Chapter 21.15 (Development Review)
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 12%
Extracted standards
13 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Applicant must execute development agreement within 60 days of first reading60 days
If the applicant has not executed the agreement or agreement as modified by the city council, and returned the executed agreement to the city clerk within sixty days following the ordinance's first reading, the approval shall be deemed withdrawn.
- Development agreement compliance review at least once a year1 years
The applicant shall be required to demonstrate compliance with the provisions of the development agreement at least once a year at which time the director shall review each approved development agreement.
- Development plan required for commercial buildings with 10,000+ gross square feetsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.10,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Construction of buildings with ten thousand or more gross square feet.
- Major addition threshold: 10% or 10,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. expansion10 pct
A major addition that expands the size of the building by ten percent or more or ten thousand gross square feet, whichever is greater, and not exceeding one such addition in any twelve-month period.
- Development plan required for multi-familyMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. residential with 11 or more units per lot11 units
Housing development projects with eleven or more dwelling units per lot.
- Development plan required for pregrading over 20,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.20,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Pregrading of a site (without any accompanying development plans) where the surface area is greater than twenty thousand square feet.
- Development plan required for single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. residential with 11 or more units11 units
All single-family residential units located within a planned development overlay zoning district, a special planned development overlay zoning district, and/or involving eleven or more units.
- Landscaping installation may be postponed up to 12 months12 months
Unless otherwise indicated in a condition of approval, the installation of required landscaping may be postponed for a period no longer than twelve months.
- Plot plan decision within 30 days of complete application30 days
The zoning administrator shall issue a decision letter within thirty days of deeming the application complete.
- On-site notice posted at least 48 hours prior to meeting48 hours
The on-site notice shall be posted on the subject site at least forty-eight hours prior to the meeting.
- Notice posting setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from street property line10 ft
The posting shall be placed in the ground or on a fence, wall, or building façade that is set back no more than ten feet from the street property line.
- Minimum notice size 11x17 inches11 inches
A minimum of one notice, at least eleven inches by seventeen inches in size, shall be posted along each street frontage.
- Site plan required for multi-familyMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. housing with 2-10 units10 units
Housing development projects with two to ten dwelling units per lot that are defined as a 'housing development project' by the Housing Accountability Act.
From the ordinance
Development review is required prior to construction and building permit issuance for any structure, or to relocate, rebuild, or significantly enlarge or modify any existing structure or site.