(B) The city will review the information to ensure that all submittal requirements have been met. The applicant will be notified in writing of any deficiencies within five working days. The application will not be processed until it includes all submittal requirements.
(C) The Planning and Zoning Official shall refer the application to the Departmental Review Team and shall schedule the completed application for a Departmental Review Team hearing to be held within 30 days of the submittal of the completed application.
(D) The applicant must attend the review meeting to present and explain the application. If the applicant does not attend the meeting, the application will not be considered.
(E) All Departmental Review Team recommendations, practical concerns and technical requirements shall be in writing and shall be presented to the applicant at the Departmental Review Team meeting. If any city department fails to present written comments at this meeting, the Planning and Zoning Official will notify the applicant that the subject department has no concerns or comments. The subject department be able to develop comments or concerns later in the process only with written authorization from the City Manager.
(F) If more than one year elapses between the Departmental Review Team decision date and the time when all concerns are met or explained in writing, the application must be reviewed again by the Departmental Review Team to ensure that the prior issues, concerns and technical requirements are still applicable.
(G) The Planning and Zoning Official shall not forward the application in final form to the City Council until all concerns of the Departmental Review Team have been met unless the applicant submits a detailed written statement to the City Council explaining why the conditions or concerns are not or cannot be met. Upon compliance, the Planning and Zoning Official shall schedule the application for the next available City Council meeting.
(H) The City Council shall hear the application and make a decision on the application at a regularly scheduled or special meeting. The City Council may approve, approve with conditions or deny the application request. If the City Council decides to approve the application request, the City Attorney will be directed to prepare an ordinance approving the application request. In addition, the City Engineer will be directed to prepare a memorandum of agreement for public improvements (§ 154.073 of this chapter) setting forth the applicant’s financial assurance that all required public improvements will be completed to city standards, requirements and specifications. These shall include half-street improvements for any portion of a street that abuts the property. The memorandum of agreement for public improvements must be signed by the applicant prior to final decision by the City Council. City Council approval shall be made and recorded by ordinance.
(Prior Code, § 10-2.06) (Ord. 747, passed - -1995; Ord. 773, passed - -1997; Ord. 895, passed - -2008; Ord. 904, passed - -2008)