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ATTY/ORD.437/ORDINANCE ADOPDTING & AMENDING ZA – LEVEL OF REVIEW <br />REV: 11-18-16 VR <br />Page 11 of 28 <br />41.2 Application Filing and Fees Applications shall be filed with the Planning Division and authorized by the owner of the affected property. Applications shall include pertinent information as required by the Director and be accompanied by a filing fee in an amount established by Council resolution. [simplified 42.2, 43.2, 44.2, 46.4, 52.8, 56.4] 41.3 Review of Application A. Completeness. Within 30 days of application submittal and fee payment, the Director shall determine whether an application is complete. If an application is incomplete, the Director shall provide written notification to the applicant listing the information or fees necessary to complete the application. [NEW] B. Expiration of Pending Incomplete Application. If an applicant fails to submit the required materials within 90 days of the Director’s written notification of an incomplete application, the application shall expire and be deemed withdrawn. Restarting project review shall require the submittal of a new application with required fees. The Director may grant in writing extensions of the time limits described in this section for good cause. [NEW] C. Time to Decision. After an application is deemed complete, a decision shall be made on the permit application in accordance with Government Code Section 65950 or other applicable law. [NEW per GCS 65950] 41.4 Review Authorities for All Permits Review authorities for permit applications are described in individual permit articles. The following provisions further specify review authority in particular circumstances. A. Concurrent Review. When a project requires approval of multiple permits, all of the permits shall be reviewed concurrently by the highest applicable review authority; provided however, that prior to the review by such review authority, the project receives any and all required recommendations and advisory input from applicable committees or commissions. The following is the review hierarchy listed from the lowest to the highest authority:: [NEW] 1. Zoning Administrator – no public hearing 2. Zoning Administrator – public hearing. 3. Planning Commission 4. City Council B. Planning Commission Review. In addition to reviewing applications as required in the Zoning Ordinance and Municipal Code, [Note: Tentative Maps and Historic Permits] Planning Commission review is also required in the following circumstances: 1. Environmental Review. Planning Commission shall review all applications requiring a Negative Declaration, Mitigated Negative Declaration or Environmental Impact Report (EIR). [Section 1.8] <br />7.C. - Page 18