Extracted standards
19 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- Variances prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. in floodway
Variances shall not be issued within any designated regulatory floodway if any increase in flood levels during the base flood discharge would result
Historic
- Certificate of appropriateness appeal period15 days
Any person to whom a certificate of appropriateness has been issued may commence work at his/her own risk during the 15-day appeal period
- Certificate of appropriateness expiration if work not commenced12 months
Certificates of appropriateness issued by the City Planner shall expire: 1. If work is not commenced within 12 months of issuance of the permit;
- Certificate of appropriateness expiration if work not completed24 months
If work is not completed within 24 months of issuance of the permit.
- Certificate of appropriateness extension period90 days
The HPC or the City Planner may grant one or more 90-day extensions of time for completing the work authorized by the certificate of appropriateness
- Certificate of appropriateness issuance deadline10 business days
Within ten business days after the HPC approves a certificate of appropriateness, the City Planner shall issue a certificate of appropriateness
- Certificate of appropriateness expiration if work suspended90 days
If work is suspended or abandoned for 90 days or more after commencement
- Certificate of appropriateness required in historic districtHistoric districtAn area where exterior changes need design review to protect its character.
Within an historic district, no building or structure, including signs, and including non-contributing buildings and structures and signs, shall be erected, reconstructed, restored, demolished, or altered in any way that affects the external appearance ... unless the same is approved as being architecturally compatible ... through the issuance of a certificate of appropriateness
- Historic districtHistoric districtAn area where exterior changes need design review to protect its character. notice distance200 ft
Whenever the HPC finds that the issuance of a certificate of appropriateness and the exercise of the rights and privileges granted thereby will, or is likely to, materially and adversely affect the property of another within 200 feet of the subject property, the HPC shall mail notice of its intention to do so to the owner of such affected property
- Additional time for HPC decision when notice required45 days
If HPC invokes this provision an additional 45 days shall be granted before the HPC must render a decision.
- HPC notification deadline after meeting60 days
The HPC shall approve or deny the application and notify the applicant within 60 days after the first meeting.
- HPC review period for certificate of appropriateness45 days
Within 45 days of receipt of an application for a certificate of appropriateness, the HPC shall meet to review such application.
Other
- Appeal filing deadline30 days
Appeals to actions requiring public hearings shall be filed with the appeals body established in Exhibit II-1 (Summary of Application Review Procedures) within 30 days of the action by the approval body
- Final site plan approval deadline for conditional useConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote. permits24 months
Failure to apply for final site plan and building permit approval or to establish the use within 24 months of concept plan approval pursuant to the conditional use permit or as established in the phasing plan approved by the City Council shall result in expiration of the concept plan and conditional use permit approval.
- Validity period for institutional conditional useConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote. permits36 months
conditional use permits granted or assigned to any hospital, institution of higher learning, charitable organization, or any public agency or authority shall be valid for a period of 36 months.
- Planning Commission failure to act period100 days
If the Planning Commission has failed to make a recommendation on a Zoning Ordinance amendment within 100 days after the first meeting of the Planning Commission on the Zoning Ordinance amendment, the Planning Commission shall be deemed to have approved the Zoning Ordinance amendment
- VarianceVariancePermission to depart from a specific dimensional rule, granted on a showing of hardship. application submittal deadline before hearing30 days
Applications for variances or appeals shall be submitted to the Zoning Administrator a minimum of 30 days prior to the hearing date for the Board of Zoning Appeals
- VarianceVariancePermission to depart from a specific dimensional rule, granted on a showing of hardship. lapse period12 months
If a building permit application for construction authorized by the variance has not been submitted within 12 months of the granting of such variance, the variance so granted shall become void.
- Finality of Zoning Administrator determinations60 days
In no event shall a written order, requirement, decision or determination made by the Zoning Administrator or other administrative officer be subject to change, modification or reversal by the Zoning Administrator or other administrative officer after 60 days have elapsed
From the ordinance
Development review procedures, variances, and historic district regulations.