A. Determination by Director. The planning director or his/her designee (hereinafter the “director”) shall determine the proper procedure for all development applications. Questions concerning the appropriate procedure shall be resolved in favor of the higher numbered procedure.

B. Optional Consolidated Permit Processing. An application that involves two or more procedures may be processed collectively under the highest numbered procedure required for any part of the application or may be processed individually under each of the application procedures identified in GHMC 19.01.003. The applicant may determine whether the application will be processed collectively or individually. If the applications are processed individually, the highest numbered type procedure shall be undertaken first, followed by the other procedures in sequence from the highest numbered to the lowest.

C. Decisionmaker(s). Applications processed in accordance with subsection B of this section which have the same procedure number, but are assigned to different hearing bodies, shall be heard collectively by the highest decisionmaker; the city council being the highest body, followed by the hearing examiner or planning commission, as applicable, and then the director. Joint public hearings with other agencies shall be processed according to GHMC 19.01.004. (Ord. 1197 § 86, 2010; Ord. 864 § 1, 2001; Ord. 806 § 1, 1998; Ord. 711 § 1, 1996).