4-8-060 SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS – GENERAL:

A. PURPOSE:

In order to comply with the State law, the City is required to detail the requirements for complete building, public works and land use permit applications.

B. VESTING OF APPLICATION:

Is a legal doctrine whereby a valid and fully complete building application for a project that is permitted under the zoning or other land use control ordinances in effect on the date of the application shall be considered under the building permit, zoning, or other land use controls in effect on the date of such valid and fully complete building application.

1. Supplemental information required after acceptance shall not affect the validity of the vesting for such application.

2. Revisions requested by an applicant to a vested, but not yet approved, application shall be deemed a new application when such revisions would result in a substantial change in the basic site design plan, intensity, density, and the like, involving a change of ten percent (10%) or more in area or scale. Vesting for the new application shall occur upon the date of submission of a valid and fully complete building application for the changed project.

C. APPLICATION LOCATION:

All land use, building, and public works applications addressed in this Title shall be filed with the Development Services Division. All fire permits shall be filed with the Fire Prevention Bureau.

D. COMPLETE APPLICATION:

Unless waived by the Development Services Division, the requirements for a full complete land use, building, or public works permit application shall consist of the information listed in RMC 4-8-120A, B and C, and any site-specific information identified in a preapplication meeting summary. Application fees pursuant to RMC 4-1-140 through 4-1-200 are also required for a complete application.

E. FEES:

See RMC 4-1-140 through 4-1-200.

F. MULTIPLE PERMIT APPLICATION SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS:

Where submittal requirements are duplicated for various types of permit applications, an applicant shall be required to submit only the largest (not total) number of copies required. For example, an application for a site plan approval with associated variance would require only twelve (12) copies even though the submittal chart indicates that site plan approval requires twelve (12) copies and the variance requires ten (10) copies.

G. SUBMITTAL WAIVER PROCESS:

In order to have any of the normally required submittals waived, the applicant must request such waiver(s) at or after a preapplication meeting with City staff. Staff will consider the merits of the waiver request(s) and will provide the applicant with a written list of any/all submittals waived. The applicant must submit a copy of the list of City approved waiver(s) at the time of formal application.

H. LETTER OF COMPLETENESS:

Upon finding an application complete, the Development Services Division will provide a letter of completeness to the applicant and property owner(s).