Application Requirements.

Tupelo Development Code § 12.2.4

in effect

12.2.4. - Application Requirements. The following requirements shall apply to all applications for development approval identified in Section 12.2.1, Applicability. (1) Forms: Applications required under this Code shall be submitted on forms and in such numbers as required by the appropriate department. All forms shall include, at a minimum, the following information: (a) Contact information for the individual or firm submitting the application. (b) Contact information for the individual or firm on whose behalf the application is being submitted. (c) Identification of the property affected by the application, such as a legal description, address, or PIN as may be appropriate. (d) Any other information required by the director of the appropriate department, or designee, or the provisions of this Code. (2) Fees: (a) All applications and associated fees shall be filed with the appropriate department. (b) Filing fees shall be established from time to time to defray the actual cost of processing the application. (c) An applicant who has paid the appropriate fee pursuant to the submission of an application, but who chooses to withdraw such application prior to its distribution for review shall be entitled to a refund of the total amount paid, less ten percent for administrative costs, upon written request to the appropriate department. Once review has begun, no refund shall be available. (3) Applications Sufficient for Processing: (a) Applications shall contain all required information as described on forms available from each department involved in the review process, unless modified by the department, in writing, pursuant to (b), below. Incomplete applications may be reviewed in an extraordinary circumstance. (b) The presumption shall be that all of the information required in the application forms is necessary to satisfy the requirements of this section. However, it shall be recognized that each application is unique, and therefore more or less information may be required according to the needs of the particular case. The applicant may rely on the recommendations of the appropriate department as to whether more or less information should be submitted. (c) Once the application has been determined sufficient for processing, copies of the application shall be referred by the appropriate department to the appropriate reviewing entities. (d) The director of the appropriate department may require an applicant to present evidence of the authority to submit an application. (e) An application shall be considered to have been accepted for review only after it has been determined to be complete as provided above, not upon submission to the appropriate department. (4) Application Deadline: Applications sufficient for processing shall be submitted to the director of the appropriate department in accordance with the established schedule. Schedules indicating submittal dates shall be developed each year and made available to the public. (5) Staff Consultation after Application Submitted: (a) Upon receipt of an application sufficient for processing, the director of the appropriate department shall review the application and confer with the applicant to ensure an understanding of the applicable requirements of this Code; that the applicant has submitted all of the information they intend to submit; and that the application represents precisely and completely what the applicant proposes to do. (b) Once the applicant indicates that the application is as complete as the applicant intends to make it, the application shall be placed before the appropriate approving authority in accordance with standard procedures. However, if the director of the appropriate department believes the application is incomplete, a recommendation to deny the application on that basis shall be provided to the appropriate approving authority. (6) Related Applications: (a) Necessarily related applications for development approvals may be filed and reviewed simultaneously, at the option of the applicant. Any application that also requires a variance or use permit shall not be eligible for final approval until the variance or use permit has been granted. (b) Related applications submitted simultaneously are subject to approval of all other related applications; denial or disapproval of any concurrently submitted application shall stop consideration of any related applications until the denied or disapproved application is resolved.

Source: City of Tupelo, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances and Development Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/tupelo/codes/development_code?nodeId=CH12APPE_12.2COREPR_12.2.4APREFetched: 11/1/2026