2-20-30 Pre-Application Meeting For Development Review

(a) Applicability

• Prior to the formal submission of certain types of applications, the applicant shall be required to schedule and attend a pre-application meeting with the Community Development Department. The types of applications subject to pre-application meeting requirements are indicated in Table 2-1. The Community Development Director may waive the requirement of a pre-application meeting, or may substitute a requirement for a pre-application communication other than a meeting, if the Director determines that based on past experience, the applicant is knowledgeable about the requirements, procedures, and criteria applicable to the type of application being submitted.

(b) Project Reviewed

• During the pre-application meeting, the applicant or his or her representative shall describe the proposed development project or activity. The Community Development Department staff shall identify the procedural review requirements, applicable standards of this Land Use Code, vested rights procedures and referral agencies to be involved in the review process. The staff shall identify, pursuant to this Land Use Code and the Pitkin County Land Use Application Manual, the submission contents for the type of development application required to be submitted, the number of copies of each, and application fees due. Determinations made by the staff regarding the procedures, standards and submission contents are not binding upon the Hearing Officer, Planning and Zoning Commission or the Board of County Commissioners. At the conclusion of the conference, or within ten (10) working days, an applicant will be presented with or mailed, faxed or e-mailed a written summary of the meeting on a pre-application summary sheet. The applicant shall be required to submit the pre-application summary sheet with the application.