5.38.080 Completeness review.
A. Completeness Review. Applications for a master permit or construction permit must be reviewed for completeness within 30 days of receipt, except for applications associated with small wireless facilities, which must be reviewed for completeness within 10 days of receipt. If the application is not reviewed for completeness within the applicable time frame, it will be deemed complete.
B. Tolling.
1. For applications for a master permit or construction permit for a small wireless facilities, the review period resets once an applicant submits its additional materials.
2. For all other applications deemed incomplete, the review period is tolled for up to 60 days. Once an applicant submits additional materials, the review time frame begins to run again.
3. If the applicant does not submit the required materials within the required time frame, the city may deny the application.
C. Submittal of Additional Materials.
1. If an applicant submits additional materials, the Director must provide notice within 10 days as to any additional materials identified in the original notice that were not provided with the supplemental materials.
2. Second or subsequent notices of incompleteness may not specify missing documents or information that was not delineated in the original notice of incompleteness. For second or subsequent notices of incompleteness, the review time frame will be tolled for all applications including those pertaining to small wireless facilities.
3. If the applicant does not submit the required materials, the city may deny the application.
D. Failure to Act. If the Director fails to approve or deny a request seeking approval for either a wireless service facility permit or conditional use permit within the applicable time frame for review, accounting for any tolling, the request is deemed granted. The deemed grant does not become effective until the applicant notifies the applicable reviewing authority in writing after the review period has expired that the application has been deemed granted. (Ord. 3039 § 2, 2019)