Attachment 2REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTING AN APPEAL
Sec. 29.20.300. -Decision .
(a) Any decision of the Council mod ifying, in whole or in part, the order, requirement, deci sion,
determination, interpretation, or ruling appealed from, or making and substituting another
decision or determination, requires the concurrence of a majority of the membership of the
Council.
(b) If the Council decides to modify or reverse the decision of the Planning Commission on any
appeal, the resolution shall specify one or more of the following :
(1) Where there was error or abuse of discretion on the part of the Planning Commi ssion ; or
(2) The new information that was submitted to the Council during the appeal process that
was not readily and reasonably available for submission to the Commission; or
(3) An issue or policy over which the Commission did not have discretion to modify or
address, but which i s vested in the Council for modification or decision.
(c) If the only or predominant reason for modifying or reversing the decision of the Planning
Commission is the availability of new information as defined in subsection (b)(2} above, it is
the policy of the Town that the application will be returned to the Commission for review in
light of the new information unless the new information has minimal effect on the
application.
(d) The decision of the Council upon the appeal will be expressed by a written resolution . The
Council will forthwith transm it copies of the resolution to the original applicant, the
appellant, and the Planning Commission .
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