(A) Purpose.
(1) The purpose and intent of the Office/Institutional District (O&I) is to establish procedural and substantive standards for the Planning Board’s review and approval of development on large tracts of land where the predominant use is to be college, university, hospital, clinics, public cultural facilities, offices for business and professional use, light manufacturing, and related functions.
(2) The objective of this section and the O&I District is to allow for growth and development while protecting the larger community, nearby neighborhoods, and the environment from impacts accompanying major new development. A key feature of this district is the preparation of a development plan that would allow the property owner, immediate neighbors, and the larger community to understand specifically what levels of development are being proposed, and what impacts would likely accompany the development, so that mitigation measures can be designed and implemented.
(B) Overview of development review procedures.
(1) Procedures in this zoning district are designed to facilitate:
(a) Articulation of development plans that involve multiple buildings in multiple locations over an extended time period on a given tract of land, as defined in a development plan; and
(b) Identification of total infrastructure needs for such proposed development as specified in a development plan and cumulative impacts resulting from full development as specified in a development plan.
(2) To this end, owners of property zoned O&I are required to prepare a development plan, as described in § 153.062 for review and approval by the Planning Board. For buildings that are included in an approved development plan, site development permits for individual buildings are to be issued by the Administrator, following a determination by the Administrator that such individual building plans are generally consistent with the Planning Board approved development plan.
(3) For development proposed within an O&I Zoning District that is not included in a Planning Board approved development plan, but is a minor change according to the provisions of this section, the Administrator may approve a change to the development plan and issue a site development permit.
(4) For development proposed within an O&I Zoning District that is not included in a Planning Board approved development plan and that cannot be considered a minor change to the plan according to the provisions of this section, in such development situations the applicant shall apply to the Planning Board for an amendment to the development plan.
(Ord. passed 10-17-2011)