Article IV — APPLICATION PROCEDURE AND ADMINISTRATION OF REGULATIONS

A development plan, prepared by a design group composed of at least three representatives of the following professions:

• (a) Architecture;

• (b) Landscape architecture;

• (c) Civil engineering, represented by a registered civil engineer;

• (d) Landplanning, represented by a full member of the American Planning Association.

A development plan shall consist of the following:

• (a) Uses and densities proposed;

• (b) Plot plans showing:

(1) Location of buildings on the property,

(2) Location of off-street parking,

(3) Vehicle circulation, including that to be provided for fire and other emergency vehicles,

(4) Areas devoted to open space and recreation, including a list of the facilities to be provided,

(5) General provisions to be made for utilities and storm drains;

(c) Grading plans, showing areas to be graded, cut or filled. The grading plan shall also show major vegetation to be removed and shall include an estimate of the amount of earth to be moved, imported and/or exported from the site;

(d) Sections through property showing grades and building relationships thereto;

(e) A description of the general scheme of architecture or architectural motif. Said description shall include schematic renderings where the zoning administrator deems it necessary or advisable;

(f) A description of the general scheme of landscaping to be employed. Said description shall include schematic renderings where the superintendent of parks deems it necessary or desirable;

(g) An indication of whether or not land is to be subdivided;

• (h) An indication of land to be dedicated for street, park, school or any other purpose;

• (i) A draft of major points of covenants proposed affecting the property;

(j) A description of adjoining areas, uses or structures which may affect, or be affected by, the design or location of buildings of the development or the uses of traffic circulation therein;

(k) A lighting plan including proposed street and security lighting, an analysis of the effect of such proposed lighting on adjacent property, and such other information as may reasonably be necessary;

(l) A signing plan including the location, type, size, height and area of proposed signs.

The development plan shall be reviewed according to the following procedures, notwithstanding any other provisions of this code:

Application for planned unit development shall be made to the Department of Community Development. All applications shall be in such form and shall be accompanied by such plans, documents and information as may be required. At the same time the Zoning Administrator may require that such other applications as are appropriate to the implementation of the plan be submitted, or he or she may require that they be submitted at a later date after approval of the development plan. Any such applications submitted with the plan will go forward to the Planning Commission and the City Council, and shall be effective only after action by the City Council.

(a) Review by Planning Commission. Thereafter, the Planning Commission shall review the application hereunder and shall recommend to the City Council that the application be approved, approved with conditions, or denied. The Planning Commission shall hold a hearing on said application in accordance with the notice provisions of Section 27.06.050.

(b) Review by City Council. Thereafter the Council shall review the application hereunder and shall approve, approve with conditions, or deny same. Notice of the Council hearing shall be given in accordance with the provisions of Section 27.08.050.

(Ord. No. 1991-12 § 76; Ord. No. 1978-18 § 89; Ord. No. 1971-41 § 1; prior code § 152.09(IV) (A)(3).)

Cross References

Section 27.62.220

Following approval of concept, if such items have not been applied for in conjunction with development plan approval under Section 27.62.210, the applicant shall apply for site plan and architectural review and approval pursuant to Section 27.08.030 for each separate phase of building construction; site development permit, pursuant to Chapter 23.40 of this code; subdivision approval, where applicable, pursuant to Title 26 of this code; and heritage tree permit, where applicable, pursuant to Chapter 10.52 of this code, and any other applicable provision of this code.

(1) Unless otherwise specified in the approval, special permits issued hereunder shall be governed by the time limitations of Section 27.08.060. In cases where the planned development concept includes development phases, every additional application necessary to complete the concept must be filed for not later than three years after the original council approval of the planned development concept, unless a longer time limit is authorized by the Council. Each such additional permit, as well as the special permit for the planned development, shall itself be governed by the time limitations of Section 27.08.060. The permit shall run with the land and may be exercised by the successor to the applicant.

A further extension, for a period not to exceed one year, may be granted upon a proper showing that the delay in acting upon the approval granted has been occasioned by action or inaction of governmental agencies and is not due to delay or default on the part of the applicant.

(2) When the City Council approves a planned development plan, building permits and certificates of occupancy may be issued in conformance with the plan so approved, provided that all other requirements of this code have been met.

(3) No major modification of an approved development may be permitted without the approval by the City Council of the amendment to the special permit upon the recommendation of the Planning Commission after hearings duly held pursuant to the procedure hereinbefore set forth.