Sec. 22.810.1. Regulations Implementing the Plan for a Citywide System of Neighborhood Councils (Plan).

tment determines that a petition is not complete, it shall return the petition to the applicants along with a written description of the missing components required for the petition. Applicants may thereafter at any time re-submit the application after amending it to meet all the necessary criteria. (ii) If the Department fails to evaluate or make a recommendation on the petition as set forth in Article VI, Section 2(d) of the Plan, the Department shall forward the application to the Commission for its consideration without the Department’s recommendation. (B) Commission Action. Before the Commission acts on the petition, the matter shall be set for a public hearing. The Department shall post public notices, as set forth in Article VI, Section 2(d) of the Plan, stating the time, place and purpose of the hearing, which shall be posted within the boundaries of the proposed Neighborhood Council for 15 days. The notices shall be translated in accordance with the provisions set forth in Article VI, Section 2(d)(ii) of the Plan. Notice of the time, place and purpose of the hearing shall also be mailed to the applicant pursuant to the time frames set forth in Article VI, Section 2(d) of the Plan. The Commission meeting should be conducted within the boundaries of the proposed Neighborhood Council, if feasible. The Commission shall act on the incorporation petition within ten days after the expiration of the 15-day posting period, unless the Commission’s regularly scheduled meeting does not fall within this ten day period or unless the Commission and the Neighborhood Council applicants agree to an extension of time. (C) Appeals. If the Commission approves the petition, the proposed area shall be incorporated into the Neighborhood Council named in the Incorporation Petition. If the Commission disapproves the petition, the applicants may appeal that decision to the City Council within the time frames set forth in Article VI, Section 2(d)(vii) of the Plan. The City Council may, by ten votes, sustain, reverse or modify the Commission’s decision to disapprove the petition. (e) Decertification of a Neighborhood Council/ Declaration of a Board Vacancy by the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners. (1) Department Action.