A. Authority to File Applications. Unless expressly stated otherwise in this Ordinance, development applications associated with a particular lot or site reviewed under this Ordinance shall be submitted by the landowner, contract purchaser, or other person having a recognized property interest in the land on which development is proposed.
B. Application Content. The Town of Zebulon shall establish application content and forms, which shall be contained in the Procedures Manual. The Procedures Manual shall be maintained by the Planning Director.
C. Application Fees.
1. The Board of Commissioners shall establish application fees, and may amend and update those fees as necessary. Fees shall cover the costs of review, including public notification, as required.
2. No action shall be taken on an application and no application approval shall be issued until all required application fees are paid in full.
D. Submittal and Review Schedule. The Procedures Manual contains specific rules for submittal and review schedules (including time frames for review) for the various types of development applications.
E. Application Filing.
1. Applications shall be submitted to the Town in the form established in the Procedures Manual, along with the appropriate application fee.
2. An application shall not be considered to be submitted until determined to be complete in accordance with Section 2.3.3.G, Determination of Application Completeness.
3. No application shall be reviewed or decided until after it is determined to be complete.
4. No application shall be accepted for development proposed on a lot or site until property taxes are paid in full, as determined by the Wake County Tax Assessor.
F. Burden of Presenting Complete Application. The burden of presenting and maintaining a complete application shall be solely upon the applicant.
G. Determination of Application Completeness. On receiving a development application, the Planning Director shall determine, within a reasonable period of time, whether the application is complete or incomplete. A complete application is one that:
1. Contains all information and materials identified in the Procedures Manual as required for submittal of the particular type of application;
2. Is in the form and number of copies required by the Procedures Manual;
3. Is legible and printed to scale (where appropriate);
4. Is signed by the person with the authority to file the application;
5. Includes information in sufficient detail to evaluate whether or not the application complies with the applicable review standards in this Ordinance;
6. Is accompanied by the fee established for the particular type of application;
7. Includes material associated with a pre-application conference, if one is required;
8. Includes the written summary of a neighborhood meeting, if one was conducted prior to application submittal; and
H. Application Incomplete. If the application is incomplete, the Planning Director shall notify the applicant of the deficiencies. The applicant may correct the deficiencies and resubmit the application for completeness determination in accordance with Section 2.3.3.D, Submittal and Review Schedule.
I. Application Complete.
1. On determining that the application is complete, it shall be considered as submitted, and the Town shall notify the applicant and commence review in accordance with the procedures and standards of this Ordinance.
2. Nothing shall preclude the Planning Director or a review authority from re-evaluating an application for completeness in the event application inadequacies are revealed at a date subsequent to an application being declared complete.
(Ord. 2020-36, passed 12-2-2019)