Chapter 18.20, Section 18.20.010

Lighting should be used to provide illumination for the security and safety of on-site areas (i.e., parking, loading, pathways, and work areas). The design of light fixtures and their structural supports should be architecturally compatible with the main structures in the development and should not impact adjacent properties.

Approval of the master plan shall be for two years. Extensions of time up to three additional years in one-year increments may be granted by the Director if requested in writing before the expiration date and if conditions in the area have not substantially changed and the master plan is still consistent with the General Plan and County ordinances, and payment of appropriate fees.

Approval of a development plan and administrative permit shall be for two years. Extensions of time up to three additional years in one-year increments on initiation of the uses in the plan may be granted by the Director if requested before the expiration date and if the master plan has not expired. If the use or uses authorized by the development plan and administrative permit are abandoned or discontinued and there has been no activity for a period of one year or more, the plan and permit shall become automatically void without further action.

Street improvements, including fencing, sidewalks, signs, pathways, and lighting should be designed to help create a sense of identity and individual character for each development. In addition to sidewalks, pedestrian paths and bicycle trails should be integrated into the circulation plan for each development to the maximum extent possible.

Outdoor storage, solid waste enclosures, loading, and equipment areas, including roof-top equipment, should be properly screened from public view.

The master plan will provide for a higher standard or quality of development than typically found in the other zones and will meet the intent of the purposes specified in Chapter 18.142 (Amendments); and, Deviations from the requirements in the other zones of this Zoning Code that would normally apply are justified by general public benefits of the master plan.

See Chapter 18.36 (Landscaping).

Significant natural areas of high historic, cultural or scenic value, hazard areas, and other areas not suitable for development should be preserved as parts of a comprehensive open space system with adequate provisions for control, operation, and maintenance.

Development should be oriented to the natural terrain by encouraging innovation and variety in site design, grading techniques, structures types, and spacing of structures. All structures should be shaped, designed, and organized to provide visual interest, a sense of identity, and to allow adequate access, light, and air. Structures should also be compatible in design, height, scale, and color scheme with structures in other phases of the development and with those in the surrounding area. Variety should be employed in structure forms to create a visual character and interest. Long, blank structure walls should be avoided.

The development approval process within a PD combining zone shall be in two stages: First Stage: A conceptual master plan application for the entire property shall be submitted for processing concurrently with the PD zone change application. Second Stage: After approval of the master plan and zone change applications by the Board, more detailed development plan and administrative permit applications shall then be processed for development of all or portions of the property.

Parking lots and vehicles should not be the dominant visual elements of a developed site. Several small parking areas separated by structures and landscaping are preferable to a single large parking lot.

There should be an overall sign program for the development. Signs should be compatible with structures and site design within the development relative to color, materials, placement, function, size and height. Where several tenants will occupy the same site, group and monument signs are preferred. The number of freestanding pole signs should be minimized.