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Edited 5 June 2020 Page 8 601.100. PUBLIC NUISANCE VARIANCE. A variance request pertaining to nuisances occurring on public or private property may be filed by a property owner or occupant with the following requirements: 1. Shall be submitted on forms supplied by the City; and 2. Shall include a specific description detailing the reason for the variance request; and 3. Shall be delivered to the City Official within the time frame given in the notice provided pursuant to 601.070; and 4. Shall be accompanied by the fee set forth in Section [ insert section number ]; and 5. Submission of evidence including written approval of the otherwise prohibited activity, by 75 percent of the adjacent property owners within 100 feet of the subject property or prohibited activity. Variance requests will be considered, approved or denied by the City Official. The City Official or his or her designee(s) shall notify the applicant and all property owners, under subsection 5, above, within five (5) business days the decision to approve or deny the request and the process available for appeal. Variance approvals may be granted with or without conditions, including but not limited to a time limited duration at the discretion of the City. Violations of any approved public nuisance variance shall be grounds for immediate revocation of the variance. Additional nuisance activity or violation to the City Code may be grounds for the revocation of an approved variance. 601.110. VARIANCE APPEAL Variance denials or revocations may be appealed to City Council by the applicant. If an appeal is filed it must: 1. Be submitted on forms supplied by the City; and 2. Be delivered to the City Clerk within 10 days of the denial or revocation. When an appeal is filed, a public meeting regarding the matter shall be before the City Council , at a regular meeting held within thirty (30) calendar days of the receipt of the appeal. The City Council may consider any of the evidence that had previously been considered as part of the formal action that is the subject of the appeal. New or additional information from the appealing applicant(s) may be considered by the City Council at its sole discretion if that information serves to clarify information previously considered by the City Official.