Chapter 17.64 - ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT

17.64.010 - Appeals from rulings on permits.

Any interested citizen of the city may appeal to the city council any ruling pertaining to the granting or denial of any permit applied for under this title when such ruling is adverse to his interests, by filing with the city recorder within ten (10) days from such ruling a written notice stating with reasonable accuracy the particular ruling from which appeal is made, and state the grounds therefor. Thereupon, the recorder shall forthwith obtain all papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from is based, and refer the same to the city council. The city council may request any additional evidence as either deems relevant to the issues involved, and within thirty (30) days and after a public hearing thereon, the city council shall have the power to affirm, overrule or alter any such ruling.

(Ord. 5-1983 § 16.01)

17.64.020 - Violation—Penalty.

The owner or owners of any building or premises, or part thereof, where anything in violation of this title shall be placed, or shall exist, or be maintained, and any architect, builder or contractor who shall assist in the commission of any such violation, and all persons or corporations who shall violate or maintain any violation of any of the provisions of this title or who shall fail to comply therewith, or who shall build in violation of any detailed statement of plan submitted and approved thereunder, shall for each and every violation or noncompliance be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). Each day that a violation of this title continues shall be considered a separate offense.

(Ord. 2-1984; Ord. 5-1983 § 16.02)

17.64.030 - Final action by city—Notice of incomplete application.

A. In accordance with ORS 227.178, except as provided in subsection C of this section, the city shall take final action upon an application for a permit or zone change, including all appeals to the council as provided by this title, within one hundred twenty (120) days after the application is deemed complete.

B. In accordance with ORS 227.178, if an application for a permit or a zone change is incomplete the city zoning officer or committee appointed by the council shall notify the applicant of exactly what information is missing within thirty (30) days of the receipt of the application and shall allow the applicant a reasonable opportunity to submit the missing information.

C. In accordance with ORS 227.178, the one hundred twenty (120) day period specified in subsection A of this section may be extended for a reasonable period of time at the request of the applicant. Subsection A shall not apply to decisions not wholly within the authority and control of the council, nor to an amendment to the comprehensive plan or a land use regulation which has been acknowledged or to the adoption of a new land use regulation that was forwarded to the Director of the Department of Land Conservation and Development under ORS 197.610(1).

(Ord. 1-1989: Ord. 5-1983 § 16.06)