(B) As soon as the Planning and Zoning Official receives a complete application, the application shall be scheduled for the next available Board of Adjustment meeting. If the application concerns property located within the Historic Preservation Zoning District, a copy of the application shall also be forwarded to the Historic Preservation Commission and to the Main Street Design Committee for their review and recommendation(s), if any, which must be provided a minimum of seven days prior to the Board of Adjustment meeting. This will allow their recommendation(s) to be included in the required staff report.
(C) The Planning and Zoning Official shall send notice of public hearing to all property owners within the subject property and within 300 feet of the request (list of names and addresses and stamped, addressed envelopes to be provided by the applicant) and shall publish a legal notice of the public hearing a minimum of 15 days prior to the Board of Adjustment public hearing. In addition the Planning and Zoning Official shall place a public hearing notice on the property a minimum of 15 days prior to the Board of Adjustment public hearing.
(D) The Planning and Zoning Official shall prepare a staff report for the Board of Adjustment. This report shall be forwarded to the Board of Adjustment and the applicant a minimum of five days prior to the Board of Adjustment meeting. The report, at a minimum, shall review the extent to which the application is consistent with the General Plan, other adopted city regulations, policies and procedures, including the Board of Adjustment provisions contained within the Zoning Ordinance, and shall include a recommendation for approval or denial, conditions if applicable, and reasons for the recommendation.
(E) The Board of Adjustment shall hear the application at public hearing and make a decision at a regularly scheduled or special meeting. Any decision by the Board of Adjustment shall be made and recorded by motion and shall be consistent with the Board of Adjustment section of the Zoning Ordinance.
(Prior Code, § 10-2.03) (Ord. 747, passed - -1995; Ord. 895, passed - -2008)