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City of Arden Hills Chapter 13 Zoning Code <br />1355.05 <br />City Action on Applications for Comprehensive Plan Amendments, Zoning Code <br />Amendments, Rezoning, Conditional and Interim Use Permits, Planned Unit Developments, Site <br />Plan Reviews, and Variances.( <br />Revised April 28, 2008) <br />Subd. 1 <br />Finding of Complete Application. The Zoning Administrator shall find <br />the application complete or incomplete within fifteen (15) business days from the date <br />the application is made. If the application is found to be incomplete, the <br />administrator shall notify the applicants in writing and state what information is <br />missing. If the application is found to be complete, the date of submittal shall mark <br />the beginning of the review deadline. <br />Subd. 1Subd. 2 <br />Action by the CityCouncil. Within sixty (60) days following the <br />date of submittal of a complete applicationthe receipt of the Commission's report, the <br />CityCouncil shall act upon the application.The City Council may extend the sixty <br />(60) day review timeline by an additional sixty (60) days upon providing written <br />notification to the applicant stating the reasons for the extension. TheCityCouncil, <br />may only upon written request by the applicant, extend its time for consideration and <br />action beyond one hundred twenty (120) days. Nothing in this paragraph shall <br />prohibit the CityCouncil from holding additional hearings as it deems necessary <br />within the sixty dayreview periodfollowing the receipt of the report of the <br />Commission. In considering applications for Comprehensive Plan amendments, <br />Zoning Code amendments, rezoning, conditional and interim specialuse permits, <br />planned unit developments, site plan reviews and variances, the City Council shall <br />consider the advice and recommendations of the PlanningCommission and may grant <br />the request if it determines that the action is permissible in accordance with the <br />applicable standards. Requests may be denied by motion of the CityCouncil, and <br />such motion shall constitute a finding and determination that the conditions required <br />for approval do not exist. <br />Subd. 2Subd. 3 <br />Optional Actions.CityCouncil action may include approval in <br />whole or in part, denial in whole or in part, tabling for a specified period of time, or <br />referral back to the PlanningCommission for its further consideration and report to <br />theCityCouncil within a specified time period.not to exceed sixty (60) days from <br />the date of such referral. The applicant shall be notified in writing of the City <br />Council's action. <br />Subd. 3Subd. 4 <br />Denial of Application. In the event the CityCouncil denies in <br />whole or in part the application, it shall furnish the applicant with a written document <br />advising him of the denial and specifying the factual basis and reasoning upon which <br />the denial was predicated. The application may be denied for reasons relating to <br />public health, safetysafety, and general welfare or because of incompatibility between <br />the proposed use and the City's Comprehensive Plan. <br />Subd. 4Subd. 5 <br />Resubmission of Denied Application. No application whichhas <br />been denied wholly or in partapplication, which has been denied wholly or in part, <br />shall be resubmitted for a period of six (6) months from the date of said order of <br />denial. <br />Section 1355 – Administration and Procedures <br />Adopted: November 13, 2006 <br />Page 12 of 14 <br />