§ 20.100.220. Appeal - Hearing body.

Decisions on permits or approvals pursuant to this chapter are subject to appeal as set forth in Table 20-260 which lists the initial decision maker and the decision making body which will hear any appeal.

Table 20-260 Appeal Hearing Body
Application	Initial Decision Making Body 1	Appeal Decision Making Body 2
Administrative permit	Director of Planning	No Appeal
Site development permit	Director of Planning	Planning Commission
Site development permit - projects within downtown districts and exceeding 150 feet and FAR of 6:1	Director of Planning	City Council
Single-family house permit	Director of Planning
Administrative decision	Director of Planning	No Appeal
Director's hearing	Director of Planning	Planning Commission
Planned development permit	Director of Planning	Planning Commission
Special use permit	Director of Planning	Planning Commission
Special use permit - for schools that are elementary or secondary (public or private), post secondary, trade and vocational, or driving (class C & M license) in the PQP public/quasi-public zoning district	Director of Planning	City Council
Special use permit - for church/religious assembly in the PQP public/quasi-public zoning district	Director of Planning	City Council
Special use permit - for privately-operated museums, libraries, parks, playgrounds, or community centers in the PQP public/quasi-public zoning district	Director of Planning	City Council
Conditional use permit	Planning Commission	City Council
Conditional use permit - stadium, more than 2,000 seats including incidental support uses	City Council	No Appeal
Conditional use permit - drinking establishments with an approved maximum occupancy load of over 250 persons that operate between 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m.	City Council	No Appeal
Conditional use permit involving off-premises sale of alcoholic beverages requiring a determination under Chapter 6.84 where findings required by planning commission under Section 6.84.030.B.1. through 4. cannot be made	City Council	No Appeal
Conditional use permit or planned development permit for mobilehome park conversion of use	City Council	No Appeal
Variance	Director of Planning	Planning Commission
Exception	Director of Planning	Planning Commission
Sidewalk café permit	Director of Planning	City Council
Tree removal permit	Director of Planning
Administrative decision	Director of Planning	No Appeal
Director's hearing	Director of Planning	Planning Commission
Zoning code verification certificate	Director of Planning	No Appeal

 

1.

The city council is the initial decision making body for a project that requires certification of an environmental impact report for environmental clearance unless the project as proposed includes all mitigation measures identified in the draft environmental impact report for the project as necessary to reduce the impacts of the project to a less than significant level.

2.

The city council is the appeal decision making body for all projects in which appeals have been filed for both approval of the project under this chapter and environmental clearance for the project under Title 21 of this Code.

(Ords. 26248, 26455, 27091, 27185, 28731, 28958, 29046, 29195, 29312, 29364, 29484, 29690.)