1124.13 REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF SITE PLANS.
(a) Following receipt of a preliminary site plan and supporting documentation as required in Section 1124.12, the Secretary of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall transmit a copy of the preliminary site plan and supporting documentation to the Commission, City Engineer and Police and Fire Chiefs for their review and recommendations. The Secretary shall also transmit a copy of all covenants, restrictions and easements to be recorded, covenants for area maintenance, and bylaws of the Homeowners' Association to the Law Director for his review and recommendation. The Law Director, City Engineer and Police and Fire Chiefs shall each, within thirty days from receipt of the preliminary site plan and supporting documentation, submit to the Commission a report covering their respective jurisdictions. A copy of the aforementioned reports shall also be submitted to the Mayor and Clerk of Council.
(b) The Planning and Zoning Commission shall review the preliminary site plan and supporting documentation together with the recommendations of the Law Director, City Engineer and Police and Fire Chiefs. If the Commission finds that the preliminary site plan is consistent with the development plan and complies with the regulations, standards, and criteria prescribed by this Zoning Code for a Recreation and Residential Development District, it shall approve such preliminary site plan. The Commission shall act to approve or disapprove the preliminary site plan within thirty days of receipt of the reports from the City officials referred to in subsection (a) hereinabove.
(c) A report of the Commission action on the preliminary site plan shall be forwarded to the Mayor and Clerk of Council for distribution to all members of Council. If Council finds that the preliminary site plan complies with the regulations, standards and criteria prescribed by this Zoning Code for a Recreation and Residential Development District, Council shall approve such preliminary site plan. Within thirty days following receipt thereof, Council shall act by motion either to approve or disapprove the preliminary site plan. Approval of the preliminary site plan shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of Council, notwithstanding the nature of the Commission's recommendation. The approval of the preliminary site plan by Council shall remain valid for a period of one year from the date of such approval. If commencement of the construction of the improvements included in the preliminary site plan has not commenced within one year from the date of such approval then such approval shall be null and void.
(d) Following approval of a preliminary site plan, the developer shall prepare a final site plan which shall include final engineering, architectural and landscape drawings which are consistent with the preliminary site plan. The final site plan shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Planning and Zoning Commission who shall transmit a copy thereof to the Commission, City Engineer, Architectural Review Board and Building Commissioner for their review and recommendations. The City Engineer, Architectural Review Board and Building Commissioner shall each, within thirty days from receipt of the final site plan, and all required supporting documentation submit to the Commission a report covering their respective jurisdictions. A copy of the aforementioned reports shall also be submitted to the Mayor and Clerk of Council.
(e) The Planning and Zoning Commission shall review the final site plan together with the recommendations of the City Engineer, Architectural Review Board, and Building Commissioner. If the Commission finds that the final site plan is consistent with the preliminary site plan and with the development plan and complies with the regulations, standards and criteria prescribed by this Zoning Code for a Recreation and Residential Development District, it shall approve such final site plan.
(f) A report of the Commission action on the final site plan shall be forwarded to the Mayor and Clerk of Council for distribution to all members of Council. If Council finds that the final site plan complies with the regulations, standards and criteria prescribed by this Zoning Code for a Recreation and Residential Development District, Council shall approve such final site plan. Within thirty days following receipt thereof, Council shall act by motion either to approve or disapprove the final site plan. Approval of the final site plan shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the members elected to Council, notwithstanding the nature of the Commissions' recommendation.
(g) Following approval of a final site plan by the Council, the Building Commissioner shall be so notified and thereafter building permits may be issued within the area covered by the approved final site plan, as set forth in Section 1124.09(c).
(h) Prior to commencement of construction the allotter shall obtain written approval of the Cuyahoga County Sanitary Engineering Division, Northeast Regional Sewer District, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, the Cleveland Division of Water, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other interested authorities of such site plans.
(i) The allotter shall have approval of the final plat for record purposes prior to the installation of required improvements.
(j) Final approval shall be certified by the Council Clerk on the final site plan and documents, but only after the final site plan has been delivered to the Clerk in all respects ready for recording. The allotter shall file the approved final site plan in the office of the Cuyahoga County Recorder and shall pay all filing costs in connection therewith. The approval of the final site plan shall expire within sixty days unless within that period the final site plan has been duly filed and recorded and both Council and the Commission have been notified by the allotter in writing. If the final site plan is revised in any manner after approval a new approval shall be necessary. (Ord. 27-1988. Approved by voters l 1-8-88.)