§ 30-108. Application dates, processing, and timelines.

(a)

Within five working days, typically, of receiving the preliminary plat application, the director shall determine whether the submittal is complete. The director shall notify the applicant and the project engineer as to whether the application is complete. Should the application be incomplete, the notification shall include an itemized list of any remaining items necessary to be submitted to complete the application.

(b)

If required documents and information have not been received within 30 working days of the notification of deficiencies, the application will be refused and shall be returned to the owner or owner's agent and may be mailed back at their expense. The official date of application for preliminary plat review will be the date that the complete submittal has been received, as determined by the director.

(c)

The county shall distribute the preliminary plat submittal for review to county departments and other agencies. The county and all other reviewing agencies shall have 30 working days from the official application date to determine whether the documents address and meet subdivision requirements, unless the county finds that in order to address public health, safety and welfare concerns, and to ensure compliance with adopted regulations, ordinances and standards applicable to the proposal, the county and other reviewing agencies may have additional review time. The applicant is responsible for addressing comments from those agencies, regardless of when those comments are received.

(d)

The director shall notify the applicant in writing and the project engineer when review will extend beyond the 30 working days, and inform them of the expected completion date.

(e)

A preliminary plat that has been reviewed by the reviewing agencies shall be scheduled for consideration by the planning and zoning commission when:

(1)

The review of the preliminary plat has been completed by all reviewing agencies;

(2)

The reviewing agencies have determined that the preliminary plat is in compliance with these regulations and all other applicable requirements; and

(3)

Written recommendations of approval are received by the director from all reviewing agencies prior to the agenda deadline for a given meeting for which the preliminary plat is scheduled to be considered.

(f)

All preliminary plat re-submittals (corrected submittals) must be received within one year of the date of the previous development services department or public works review letter, whichever is dated the latest.

(1)

Plat submittals made thereafter shall be considered as a new first submittal, after a new pre-application meeting is held, and, if necessary, a new tract number is issued.

(2)

Except for the drainage reports, "corrected" plat submittals (those subsequent to the initial submittal) shall include at least five copies of all necessary plats and documents, unless more copies have been specified in the review, and shall address all regulatory requirements and all outstanding review comments. Three copies of a drainage report shall be submitted; one of those copies may be an electronic file, or digital.

( Ord. No. 2001-01 , § 3.10(D), 2-20-2001; Ord. No. 2004-04 , § 3.10(D), 12-6-2004; Ord. No. 2009-07 , § 3.10(D), 9-8-2009; Ord. No. 2010-06 , § 3.7(D), 4-5-2010)