§ 17.20.030. Special provisions for large scale residential development.

A.

The owner or owners of ten (10) acres or more within an R district may submit a plan to the council showing in detail the manner in which the land is to be used, the location, size, character and appearance of buildings, and provision for street circulation, off-street parking, service areas, and landscaping.

B.

The council shall submit such plan to the commission who shall have forty-five (45) days in which to investigate, hold public hearings, and make a report and recommendations to the city council on the plan. If the commission does not make a report of its recommendations within forty-five (45) days, the council may assume that the commission approves the plan.

C.

The commission shall review the proposed development as to its conformity to the comprehensive plan and recognized principles of civic design, land use planning and landscape architecture. The minimum yard requirement of the district in which the development is located shall not apply, except that the minimum yards shall be provided around the boundaries of the area being developed. The commission may impose conditions regarding the layout, circulation, and may require that appropriate deed restrictions be filed that are enforceable by the city or an approved homeowners' association for a period of twenty (20) years from the date of filing. The number of dwelling units permitted shall be determined by dividing the net development area by the minimum lot area per family required by the district or districts in which the area is located.

D.

Net development area shall be determined by subtracting the area set aside for churches, schools, commercial area from the gross development area and deducting twenty (20) percent of the remainder for streets regardless of the amount of land actually required for streets. The area of land set aside for common open space and recreational use shall be included in determining the number of dwellings units permitted. These dwelling units may be single-family detached, two-family or multifamily, provided no more than eight units are contained in any one building.

E.

For each one hundred (100) dwelling units in the development, there may be not more than one acre for commercial use. Commercial uses shall comply with the requirements for the B-1 district, sign regulations and off-street parking requirements as contained herein for the B-1 district.

F.

The council may, after public hearing, approve or disapprove the plan for the issuance of building and occupancy permits to carry out the approved plan. Approved plans may be amended by the same procedure by which they were approved, except that minor changes in the plan may be approved by the planning commission if such change does not violate the intent of the originally approved plan.

(Prior code Appx. B § 2.3)