A. Purpose. The purpose of the site plan process is to determine if a site plan complies with all requirements of this Title, all requirements of the City Code and other applicable ordinances, and the requirements of all utilities and referral agencies with jurisdiction.
B. Process. The site plan process shall generally be an administrative process managed by the City Planner and TAC. However, the site plan could be referred to the Planning Commission by reasons of:
1. Potential adverse effects on public services or the ability of the City or a referral agency to provide adequate services;
2. Potential adverse effects on surrounding properties or uses;
3. Failure of the developer to provide traffic mitigation improvements, on-site or off-site, as set out in Title 12, Section 12-4-1, Responsibilities of the Subdivider or Developer;
4. City Planner or TAC referral due to questions or issues regarding the ability of the site plan to comply with all applicable City or referral agency requirements;
5. An appeal by an applicant following the denial of a site plan by the City Planner;
6. A requirement for Commission approval as a condition of approval as stipulated in this Title or by the Board of Adjustment, Planning Commission or City Council as a condition of approval for a development process in Subchapter 2, Public Meeting Permits and Procedures.
The Commission shall deny, approve, conditionally approve or refer the application to the City Council with a recommendation. If the application is denied by the Commission, the applicant may appeal that action to the City Council, whereby the Council shall approve, conditionally approve or deny the application.
C. Site Plan Contents. The site plan shall contain all information necessary to demonstrate compliance with this Title and all other codes, ordinances and referral agency requirements. Attached in Appendix A, Section A.2, Site Plan Requirements, is a site plan contents checklist. Additional information may be required by the City to determine if a proposed development will result in the need for public improvements, such as, but not limited to additional right-of-way, turn lanes, traffic signals or utilities, or if platting is required.
D. Site Plan Review of Mobile Home Parks and Multi-Family Complexes with Eight or More Dwelling Units. By reason of the potential adverse effects of these uses on public services and to neighboring land uses, the City shall assure that each development has proper emergency vehicle accessibility, safe circulation, proper functional relationships of uses, and is compatible with adjoining and nearby development in terms of dumpster placement, parking, building height, screening and buffering, and activity areas. No Zoning Clearance Permit or Building Permit shall be issued and no use shall be commenced until a site plan has been approved or a Certificate of Occupancy issued until the use complies with the site plan which was approved.
E. Prohibited Actions.
1. No site plan will be approved prior to the platting of the subject property. However:
a. A plat may be submitted simultaneously with the proposed site plan upon approval of the City Planner.
b. In such cases, approval of the site plan application shall be conditional upon the approval and recordation of the plat, and the City is not obligated to approve the plat unless it complies with all requirements of Title 12.
2. No Zoning Clearance Permit, Building Permit or approval to allow land clearing shall be issued for development prior to the approval of a site plan required by this Title.
3. No lot grading, drainage work, parking lot construction or other site improvements may commence without first obtaining approval of a site plan for the proposed improvements.
4. No Certificate of Occupancy may be issued until all improvements depicted as part of an approved site plan have been completed.
F. Enforcement. A Zoning Clearance Permit issued on the basis of an approved site plan shall authorize only the uses, arrangement and construction set forth in such approved plan and application, and no other use, arrangement, or construction. Use, arrangement, or construction at variance with the approved site plan shall be deemed a violation of this Title, subject to the actions provided by Chapter 11, Enforcement and Remedies. (Ord. 746, 11-14-2017)