The zoning official (or designee) shall review the preliminary development plan application and draft a written recommendation for the city. On any PUD application, the city council shall submit the application to the commission for a recommendation from the commission. Within sixty (60) days after receipt of the zoning official's or commission's recommendation on a PUD application, the council should hold a public hearing on the application and either approve the application with or without supplementary conditions or give reasons for its disapproval.
The council should find that the facts submitted with the application and presented to them establish that:
A. The proposed development shall be initiated within two (2) years of the date of approval.
B. Each individual unit of the development, as well as the total development, can exist as an independent unit capable of creating an environment of sustained desirability and stability or that adequate assurance will be provided that such objective will be attained; the uses proposed will not be detrimental to present and potential surrounding uses, but will have a beneficial effect which would not be achieved under standard district regulations.
C. The streets and thoroughfares proposed are suitable and adequate to carry anticipated traffic, and increased densities will not generate traffic in such amounts as to overload the street network outside the PUD.
D. Any proposed commercial development can be justified at the intensity and locations proposed.
E. Any exception from standard district requirements is warranted by the design and other amenities incorporated in the final development plan, in accordance with the planned unit development and the adopted policy of the council.
F. The area surrounding said development can be planned and zoned in coordination and substantial compatibility with the proposed development.
G. The PUD is in general conformance with the comprehensive plan.
H. The existing and proposed utility services are adequate for the population densities and nonresidential uses proposed.
I. The reasons for approval or denial; and the actions, if any, that the applicant could take to obtain a permit if the application is denied. If the application is either approved or approved with conditions, the council shall direct the zoning official (or designee) to issue zoning permits only in accordance with the approved PUD plan, and preliminary plat and the supplementary conditions attached thereto. (Ord. 430, 12-16-2008)