§ 33-2.25.4. Recordation of approved site plan.

(a)

For ministerial approval of a site plan, the applicant shall submit one (1) original of the final site plan to the planning department for the planning director's dated signature, which shall indicate final approval. Within three (3) days of the submittal of the plan, the planning department shall notify the applicant that the director has signed the plan. The applicant shall return the original and five (5) copies of the signed site plan to the planning department. Within ten (10) days of receipt of the original and copies from the applicant, the planning director shall convey the approved site plan to the clerk of court for recordation and two (2) copies of the recorded plan to the department of inspection and code enforcement. Recordation of the approved site plan shall be initiated by the planning department rather than the applicant, and shall be withheld until the requested number of site plans has been received by the planning department.

(b)

When the council approves the site plan, the applicant shall submit to the planning department one (1) original and five (5) copies of the final site plan of the project as approved by the council. After certification by the planning director that the submitted plans conform to the approval of the council, as indicated by the dated signature of the planning director, the planning department shall submit the original and four (4) copies of the certified site plan to the clerk of council who shall submit the site plans to the clerk of court for recordation with the council ordinance or resolution that approved the project, within sixty (60) calendar days of the effective date of the ordinance, resolution, or certification by the planning director that the site plan conforms to the approval of the council, whichever is later. After recordation, the clerk of council shall convey the original to the planning department and two (2) copies of the recorded site plan to the department of inspection and code enforcement, and shall file one (1) copy of the recorded site plan with the clerk of court and one (1) copy with the clerk of council.

(c)

The department of inspection and code enforcement shall not issue a building permit until it receives the recorded site plan from the planning department or clerk of council, as applicable. The site plan indicating the recordation shall be retained by the clerk of council, if applicable, and by the planning department and the department of inspection and code enforcement, which shall flag properties subject to site plans in its records. If approval of the site plan lapses because no building permit has been issued or the building permit lapses and has not been reactivated, then the recorded site plan shall be deemed null and void. All approved site plans shall make reference to such conveyance cancellation on the plans prior to recordation.

(d)

Upon notification in writing from the director of inspection and code enforcement that site plan approval has lapsed for a property flagged for site plan approval, the planning director shall notify, if applicable, the council in writing that an act of release with the clerk of court is necessary to provide inscription that releases the property from the recorded site plan. The council shall authorize an act of release by resolution directing the clerk of council to file such act with the clerk of court. The planning director or clerk of council, as applicable, shall provide a copy of the recorded release to the planning department and the department of inspection and code enforcement.

(e)

Unless an act of release is filed, the recorded site plan shall thereafter be binding upon the applicants, their heirs, successors, and assigns; shall limit and control the issuance and validity of permits and certificates; and shall restrict and limit the use and operation of all land and structures within the area designated in the site plan and approval thereof. The initial application for site plan review shall include filing fees for recordation and release.

(Ord. No. 24989 , § II, 8-12-15)