Salinas Municipal Code Div. 2 Application Procedures

Applications shall be required on forms provided by community planning and development for all land use actions subject to the provisions of this Zoning Code.

(Ord. No. 2463 (NCS).)

(a) Development review applications and public review proceedings may be initiated by the city council, planning commission, or by application of any interested party. The city council may also initiate an application on behalf of an interested party upon the interested party's written request. In such case, all application and related costs and expenses, including staff costs, shall be the responsibility of the interested party.

(b) Applications shall be signed by the interested party, and those applications involving real property (excluding those applications initiated by the city council or planning commission) shall also include the property owner's or their authorized agent's signature except that applications involving three or more properties with different ownerships shall be required to include the signatures of those property owners or their authorized agents who own fifty-one percent or more of the total land area in the application project area. In such case, the interested party, at the time of the application submittal, shall also provide written documentation that all owners of real property (as shown on the latest equalized assessment roll) within the project area have been given notice by certified mail of the interested party's intent to submit the subject application.

(c) If an application involves multiple real properties with different ownerships, a map identifying the ownership of those properties shall be submitted with the application.

(d) The authorized agent of any person with a legal or equitable interest may also initiate an application.

(e) The city planner may require proof of ownership, notice to property owner by certified mail or authorization to apply as required in this section prior to the acceptance of any application.

(Ord. No. 2463 (NCS).)

(Ord. No. 2541 (NCS), § 1, 7-23-2013)

(a) All applications shall be submitted to community planning and development.

(b) The city planner shall accept applications made by those persons with standing to make such an application. Applications shall be deemed received upon receipt of fees prescribed by resolution of the city council.

(c) For discretionary applications subject to California Government Code Section 65943, the city planner shall determine whether the submitted application materials are complete and shall notify the applicant of the decision in writing and identify in writing any additional information required to complete the application, no later than thirty days after an application has been received. No application shall be considered complete until all additional information required by the city planner is received.

(d) For administrative and all other nondiscretionary applications, an application shall not be considered complete until all additional information required by the city planner is received.

(e) A determination of completeness shall not constitute a determination of compliance with the regulations of this Zoning Code.

(Ord. No. 2463 (NCS).)

(Ord. No. 2507 (NCS), § 47, 5-18-2010)

(a) The time for processing applications for development applications or acting on applications established by California law or by this Zoning Code shall commence on the date that the application is deemed complete. Material modifications of any application by the applicant following the filing of the application and prior to the expiration of the period during which the city is required to take action shall extend the period for thirty days following the city planner's determination that the modified application is complete and the application has been refiled.

(b) Applications that have been deemed incomplete by the city planner and for which there has been no re-submittal of the required materials by the applicant within one hundred eighty days from the date of the incompleteness letter shall be considered withdrawn and a new application and fees shall be required to be submitted to community planning and development to further process the project.

(Ord. No. 2463 (NCS).)

When one or more discretionary actions are required for a single project, all required applications may be filed concurrently. When filed concurrently, the applications will be reviewed and processed concurrently and will be subject to the processing requirements of the application requiring the most stringent review.

(Ord. No. 2463 (NCS).)

The accuracy of all information, maps, and lists submitted shall be the responsibility of the applicant. The city planner may reject as incomplete an application that does not supply the required information or that includes inaccurate or incomplete information.

(Ord. No. 2463 (NCS).)

(a) Any application or petition for a land use action may be withdrawn at any time prior to a public hearing by filing a written request for withdrawal with the city planner.

(b) The request for withdrawal shall be signed by all persons who signed the original application, or their designated agents or successors.

(c) Any such application or petition may be withdrawn after commencement of a hearing thereon, with approval of the appropriate hearing body.

(d) With a request for withdrawal, the applicant may request a refund of fees; however, the refund of fees shall be less any staff and administrative costs incurred by the city. No refund shall be made where the development application has been noticed for hearing.

(Ord. No. 2463 (NCS).)