(a) Application. An application for mapping of a Planned Unit Development (PUD) Overlay District and for approval of the corresponding Planned Unit Development (PUD) project shall be submitted to the Director of the City Planning Commission. Application for approval of PUD project may be made concurrently with application for designation of a PUD Overlay District; or, alternately, a PUD Overlay District may be approved and designated prior to submission of an application for approval of a PUD project. The application for PUD project approval shall contain eight (8) copies of the narrative items required in Section 334.19 and eight (8) copies of the Site Plan required in Sections 334.17 and 334.20. A more generalized application may be submitted if the applicant selects the Optional Two-Stage Review as provided in Section 334.05.
(b) Acceptance of Application. The City Planning Director shall accept an application as provided in division (a), if the Director determines that such application includes all required items. The Director may waive any item, if he or she determines the item is not necessary for a decision on the application or would impose unreasonable expense or delay in relation to the nature of the action proposed. The Director shall advise the City Planning Commission and the City Planning Committee of Council of the items so waived prior to their action on the application. Either of the bodies may rescind the waiver and require the waived item to be submitted before taking action.
(c) Referral to City Council. Within three (3) working days after acceptance of the application, the Director shall provide written notification of the acceptance of the application to the member or members of Council in whose ward(s) the project district or project area is located. Provided said member or members of Council do not object, legislation shall be introduced to amend the Zoning Map and to approve the proposed development.
(d) Interdepartmental Review. Within three (3) working days after acceptance of the application for approval of a PUD project, the Director shall also transmit the application for review and comment to the Departments of Public Service, Public Safety, Public Utilities, and Community Development, in addition to any other department of City government as the Director deems appropriate. Each such department shall return written comments to the City Planning Director within ten (10) working days of receipt of the application.
(e) City Planning Commission Meeting. City Council shall refer the Planned Unit Development legislation to the City Planning Commission for review and recommendation. The City Planning Commission shall make its determination in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and shall also seek advice from the applicable design review advisory committee. The Commission shall recommend either approval, approval with conditions, or disapproval within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt of the legislation from City Council, unless the applicant has requested an extension of this time period.
(f) City Council Public Hearing. Within thirty (30) calendar days of action by the City Planning Commission, the City Planning Committee of City Council shall hold a Public Hearing to consider mapping of the PUD Overlay District and/or approval of the proposed PUD project. The Public Hearing shall be advertised and conducted in accordance with Chapter 333 of this Zoning Code. Within ten (10) working days of the conclusion of the Public Hearing, City Council shall take action on the application. A vote of three-fourths (3/4) of the membership of City Council shall be required to take any action different from the advisory action of the City Planning Commission.
(g) Transmittal to Commissioner of Building and Housing. Within three (3) working days after approval of legislation for a PUD project by City Council, the City Planning Director shall transmit a copy of the approved Site Plan and any applicable conditions to the Commissioner of Building and Housing for use in reviewing permit applications for development within the Planned Unit Development Overlay District.
(h) Rehearing. Except as otherwise provided herein, no application that has been finally disapproved by City Council shall be resubmitted within one (1) year of the date of disapproval or of the expiration of any applicable negotiation period except on the grounds of new factual evidence or a change in conditions found to be valid by the City Planning Commission Director. A tie vote shall not be considered a disapproval for purposes of this paragraph. Revision of an application that removes characteristics on which its disapproval was based may be considered such a change in conditions.
(Ord. No. 2093-93. Passed 11-29-93, eff. 12-7-93)