Title 18 - Unified Development Ordinance

18.140.040 Submission of Technical Studies

1. A.
   The Director of Planning and Development Services may require applicants for rezonings, special use permits, preliminary development plans or preliminary plats to submit such technical studies as may be necessary to enable the Planning Commission or Governing Body to evaluate the application. Examples of technical studies that may be required shall include, but not be limited to, traffic studies, engineering studies, geologic or hydrogeologic studies, flood studies, environmental impact assessments, noise studies, market studies or economic impact reports. The persons or firms preparing the studies shall be subject to the approval of the Director of Planning and Development Services. The costs of all studies shall be borne by the applicant. Any decision of the Director of Planning and Development Services to require any such study or to disapprove the person or firm selected by the applicant to perform the study may be appealed to the Planning Commission. The decision of the Planning Commission on any such appeal shall be final.
2. B.
   Notwithstanding the fact that the Director of Planning and Development Services did not require submission of any such technical study in support of the application, either the Planning Commission or the Governing Body may require the submission of such study prior to taking action on the application. In such case, the persons or firms selected to perform the studies shall be subject to the approval of the entity requesting that the study be performed. Any decision of the Planning Commission or the Governing Body to require that a study be performed or to disapprove the person or firm selected by the applicant to perform the study shall be final.

(History: Ord. ZRR-2343 §20, 2002; ZRR-1725; ZRR-1637)

Effective on: 1/1/1901