A. Applications for landscape plan approval shall be made to the Zoning Administrator and shall be accompanied by the drawings and information prescribed by the landscape manual, or other landscape regulations. Each application shall also be accompanied by the required filing fee(s).

B. Appeal. The Zoning Administrator shall approve, conditionally approve or deny landscape plans. An interested party may appeal a denial or conditions imposed upon approval by filing a written appeal to the City Clerk’s Office, in accordance with CVMC 19.14.050, within 10 business days of receipt of notification of denial or conditional approval from the Zoning Administrator. Such shall be in writing on the form promulgated by the Development Services Department, accompanied by the required fee(s), and shall specify therein the action(s) of the Zoning Administrator is inconsistent with the landscape manual and/or other applicable ordinances, manuals or policies of the City, 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. Once a valid application for appeal has been filed, the City Clerk’s Office shall notify the Director of Development Services who will 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 Planning Commission may grant, conditionally grant, or deny the appeal. The decision of the Planning Commission shall be final, and shall be based upon the landscape manual, and/or other applicable ordinances, manuals, or policies of the City. (Ord. 3563 § 11, 2024; Ord. 3544 § 12, 2023; Ord. 3153 § 2 (Exh. A), 2010; Ord. 2616 § 4, 1994; Ord. 2506 § 1, 1992; Ord. 2011 § 2, 1982).