Chapter 17.81
APPEALS AND APPEAL HEARINGS
Sections:
17.81.010 Appeal of planning commission decision.
17.81.020 Appeal of city planner’s decision.
17.81.010 Appeal of planning commission decision.
The following provisions shall apply to all applications which have final action with the planning commission:
A. If the applicant or any aggrieved party is dissatisfied with the decision of the planning commission, he/she may, within ten calendar days of the date of the decision, appeal to the city council.
B. The city council may, by majority vote, appeal the decision of the planning commission within ten calendar days of the date of the decision.
C. The appeal must be filed in writing with the city clerk, stating what action is being appealed and stating the reasons for appeal.
D. An appeal must be accompanied by the appropriate fee as established by the city council. Failure to provide the fee with the appeal invalidates the appeal.
E. Filing the appeal within the time limit will stay the effective date of the planning commission’s action until the council has acted upon the appeal.
F. The city council shall conduct a public hearing on all appeals pursuant to state law and the requirements specified by Chapter 17.84.
G. The city council shall hear and determine appeals from the decisions of the planning commission. The council may reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or may modify, the order, requirement, decision or determination appealed from, and may make such order, requirement, decision or determination as should be made, and such action shall be final. (Ord. 510 §8, 2021; Ord. 270 (part), 1984)
17.81.020 Appeal of city planner’s decision.
A. If the applicant or any aggrieved party is dissatisfied with the decision of the city planner, he/she may, within ten calendar days of the date of the decision, appeal to the planning commission.
B. The planning commission may, by majority vote, appeal the decision of the city planner.
C. The appeal must be filed in writing with the community development department, stating what action is being appealed and stating the reasons for appeal.
D. An appeal must be accompanied by the appropriate fee as established by the city council. Failure to provide the fee with the appeal invalidates the appeal.
E. Filing the appeal within the time limit shall stay the effective date of the city planner’s action until the commission has acted upon the appeal.
F. The commission shall conduct a public hearing on all appeals pursuant to state law and the requirements specified by Chapter 17.84.
G. The commission shall hear and determine appeals from the decisions of the city planner. The commission may reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or may modify the order, requirement, decision or determination appealed from, and may make such order, requirement, decision or determination as should be made, and such action shall be final subject to appeal pursuant to Section 17.81.010. (Ord. 510 §8, 2021; Ord. 270 (part), 1984)
17.81.030 Time limits.
Appeal hearings will be conducted within sixty days of the filing date of the appeal. (Ord. 510 §8, 2021; Ord. 275 §8, 1985)