Development plans may receive their first official consideration by the Planning Commission as “preliminary” development plans. Preliminary development plans are less detailed than final development plans. The developer may choose this option to gain approval for the concept prior to finalizing the details required to begin construction. The Planning Commission may take any of the following actions after reviewing a preliminary development plan.
(A) Approval means a grading permit may be issued by the Engineering Department if all stormwater documentation has also been approved. No developer shall proceed with any construction work on the proposed development, including grading, before obtaining approval from the Planning Commission and a grading permit from the Engineering Department. Lots shall not be sold at this time. Sale of lots shall occur only after a final development plan has been approved by the Planning Commission and a subdivision plat has been recorded at the county courthouse.
(B) Conditional approval means the developer may not proceed as outlined in division (A) above until the specified conditions have been met. A revised plan may be required but no completely new application is required.
(C) Postponement means action is delayed for definite reasons which shall be noted by the Planning Commission. Certain specified changes may have to be made to the preliminary development plan but no new application is required.
(D) Disapproval means denial of the preliminary development plan. For further action, the developer must rework the preliminary development plan. The reworked preliminary development plan must be re-submitted as a completely new plan.
(Ord. passed 3- -1995; Ord. passed 10- -2005; Ord. 2018-03, passed 2-14-2018; Ord. passed 1- -2020)