01/12/2022 Item 7A, ZOTA-Administration Section

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2-7 (i)(f) The Chapter. Such recommendation shall be made in writing and accompanied by the report and recommendation of City Council must approve or deny the application for amendment or conditional use permit requests within sixty (60) days of receiving all required information. The sixty (60) day time limit starts over only if the City sends notice, within ten (10) business days of receipt of the request, telling the applicant what information is missing. The City may extend the sixty (60) day time limit before the end of such time limit by providing written notice of the extension to the applicant. The notification must state the reasons for the extension and its anticipated length, which may not exceed sixty (60) days, unless approved by the applicant. Failure of the City Council to deny an application within sixty (60) days is approval of the request. If the City Council denies a request, it must state in writing the reasons for the denial at the time it denies the requeststaff. (g) Upon receiving the report and recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Board and the City staff, the City Council shall make a recorded finding of fact and may impose any condition they consider necessary to protect the public health, safety and welfare. (j)(h) Following approval of the conditional use permit, the City shall file a certified copy thereof including a legal description of the property with the County Recorder and/or Registrar of Title. (k)(i) If construction has not begun within one (1) year afterExpiration. Unless the date of the City Council specifically approves a different time when action is officially taken on the request, conditional use permit, or if substantial construction has not taken place within three (3) years afterpermits which have been issued under the date provisions of this chapter shall expire, unless the applicant commences the authorized use within one year of issuance ofthe date the conditional use permit, the permit is void. is issued; or, unless before the expiration of the one year period; the applicant shall apply for an extension thereof by completing and submitting a request for extension. The request for extension shall state facts showing a good faith attempt to complete or utilize the use permitted in the conditional use permit. A request for an extension not exceeding one year shall be subject to the review and approval of the Zoning Administrator. Should a second extension of time or any extension of time longer than one year be requested by the applicant, it shall be presented to the planning commission for a recommendation and to the City Council for a decision. A conditional use specified in the permit expires if, for any reason, the authorized use ceases for more than one (1) year. (l)(j) If a time limit or periodic review is included as a condition by which a conditional use permit is granted, the conditional use permit may be reviewed at a public hearing with notice of said hearing published at least ten (10) days prior to the review; it shall be the responsibility of the City Clerk to schedule such public hearings and the owner of land having a conditional use permit shall not be required to pay a fee for said review. (m)(k) Any change involving structural alteration, enlargement, intensification of use, or similar change not specifically permitted by the conditional use permit issued shall require an amended conditional use permit and all procedures shall apply as if a new permit were being issued. An amended conditional use permit application and requests for changes in conditions shall be administered in a manner similar to that required for a conditional use permit.