A. The platting authority for the abbreviated plat procedure is vested in the community development department director. The community development department director shall, within 20 working days of acceptance of the plat, approve or deny the plat, or schedule the plat to be heard as a preliminary plat by the commission at the next appropriate monthly meeting. All approvals or denials will be reported to the commission.

B. Accepted abbreviated plats shall be sent to appropriate review agencies for review and comment. Comments from the review agencies must be in writing and received by the community development department director within 15 working days of acceptance of the plat. Notice of the proposed abbreviated plat shall be provided as required in KIBC 16.10.070 within five working days of acceptance of the plat.

C. Approval of an abbreviated plat shall be effective for a period of 24 months; provided, however, that the community development department director may grant an extension of time for filing the final plat upon a finding that it is in the public interest to do so.

D. All decisions of the community development department director as to the approval or denial of the abbreviated plat shall be final unless appealed to the commission within 10 working days of receipt of notification of action on the plat. Any appeal to the commission shall be conducted as a preliminary plat application.

E. Final plat requirements shall be as set forth in Chapter 16.50 KIBC. [Ord. FY2020-02 §4, 2019; Ord. 93-18 §2, 1993; Ord. 90-15 §2, 1990].