17.106.040 Recommendations from advisory bodies.
A. For each level of development review, an advisory body may provide a recommendation to the review authority as applicable or required. In particular, review of an application subject to the architectural review commission as set forth in Section 2.48.090 (Architectural Review Procedures) shall occur:
1. For moderate development review, the architectural review commission shall conduct a public hearing and forward its recommendations to the director. The director shall consider the recommendations but shall not be bound by them in taking final action on the application.
2. For major development review, the architectural review commission shall conduct a public hearing and make a recommendation to the planning commission by forwarding its recommendation through the director. The director shall have the authority to either:
a. Incorporate the architectural review commission’s recommendation into the staff report prepared for the public hearing by the planning commission; or
b. Modify the architectural review commission’s recommendation and forward that modified recommendation, together with the original recommendation, in the staff report prepared for the public hearing by the planning commission. (Ord. 1705 § 65, 2021; Ord. 1650 § 3 (Exh. B), 2018)