16.10.140 Planning director’s review.
A. The planning director shall review the application for completeness and shall notify the applicant within twenty (20) calendar days of receipt of the initial submission whether the application is deemed complete.
B. Incomplete applications will be rejected, in writing, within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt of the initial submission. If rejected, the director’s decision must identify the deficiencies in the application, which, if cured, would make the application complete.
C. Once an application is deemed complete, the planning director shall schedule it for a hearing before the planning commission and shall give notice to the applicant and the public in accordance with subsection D of this section.
D. Public Notice. Public notice of planning commission consideration of a special use permit request for a new tall structure, at a minimum, shall be provided as follows:
1. Permit consideration must be included as an item in the posted agenda.
2. Notice of the hearing and the agenda item must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the city a minimum of ten (10) calendar days prior to the date of the meeting. The cost of publication will be paid by the applicant. Publication will be accomplished by the planning director.
3. The planning director, or their designee, shall post copies of the agenda showing the request for a special use permit, on at least three (3) bulletin boards accessible to the general public. Posting will be completed at least five (5) calendar days prior to the scheduled hearing.
4. The applicant shall post signs on the proposed site at least fourteen (14) calendar days prior to the hearing at locations determined by the planning director. The sign must be between four (4) square feet and thirty-two (32) square feet in area, must have a red background, and must indicate in white lettering, two-hundred-sixteen- (216-) point or larger, that a special use permit for a tall structure has been sought for the site, the date of the hearing thereon, and that further information is available from the city’s planning director. The applicant must maintain the sign and shall remove it within fourteen (14) calendar days after final action on the application.
5. The planning director shall mail notice of the application and the public hearing to the owners of record of all property located within one thousand five hundred (1,500) feet of the site and all individuals who submitted comments at the community meeting. The actual cost of mailing will be paid by the applicant. [Ord. 15-27 § 3.]