SEC. 342.4. CONSISTENCY DETERMINATION FEE.
The Planning Department may charge and collect from a Medical Use requiring a Consistency Determination pursuant to these sections 342 to 342.10 a fee for the preparation of the
required Consistency Determination. This fee shall be sufficient to recover actual costs that the Department incurs and shall be charged on a time and materials basis. The Department also
may charge for any time and materials costs that other agencies, boards, commissions, or departments of the City, including the City Attorney's Office, incur in connection with the
processing of the Consistency Determination. Upon request of the Medical Use, the Department shall provide in writing an estimate of the fee to be charged, and the basis for the fee. This
fee shall be payable at the time the Consistency Determination Application is submitted.
(Added by Ord. 300-10, File No. 101057)
SEC. 342.5. CONSISTENCY DETERMINATION.
(a) On January 2, 2013 or upon adoption of the Health Care Services Master Plan, whichever date is later, any change of use to a Medical Use, as defined in Section 342.1(a) that would
occupy 10,000 gross sf of floor area, or any expansion of an existing Medical Use that would add at least 5,000 gross sf of floor area shall file a Consistency Determination Application with
the Planning Department. The Planning Department shall make findings that the proposed or expanded Medical Use is consistent with the most recently updated Health Care Master Plan
recommendations.
(b) Consistent Applications. If the Planning Department finds. after consultation with the Health Department, that an application appears to be on balance consistent with the
recommendations of the Health Care Services Master Plan, the Planning Department shall issue a Consistency Determination to the applicant, and shall immediately post it on the
department's website, inviting interested persons to provide public comment on the Consistency Determination. The Planning Department shall not take any action on the land use
applic