The relationships between development plans and the subdivision regulations are established as follows:
(A) Applicability of subdivision regulations. Although development plans are not subdivision plats, quite often the development plan does indicate a need or intent to subdivide property. For any such development plan, the design and improvement standards contained within the subdivision regulations shall be applied to proposals contained on the development plan.
(B) Development plans required by the subdivision regulations. Development plans required by the subdivision regulations are required to conform with the provisions of this subchapter.
(C) Plats; substitutions. Preliminary or final subdivision plat may be substituted for development plans required in conjunction with map amendment requests. It is recognized that in certain cases a preliminary or final subdivision plat would be as appropriate or more appropriate to be considered in conjunction with a map amendment request than would a development plan. Generally, the situations involve developments where placement of structures will be tightly controlled by the streets, lot pattern and requirements for placement of structures within the zone and where the developer sees fit to have plans prepared at the required level of detail for subdivision plats prior to receiving a zone change approval. When a developer is required at the discretion of the Joint City-County Planning Commission to provide a development plan in conjunction with a zoning map amendment request, the developer may file a subdivision plat in place of the development plan, if deemed appropriate by the Joint City-County Planning Commission and Joint City-County Planning Commission staff. In any disputed case, the Joint City-County Planning Commission shall be the final judge as to whether a development plan or a subdivision plat is required. Development plans required by this subchapter for zoning change requests, all zoning map amendments or approval of a subdivision plat may be combined with subdivision plats where appropriate, but such a development plan shall not be replaced by a subdivision plat alone.
(1989 Code, § 152.22) (Ord. 1975, passed 9-28-1992; Am. Ord. 2026, passed 8-23-1993; Am. Ord. 2667, passed 7-13-2009)