Agenda Item: 9
Prepared By: Daniel J. Smith, AICP, Director
Business: Ordinance
Department: Growth Management
Subject:
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ORDINANCE - Various Changes to Site Development Plan and Amendments (SDP and SDPA) and Site Improvement Plan (SIP) approval process, Contents of the application, Approval standards, etc.
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BACKGROUND:
In 2014, the City Council amended the Land Development Code (LDC), changing the Site Development Plan approval process to require Planning Board and City Council approve all Site Development Plans (SDP), Site Development Plan Amendments (SDPA), and Site Improvement Plans (SIP). Previously, the approvals were only required by City staff.
On February 2, 2018, City staff was given direction from the City Council to revise the LDC, changing the approval process for SDP's, SDPA's, and SIP's from the Planning Board and City Council to City Staff. The Planning Board reviewed staff's changes to the Ordinance and recommended that the Planning Board review and approve SDP's, SDPA's, and SIP's. This Ordinance was not approved on the first reading.
City Council has again directed staff to bring changes of approval to the Planning Board regarding SDP's, SDPA's, and SIP's.
On May 7, 2021, the Planning Board reviewed the proposed ordinance and asked that changes be made which include the following:
Line 506 - Remove - Not needed. On line 967 regarding traffic impact requirements and study requirements based on the Right of Way Handbook adopted by City resolution.
Line 964 - Remove - Ambiguous meaning for "aesthetic character."
Line 982 - Remove - Ambiguous meaning for "adequacy" and "effect."
Line 990 - Remove - Ambiguous meaning for "substantial depreciation."
FUNDING SOURCE / FISCAL IMPACT: N / A
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the Planning Board approve the proposed amendments outlined in the staff report and forward their approval to the City Council based on the below findings:
1. The amendment is consistent with the Compreh...
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