A. Applicability. The following procedures apply to any plan or application under this Section 3.5.
B. Determination of completeness. No application may be accepted for processing or approved until the Responsible Official specified in this section or
§ 1.2.5: Summary of approval authorities and public notice for each plan or permit type issues a Certificate of Completeness.
C. The Responsible Official will not accept an application for processing unless the application is accompanied by all documents required by this UDC and prepared in accordance with applicable requirements of this UDC and as may be reasonably required by the Responsible Official.
1. The Responsible Official will issue a Certificate of Completeness in accordance with the following procedures:
(i) The Responsible Official will issue a Certificate of Completeness no later than the tenth (10th) business day following the Official Vesting Date, as applicable.
(ii) The Responsible Official will notify the applicant that the application is incomplete no later than the tenth (10th) business day following the Official Vesting Date, as applicable.
(1) The Responsible Official will provide notice by the U.S. Postal Service or by electronic mail based on information provided by the applicant on the application.
(2) The notice will specify the documents or other information needed to complete the application and provide the date the application will expire if the requested documents or other information are not provided to the City.
(3) A typographical error does not constitute an incomplete application.
(iii) If the Responsible Official fails to serve notice, the application is considered complete on the eleventh (11th) business day following the Official Vesting Date.
(iv) If the Responsible Official issues a Certificate of Completeness, the City will process the application as required by this UDC and State Law.
(v) If an official of the City processes an application under this Section 3.5 prior to the Responsible Official issuing a Certificate of Completeness, the Responsible Official may declare the application invalid or revoke any permit or approval issued thereunder. The Responsible Official will notify the applicant in writing of such revocation.
2. Issuance of a Certificate of Completeness certifies only that the application is administratively complete and ready for review and does not constitute a determination that the application complies with this UDC.
3. Issuance of a Certificate of Completeness does not imply or indicate that the City will approve the application.
D. Time restriction on resubmittal of incomplete application.
1. In accordance with TLGC 245.002(e), an application under this Article automatically expires at the close of business on the forty-fifth (45th) calendar day after the Official Vesting Date if:
(i) The applicant fails to provide documents or other information necessary to comply with the City's requirements relating to the form and content of the permit application; and
(ii) The City provides to the applicant, not later than the tenth (10th) business day after the Official Vesting Date, written notice that specifies the necessary documents or other information, and the date the application will expire if the documents or other information is not provided; and
(iii) The applicant fails to provide the specified documents or other information necessary to ascertain compliance with the City's requirements relating to the application within the time provided in the notification.
2. If the applicant resubmits following notice that application is incomplete, the Responsible Official will review the resubmittal and issue a Certificate of Completeness in accordance with Subsection B. above.
