A. After acceptance by the zoning administrator or his designee, the completed application shall be transmitted to the staff of the planning board for their review and evaluation.

B. The planning staff shall set a date for a public hearing and publish a public notice which advertises the public hearing before the planning board at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the community at least fifteen days prior to the meeting of the planning board at which the application is to be considered.

C. The planning staff shall also mail written notice to all abutting and adjacent property owners within one hundred fifty feet of the subject property not less than fifteen days prior to the date of formal review by the planning board. Where the subject property abuts a public right-of-way, the one hundred fifty foot measurement shall be in addition to the right-of-way along the abutting side.

D. Written comment from adjacent property owners shall be specific when maintaining that the granting of the conditional use permit would adversely or injuriously affect their personal or legal interests.

E. The planning board shall consider the application at its next regular meeting following the public notice process. The board shall make a recommendation to the city council to approve, conditionally approve or deny the application.

F. Upon receipt of the recommendation of the planning board, the city council shall hold a public hearing and render a determination whether to approve, conditionally approve, or deny the application for a conditional use permit based on public input, the staff report, and findings of the planning board.

G. Should a decision not be rendered by the city council within ninety days after acceptance of the completed application by the zoning administrator and the payment of the appropriate fees, the application shall be deemed approved unless said time limit has been extended by an agreement between the zoning administrator and the applicant.

H. In certain circumstances, the city council may elect to place certain required conditional use permits into an administrative review category; for example, those that may be required for minor amendment to an already approved conditional use permit, whereby the zoning administrator may issue such an administrative conditional use permit in compliance with guidelines set forth by the city council. This provision shall not be construed so as to give the power to grant or deny the conditional use permit to other than the city council, and shall apply only to specific categories or instances predetermined by the city council. (Ord. 601 § 1, 1997; Ord. 523 § 1(part), 1989)