(a) Preliminary PDP. The applicant shall prepare a planned development plan (PDP) in accordance with SMC 10.24.070 and with the provisions of this chapter;

(b) Pre-Application Conference. The applicant shall contact the planning department and schedule a pre-application conference to review the PDP for completeness and for compliance with the comprehensive plan and the provisions of this chapter;

(c) Application Submittal. Following the pre-application conference, the applicant shall submit an application for planned development overlay to the planning department on a form provided by the city, accompanied by all documents required by the application form, including the final PDP;

(d) Determination of Completeness. Within twenty-eight days of receiving a date-stamped planned development overlay application, the planning department shall determine whether or not the application is complete in accordance with SMC 21.05.050;

(e) Review Hearing. Within thirty days of a determination of completeness issued pursuant to paragraph (d) of this section, the city shall schedule a hearing before the hearing examiner in accordance with SMC 10.24.080 for review of the planned development overlay application. The hearing itself may be set to begin on a date later than thirty days after issuance of the determination of completeness. The hearing examiner shall render a recommendation thereon to the city council; and

(f) City Council Action. Within forty-five days of the city's receipt of the hearing examiner's recommendation, the city council shall consider the recommendation, after which it shall adopt, modify or reject the recommendation of the hearing examiner pursuant to SMC 10.24.090.

(g) Failure to strictly comply with the time limits in this section or the time limits in SMC 10.24.080 and 10.24.090 shall not be considered a violation of this chapter if such failure was due to justifiable circumstances and consistent with the intent of these requirements except as otherwise provided for by code or state law. Delays resulting from actions taken under the requirements of SEPA, a notice of incomplete application or request for additional information made pursuant to RCW 36.70B.070 shall not be considered violations of this chapter. (Ord. 1995, § 1, 2016.)