Graham Neighborhood Ass'n v. F.G. Associates

¶1 Where a county ordinance mandates that land use permit applications not timely acted upon be cancelled, and such an application is cancelled pursuant to that ordinance, the county planning agency lacks the authority to thereafter reinstate that application in contra*102vention of the pertinent ordinance. Such is consistent with our state’s vesting statute, which confers upon the local legislative authority the ability to set forth requirements for project permit applications. Moreover, it is consistent with principles of administrative law requiring notice and public hearing prior to decision…