(A) Application.
(1) An application for a use on review shall be filed with the Finance Officer. The application shall indicate the location and intended use of the site the names of the property owners and existing land uses within 200 feet of the site and any other information pertinent to the request which the Planning Commission or Common Council may require. A list of property owners maybe obtained from the Finance Officer.
(2) The applicant shall pay the City Finance Officer the appropriate fee for a use on review, as designated in § 150.006. These fees shall be utilized to help defray administrative costs of processing the application. Additional costs are required for mailings, which are the applicant’s responsibility.
(B) Authorization for the use on review. The application will be given to the Planning Commission for its review and recommendation. The Planning Commission shall be given 60 days in which to study the effect of such proposed use upon the character of the neighborhood, traffic conditions, public utilities, and other matters pertaining to the public health, safety, and general welfare. No such use on review shall be approved until and unless the recommendation of the Planning Commission has been filed.
(C) Public hearing. After the Planning Commission has made its recommendation, the Common Council shall schedule a hearing and shall give ten days’ notice of such hearing by publication in a legally designated paper. The applicant shall notify all property owners by certified letter within 200 feet at least five days prior to the public hearing of the pending application for the use on review and the hearing date. The Common Council may then vote to approve or deny the use on review.
(D) Restrictions. In the exercise of its approval, the Common Council may impose such conditions regarding the location, character, or other features of the proposed use or building, as it may deem advisable in the furtherance of the general purposes of this chapter.
(E) Issuance of permit. Upon completion of the necessary application and approval of the Common Council, the Building Inspector shall issue the building permit subject to all applicable rules, regulations, and conditions. All approved plans, conditions, restrictions, and rules made part of the approval shall constitute certification on the part of the applicant that the proposed use shall conform to such regulations at all times.
(F) Time limit and notification. All applications for uses permitted on review shall be decided within 60 days of the date of application, and the applicant shall be provided with either a written notice of approval or denial.
(Prior Code, § 152.079)