(a) Applications shall be reviewed by City staff for:

(b) Based on the initial review and staff recommendation for action, if the City Manager determines the application is complete, the application shall be referred to the Airport Commission and the Planning and Zoning Commission for review and comment, together with the City Manager’s recommendation for approval or rejection.

(c) Notice of applications for new leases, renewals or extensions must be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the City. The notice must contain the name of the applicant, a brief description of the land and the date upon which any competing applications must be submitted (thirty (30) days from the date of publication).

(d) The recommendations of the City Manager, Airport Commission and Planning and Zoning Commission shall be brought to the City Council. The decision whether or not to lease land or authorize a lease extension or renewal rests in the sole discretion of the City Council.

(e) The City Council may waive provisions of this chapter to lease property or interests in real property with the United States, the state of Alaska or an Alaska political subdivision when in the judgment of the City Council it is advantageous to the City to do so.

(f) If the applicant is in default of any charges, fees, rents, taxes, or other sums due and payable to the City or the applicant is in default of a requirement of any lease or contract with the City a lease shall not be entered into until the deficiencies are cured.