The Office of the Zoning Administrator is hereby established.

The Zoning Administrator shall be appointed by the Director of Planning and Building Inspection.

A.

The Zoning Administrator shall have the authority to hear and decide applications for variances and to grant, deny, revoke and modify variances pursuant to Chapter 21.72.

B.

The Zoning Administrator shall have the authority to hear and decide applications for use permits for those uses identified in the zoning district regulations by the designation "(ZA)" a grant, deny, revoke and modify use permits for such uses pursuant to Chapter 21.74.

C.

The Zoning Administrator shall have the authority to hear and decide applications for Administrative Permits and to grant, deny, revoke and modify Administrative Permits pursuant to Chapter 21.70.

D.

The Zoning Administrator shall have the authority to hear and decide applications for Combined Development Permits and to grant, deny, revoke and modify Combined Development Permits pursuant to Chapter 21.76.

E.

The Zoning Administrator shall have the authority to hear and decide applications for Design Approvals pursuant to Chapter 21.44.

F.

In addition to those items designated in the zoning districts (ZA) to be heard by the Zoning Administrator, the Director of Planning may also designate the Zoning Administrator as the Appropriate Authority to consider other use permits provided said permits not involve the following factors:

1.

Significant public policy issues;

2.

Unmitigable significant adverse environmental impacts;

3.

Significant changes in the nature of a community;

4.

Establishment of precedents or standards by which other projects will be measured.

If at any point in the consideration of the permit application the Director of Planning or the Zoning Administrator finds that an application before the Zoning Administrator involves any of the listed factors, the Zoning Administrator shall refer the application to the Planning Commission. In such case, the Planning Commission shall become the Appropriate Authority.

(Ord. 3784, 1994)

(Ord. No. 5135, § 92, 7-7-2009)