(A) The Planning Commission shall recommend approval, denial or modification to a Specific Plan by an affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the total voting members. A copy of any Specific Plan amendment recommended pursuant to this chapter shall be submitted to the City Council, accompanied by a statement of the Commission’s reasons for such recommendation.
(B) (1) A Specific Plan shall not be approved or amended unless the following findings are made by the Planning Commission:
(a) The plan systematically implements and is consistent with the General Plan;
(b) The plan provides for the development otherwise allowed under the conventional zoning classifications;
(c) The plan provides for the construction, improvement or extension of transportation facilities, public utilities and public services required by the long term needs of the project and/or other area residents and complements the orderly development of the city beyond the project’s boundaries;
(d) The plan provides for the appropriate orientation and relationship between land use within and adjacent to the project.
(2) If the Commission cannot make such findings, it shall recommend denial of the proposed Specific Plan and enter its reasons for the denial into the record. The denial shall be final unless appealed to the City Council within ten working days of the Commission’s decision.
(`78 Code, § 17.53.090.) (Ord. 2533 § 1, 2001; Ord. 1983 § 1 (part), 1990.)