Ross Municipal Code § 18.44 Referenced Standards

18.44.020 Application. 18.44.030 Granting. 18.44.040 Conformity. 18.44.043 Denial of incomplete or inactive applications.

18.44.010 Issuance. Use permits may be issued by the town council for any of the uses or purposes for which the permits are required or permitted by the provisions of this code.(Prior code §10 111 (part)).

Application for any use permit shall be made in writing in the form, and accompanied by the fee, prescribed by the town council.

Use permit applications will be heard by the town council at a public meeting. The town council will review the application at its next available meeting following a determination by the Planning and Building Director or their designee that the application is complete. The town clerk will mail written notice at least ten calendar days prior to the hearing to the applicant and to all owners of property within five hundred feet from the exterior boundaries of the project site. (Ord. 728 (part), 2025; Ord. 534 (part), 1996; prior code §10 111 (part)).

18.44.030 Granting. Before granting any use permit, the council must find that the establishment, maintenance, or conducting of the use for which the use permit is sought will not, under the circumstances of the particular case, be detrimental to the health, safety, morals, comfort, convenience, or general welfare of persons residing or working in the neighborhood of the use and will not, under the circumstances of the particular case, be detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to property or improvements in the neighborhood.

In granting any use permit under the provisions of this chapter, the town council shall designate such conditions in connection therewith, as will, in its opinion, secure substantially the objectives of protection to the public welfare and property or improvements as hereinbefore set forth. (Prior code §10 111 (part)).

18.44.040 Conformity. Any use permitted under the terms of any use permit shall be established and conducted in conformity with the terms of the use permit and with any conditions designated in connection therewith. (Prior code §10 111 (part)).

Consistent with state law, the Planning and Building Director or their designee may administratively deny without prejudice any application which remains incomplete or inactive for a period of greater than ninety days, or is continued at the applicant's request for more than sixty days. (Ord. 728 (part), 2025; Ord. 584 §3, 2004).

Chapter 18.45

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