Chapter 20.16
PREAPPLICATION CONFERENCES
Sections:
20.16.030 Assurances unavailable.
20.16.050 Preapplication conference.
20.16.060 Consecutive preapplication conferences.
20.16.010 Purpose.
(1) The purpose of the preapplication conference is to familiarize the applicant with the requirements of the Buckley Municipal Code and allow the director or designee to provide the applicant with preliminary comments based upon the applicant’s preliminary concept of the proposal.
(2) The information is designed to be general in nature to give the applicant enough information to decide whether the proposal is feasible.
(3) Preapplication conferences should include information on the requirements for a complete application.
(4) Preapplication conferences are required for site plan reviews required under Chapter 19.33 BMC.
(5) Preapplication conferences are required for subdivisions and short plats, and may be performed after application submittal at the choice of the applicant.
(6) Preapplication conferences may be performed for any project if requested by the applicant, with permission from the property owner. (Ord. 13-19 § 2, 2019).
20.16.020 Vesting.
A preapplication conference does not vest an application. (Ord. 13-19 § 2, 2019).
20.16.030 Assurances unavailable.
(1) It is impossible for the preapplication conference to be an exhaustive review of all potential issues.
(2) The discussions at the conference or the forms provided by the city to the applicant under this section shall not bind or prohibit the city’s future application or enforcement of all applicable law and ordinances.
(3) No statements or assurances made by city representatives shall in any way relieve the applicant of his or her duty to submit an application consistent with all relevant requirements of city, state, and federal codes, laws, regulations and land use plans. (Ord. 13-19 § 2, 2019).
20.16.040 Scheduling.
Final drawings are discouraged at the preapplication stage; at a minimum, the submittal materials must include the following:
(1) A completed preapplication request form and fee;
(2) Permission from the land owner for the preapplication to occur.
(3) A preliminary sketch or conceptual design that illustrates the applicant’s generalized ideas of the proposal. The sketch or conceptual design shall include:
(a) Approximate lot lines.
(b) General topography of the site.
(c) All access roads and driveways serving the site including both public and private.
(d) Driveways and access routes around and opposite the site shall be shown.
(e) Proposed vehicle and pedestrian access to the site.
(f) Proposed utilities.
(g) All land uses on adjacent properties. (Ord. 13-19 § 2, 2019).
20.16.050 Preapplication conference.
(1) City staff, including the building official, city administrator, public works director, city engineer, city attorney, police chief, and fire chief, all as deemed necessary by the director, shall attend the preapplication conference as scheduled by the director to discuss the application to the land development proposal under consideration of codes, ordinances, regulations and policies administered by that department, including any recommendation for referral for plan review to the International Conference of Building Officials, if appropriate for a complex proposal.
(2) The director shall preside at the preapplication conference and shall make a list of the approvals and permits required for the land development proposal as identified by the department heads.
(3) At or subsequent to the conference the director shall provide the applicant with:
(a) A summary that lists the requirements for a complete application;
(b) A summary of the procedures to be used to process the application;
(c) References to relevant code provisions or development standards that may apply to the processing or approval of the application;
(d) Information on all applicable application fees.
(4) The applicant shall submit the application for the proposal within a year after the preapplication conference. (Ord. 13-19 § 2, 2019).
20.16.060 Consecutive preapplication conferences.
An applicant may request additional preapplication conferences. (Ord. 13-19 § 2, 2019).