The Planning Director or Hearings Body shall have the power and the duty to administer the provisions of DCC Title 18. The Board may appoint designees to issue zoning permits and to otherwise assist the Planning Director or Hearings Body in the processing of applications.

Approval or denial of an application for a use permitted by DCC Title 18 shall be based upon and accompanied by a statement that explains the criteria and standards relevant to the decision, states the facts relied upon in rendering the decision and explains the justification for the decision based on the criteria, standards and facts set forth.

Appeals shall be as prescribed in DCC Title 22, the Uniform Development Procedures Ordinance.

Petitions, applications and appeals provided for in DCC Title 18 shall be made on forms provided by the County. Applications shall be accompanied by plans and specifications, drawn to scale, showing the actual shape and dimensions of the lot or parcel to be built upon, the size and locations on the lot or parcel of all existing and proposed structures, the intended use of each structure, the number of individuals, if any, to be accommodated thereon, the relationship of the property to the surrounding area and such other information as needed to determine conformance with DCC Title 18.

Public hearings shall be as prescribed in DCC Title 22, the Uniform Development Procedures Ordinance.

No zoning permit shall be issued for any use or structure which will have an individual sanitary subsurface disposal system until written approval is obtained by the applicant for said system from the Deschutes County Onsite Wastewater Division.

An application required by DCC Title 18 shall be accompanied by a filing fee in the amount set by order of the Board of County Commissioners.

1. The Hearings Body may revoke or modify any permit granted under the provisions of DCC Title 18 on one or more of the following grounds:
   1. A permit may be revoked on the basis of fraud, concealment, misrepresentation, or inaccurate information supplied on the application or offered by the applicant or his representative at a public hearing.
   2. A permit may be revoked on the basis that the use for which such permit was granted has ceased to exist or has been suspended for one year or more.
   3. A permit may be revoked or modified on the basis that the use for which the permit was granted was so exercised as to be detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare, or in such a manner as to constitute a nuisance.
   4. A permit may be revoked or modified on the basis that the conditions or terms of such permit have been substantially violated.
   5. Any permit granted pursuant to DCC Title 18 shall become null and void if not exercised within the time period specified in such permit or, if no time period is specified in the permit, within two years from the date of approval of said permit.
2. Procedures for revocations shall be as set forth in DCC Title 22.