§ 18.20.070. Processing of application for establishment of district.

The regulations provided in Chapter 18.36 shall control the procedure for making application for and processing of an amendment of Ordinance No. 45-63 for zoning as a planned unit development district, subject to the following exceptions:

A.

The application shall be accompanied by a development plan of the entire planned unit development, drawn to scale and showing the contours of the site in intervals of not more than five feet and provisions for: draining of surface waters, watercourses; railroad and public utility rights-of-way; streets; driveways and pedestrian walks; off-street parking and loading facilities; reservations and dedications for public uses; private uses, including dwelling types, not layout, locations, heights and elevations of structures and landscaped areas.

B.

In addition to the data prescribed in Chapter 18.36 and subsection A of this section, the application shall be accompanied by a tabulation of the area proposed to be devoted to each land use and a tabulation of the average population density per net acre and per gross acre in the area or areas proposed to be devoted to residential use.

C.

When a planned unit development involves proposals which necessitate the filing of a tentative subdivision map and which would also necessitate the granting of exceptions of the regulations of the subdivision ordinance, the city council, on the recommendation of the planning commission, may grant tentative approval of the proposal. Where such tentative approval is requested by the applicant, the requirements of subsections A and B of this section may be waived temporarily, provided the applicant submits the following:

1.

In lieu of the drawing of the site prescribed in paragraph (1) of this section, the application shall be accompanied by a schematic drawing, drawn to a minimum scale of one inch equals one hundred feet, showing the general relationships contemplated among all public and private uses and existing and proposed physical features.

2.

A written statement setting forth the source of water supply, method of sewage disposal, means of drainage, dwelling types, nonresidential uses, lot layout, public and private access, height of structures, lighting, landscaped areas and provisions for maintenance of landscaped areas, area to be devoted to various uses, and population density per acre and per gross acre contemplated by the applicant.

Upon approval of a tentative subdivision map in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the subdivision ordinance the applicant shall submit a detailed development plan in accordance with the requirements of subsections A and B of this section before the planning commission may issue a report recommending a final approval of the applicant's proposal.

D.

The planning commission may issue a report recommending a planned unit development as the application for such planned unit was applied for or in modified form if, on the basis of the application and the evidence submitted, the commission makes the following findings:

1.

That the proposed location of the planned unit development is in accordance with the objections of this title;

2.

That the proposed location of the planned unit development and the conditions under which it would be operated or maintained will not be detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare or materially injurious to properties or improvements in the vicinity;

3.

That the proposed planned unit development will comply with each of the applicable provisions of this section;

4.

That the standards of population density, site area and dimensions, site coverage, yard spaces, heights of structures, distance between structures, off-street parking and off-street loading facilities and landscaped areas will produce an environment of stable and desirable character consistent with the objectives of this title;

5.

That the standards of population density, site area and dimensions, site coverage, yard spaces, height of structures, distances between structures and off-street parking and off-street loading facilities will be such that the development will not generate more traffic that the streets in the vicinity can carry without congestion and will not overload utilities;

6.

That the combination of different dwelling types and variety of land uses in the development will complement each other and will harmonize with existing and proposed land uses in the vicinity;

7.

The proposed planned unit development or the first use or group of uses can be substantially completed with two years after the district is established.

E.

At the first regular city council meeting held more than ten days after a decision on such an application by the planning commission, the city council shall review the decision. The city council may affirm, reverse or modify a decision of the planning commission on an application for a planned unit development, provided that, if a decision denying such an application is reversed or a report covering a planned unit development is modified, the city council, on the basis of the record transmitted by the planning commission and such additional evidence as may be submitted, shall make the findings prerequisite to the approval of an application for a planned unit development as prescribed in subsection D of this section.

(Ord. 308-93 §1, 1993; Ord. 148-76 (part), 1976: Ord. 45-63 §4.32(7), 1963).