A. In processing and reviewing the application, the Planning Department staff must:
1. Appoint a lead reviewer to coordinate the review of the application and the receipt of inquiries related to the application or the regulatory process.
2. Review the application carefully, fairly, and in a timely manner.
3. Apply the applicable laws, regulations, and guidelines consistently.
4. Work with all parties to present a recommendation to the Board that complies with the applicable standards of review.
5. Attempt to identify issues early in the process and strive to resolve them as early as possible.
6. Cooperate with other agency and utility company staffs, the applicant, and the public to seek a mutually satisfactory resolution when issues arise.
7. Collaborate with other review agencies and other parties, actively seeking solutions that achieve the County’s planning and community-building goals.
8. Carry out County and Planning Board policies, with special attention to:
(a) adopted Master Plans;
(b) applicable land use, transportation, and environmental laws, regulations, and guidelines;
(c) the Subdivision Staging Policy;
(d) standards of professional responsibility; and
(e) promotion of design excellence.
B. Planning Department staff and other government agency and utility company staff who participate in the review of development applications must:
1. Review each application carefully, fairly, and in a timely manner.
2. Participate in scheduled Development Review Committee (DRC) and pre-DRC meetings, either in person or by transmitting written comments to the DRC chair.
3. Make reasonable efforts to participate, when necessary, in supplemental meetings on specific cases, as requested by either the lead reviewer or the applicant.
4. Work collaboratively to identify and seek mutually satisfactory resolutions, using the lead-agency protocol for conflicting recommendations created though a Memorandum of Understanding between the Planning Department and several of the agency members of the DRC to involve appropriate managers or chiefs from the conflicting agencies.
5. Report recommendations to the Board that are contrary to Planning staff’s in the rare event that agencies with conflicting comments are unable to timely reach a mutually satisfactory recommendation on issues related to a development application after following the protocol referenced above.
1. Select a development team, consultants, and representatives appropriate for the project.
2. Follow Planning Board and County policies, procedures, and regulations related to the proposed development project.
3. Submit complete and accurate applications.
4. Refer questions, issues, and all revisions concerning the filed application to the lead reviewer.
5. Notify the lead reviewer promptly if there is a major change to the development project under review.
6. Work with review staffs and the public in a cooperative manner to seek a mutually satisfactory resolution when issues arise.
