(A) General. Every applicant for Industrial Park approval shall comply with the procedural requirements of this section. The required procedures are as follows:
(1) Filing development plan with the Administrator;
(2) Provision by the developer of adequate assurance for the completion of required improvements as per the development plan;
(3) Review of the development plan by the Zoning Board of Appeals;
(5) Recommendation by the Zoning Board of Appeals to the City Council regarding approval/rejection of the development plan; and
(6) Action by City Council on the development plan.
(B) Application, information required. Every applicant applying for approval of an industrial park development plan shall submit to the Administrator, in narrative and/or graphic form, the items of information listed below.
(1) Written documents.
(a) Legal description of the total site proposed for development;
(b) Names and addresses of all owners of property within or adjacent to the proposed industrial park;
(c) Statement of the planning objectives to be achieved by the industrial park through the particular approach proposed by the applicant, including a description of the character of the proposed development and the rationale behind the assumptions and choices made by the applicant;
(d) Development schedule indicating the approximate date when construction can be expected to begin and be completed; and
(e) Statement of the applicant’s intentions with regard to the future selling or leasing of all or portions of the industrial park.
(2) Graphic materials.
(a) Existing site conditions including contours at ten-foot intervals and locations of watercourses, floodplains, unique natural features and wooded areas;
(b) Proposed lot lines and plot designs;
(c) Location and size in acres or square feet of all areas to be conveyed, dedicated or reserved as common open spaces, public parks, recreational areas, school sites and similar public and semi-public uses;
(d) Existing and proposed vehicular circulation system, including off-street parking and loading areas and major points of ingress and egress to the development (notations of proposed ownership, public or private, should be included where appropriate);
(e) Existing and proposed pedestrian circulations system, including its relationship to the vehicular circulation system and proposed treatments of points of conflict;
(f) Existing and proposed utility systems including sanitary sewers, storm sewer and water, electric, gas and telephone lines;
(g) General landscape plans indicating the treatment of both private and common open spaces and the location of required buffer stipes;
(h) Enough information on land areas adjacent to the proposed industrial park to indicate the relationships between the proposed development and existing and proposed adjacent areas; and
(i) Any additional information required by the city to evaluate the character and impact of the proposed industrial park.
(C) Advisory report, criteria considered. The Zoning Board of Appeals shall submit to the Council a written advisory report concerning acceptance/rejection of the development plan. In deciding what its advice should be, the Zoning Board of Appeals shall consider the following criteria:
(1) The extent to which the proposed development is consistent with the city’s Comprehensive Plan and with the purposes of this section and of all other applicable codes and ordinances;
(2) The extent to which the proposed development deviates from the regulations that are generally applicable to the property (including but not limited to, the use and lot and building regulations of the district), and the apparent merits (if any) of said deviations;
(3) Whether the proposed design of the industrial park makes adequate provisions for vehicular and pedestrian circulation, off-street parking and loading;
(4) The compatibility of the proposed industrial park with adjacent properties and surrounding area; and
(5) Any other reasonable criteria that the Zoning Board of Appeals may devise.
(D) Decision by Council. After the Zoning Board of Appeals has submitted its advisory report, the Council, by resolution, either approves or disapproves the industrial park development plan. The Council shall not approve any development plan unless:
(1) The developer has posted a performance bond or deposited funds in escrow in the amount the City Engineer deems sufficient to guarantee the satisfactory completion of all required improvements; and
(2) The City Attorney has stated that all legal instruments (particularly the restrictive covenants) are satisfactory; and
(3) The proposed industrial park, as evidenced by the development plan, complies with all applicable codes and ordinances. (Deviations to the extent permitted under § 162.399(D) shall not be deemed non-compliance.)
(1960 Code, § 60-5-6) (Ord. 4674, passed 9-18-1989)