process the application. A.R.S. § 9-835(K).
(Admin. Directive 1.02-9, rev. 4/25/2014)
TABLE 3-02:   REVIEW TIME FRAME REQUIREMENTS
 
PDSD DIRECTOR APPROVAL PROCESS
APPLICATION TYPES
1.   Changes of use;
2.   Downtown Area Infill Incentive District – within the Downtown Core Sub-district requesting a modification of regulations (Note: within the Greater Infill Incentive Sub-district are processed in accordance with the 400' Notice Procedure below);
3.   Electrical connections (certain types);
4.   Expansion of existing premises;
5.   Home occupations;
6.   Individual Parking Plans for greater than 300' from R-3 or more restrictive zoning districts;
7.   New construction;
8.   Nonconforming same Land Use Class substitution;
9.   Nonconforming parking areas;
10.   Parking Design Modification Requests (except requests to modify the number of bicycle or motor vehicle parking spaces);
11.    within certain overlay zones;
12.   Restricted adult activities;
13.   Temporary uses or structures;
14.   Tenant improvements;
15.   Wireless Communication uses (certain types);
16.   Rio Nuevo District Zone Minor Modifications of Development Regulations (MDR);
17.   Zoning Compliance for Site Improvements in Existence on May 1, 2005;
18.   Other applications, such as blood donor centers and circus, carnival and tent shows; or
19.   Site plans (Site plans in Overlay Districts require different time frames for review).
TIME FRAME
Administrative Compliance Review for Application Completeness
20 working  
Substantive Review
65 working  
Overall Time frame
85 working .
Note: This time period includes a second review after return of comments on the first review, or when a package or site plan is required. Total time is less if only one review is needed for a particular approval, or when a package or site plan is not required.
 
 
PDSD DIRECTOR APPROVAL PROCEDURE:
100' NOTICE PROCEDURE
APPLICATION TYPES
1.   Design Development Options (DDO) in accordance;
2.   Parking Design Modification Requests to the required number of bicycle and motor vehicle parking spaces;
3.   PDSD Special Exception applications;
4.   Approval of resident artisan uses in the Historic Preservation Zone;
5.   Certain wireless facilities;
6.   Requests for demolition of contributing, non-historic structures in the HPZ.
TIME FRAMES
Administrative Compliance Review for Application Completeness
20 working  
Substantive Review
35 working
Overall Time frame
55 working
 
 
PDSD DIRECTOR APPROVAL PROCEDURE:
400' NOTICE PROCEDURE
APPLICATION TYPES
1.   Mitigation plans for certain restaurants serving alcohol within 300 feet of R-3 or more restrictive zoning;
2.    within the Greater Infill Incentive Sub-district of the Downtown Area Infill Incentive District requesting a Modification of Development Regulations; and,
3.   Individual Parking Plans for within 300 feet of R-3 or more restrictive zoning districts.
TIME FRAMES
Administrative Compliance Review for Application Completeness
20 working  
Substantive Review
45 working
Overall Time frame
65 working
 
ZONING ADMINISTRATOR APPROVAL
ZONING ADMINISTRATOR APPROVAL
APPLICATION TYPES
1.   Compliance with certification of existing premises.
2.   Interpretations of the UDC.
3.   Planned Area Development interpretations.
4.   Zone boundary conflicts.
TIME FRAMES
 
Regular Review
Complex issues requiring additional research or a City Attorney opinion:
Administrative Compliance Review for Application Completeness  
20 working
20 working
 
Substantive Review
10 working
25 working
Overall Time frame
30 working
45 working
 
PDSD DIRECTOR APPROVAL IN CERTAIN OVERLAY ZONES
PDSD DIRECTOR APPROVAL IN CERTAIN OVERLAY ZONES
APPLICATION TYPE
Historic Preservation Zone Design Review
TIME FRAMES
Administrative Compliance Review for Application Completeness
20 working
Substantive Review:
 
   Full Review
40 working
   Minor Review
25 working
Overall Time frame:
 
   Full Review
60 working
   Minor Review
45 working
APPLICATION TYPE
Rio Nuevo District Design Review
TIME FRAMES
Administrative Compliance Review for Application Completeness
20 working
Substantive Review:
 
   Major
65 working
   Minor
50 working
Overall Time frame:
 
   Major Review
85 working
   Minor Review
70 working
APPLICATION TYPE
Neighborhood Preservation Zone Design Review
TIME FRAME
Administrative Compliance Review for Application Completeness
20 working  
Substantive Review
20 working
Overall Time frame
40 working
 
 
PDSD DIRECTOR SPECIAL EXCEPTION PROCEDURE
APPLICATION TYPE
Special Exceptions requiring PDSD approval
TIME FRAME
Administrative Compliance Review for Application Completeness
20 working
Substantive Review
25 working
Overall Time frame
45 working
 
 
ZONING EXAMINER SPECIAL EXCEPTION PROCEDURE
APPLICATION TYPE
1.   Special Exceptions requiring ZE decision under the UDC.
2.   Substitution of nonconforming uses (uses not in the same land use class).
3.   Expansion of nonconforming uses.
TIME FRAME
Administrative Compliance Review for Application Completeness
20 working
Substantive Review
40 working for administrative review
Overall Time frame
60 working for administrative review
The substantive and overall time frames are suspended from overall time frame under A.R.S. § 9-835(C)(8)(c) for the required ZE Public Hearing
 
(Am. Admin. Directive 1.02-9, rev. 4/25/2014; Am. Ord. 11732, 2/19/2020)
 
SECTION 3-03.0.0: FLEXIBLE APPLICATION PROCESS
Section
3-03.1.0   GENERAL
3-03.2.0   DESCRIPTION OF PROCESSES
TABLE 3-03    TYPICAL TIMEFRAMES FOR COMPLIANCE REVIEW/FLEXIBLE OPTION
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