The applicant or other interested persons may appeal the decision of the Zoning Administrator to the Planning Commission within 10 business days from the date on which the decision was made. Said appeal shall be in writing, accompanied by the required appeal fee(s), and filed with the City Clerk upon forms provided by the Development Services Department and shall specify therein that the decision of the Zoning Administrator was in error and identify the facts and circumstances on which the claim of error is based, with supporting evidence. Failure to timely file an appeal with the City Clerk and/or to identify with specificity all facts and circumstances on which the appeal is based shall result in the appeal being rejected and not processed by the City. If an appeal is filed within the time limit specified, it shall automatically stay the proceedings in the matter until a determination is made by the Planning Commission. Upon the filing of the appeal, the City Clerk’s Office shall notify the Director of Development Services who will set the matter for public hearing, giving the same notice as required in CVMC 19.12.070 and 19.12.080. The Zoning Administrator shall transmit to the Planning Commission a copy of its decision and findings, minutes of the hearing, and all other evidence, maps, papers, and exhibits upon which the Zoning Administrator made its decision. The hearing on said appeal shall be processed by the City Clerk in the same manner as a conditional use permit within the original jurisdiction of the Zoning Administrator.

Upon the filing of the valid appeal, the City Clerk’s Office shall take no longer than 30 calendar days to set the matter for public hearing at a regularly scheduled Planning Commission meeting. The meeting date shall also be no more than 60 calendar days from the application’s filing date. If, in the exercise of reasonable diligence, the City is not able under the circumstances to schedule the appeal hearing within 60 days after the date of the valid appeal application, then the appeal hearing shall be scheduled within a reasonable time thereafter. The decision on the appeal by the Planning Commission shall be final. (Ord. 3563 § 11, 2024; Ord. 3153 § 2 (Exh. A), 2010; Ord. 1212 § 1, 1969; prior code § 33.1305(C)).