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Staff proposes administrative reforms: CUP expirations, call-up appeals, lot-line adjustments and vacant-building rules
Summary
Staff proposed a two-year expiration for conditional use permits (with up to three one-year extensions), a call-up/appeal process for administrative approvals, administrative approval for lot-line adjustments and a 180-day vacancy rule to treat long-empty buildings as nuisances unless specific conditions apply.
As part of the Title 11 review, staff proposed several administrative changes intended to increase transparency and reduce regulatory delay. Perez suggested establishing a default two-year expiration for conditional use permits with the ability for applicants to apply for up to three one-year extensions, aimed at preventing indefinite open CUPs.
He also recommended a call-up or appeal procedure allowing written direction from at least two council or planning commissioners to move administrative approvals to a higher review level, and suggested shifting lot-line adjustments from planning-commission approval to administrative approval by the city engineer, consistent with neighboring cities. Perez proposed treating buildings vacant for more than 180 days as potential nuisances, with narrow exceptions for active permits or active marketing.
Council members asked staff to return with specific draft ordinance language and analysis of how these changes would interact with existing permits and property rights. No formal votes were taken; staff will draft ordinance language and present it to the planning commission.
