A. Material or substantive amendments to the overall SDMP shall require an amendment to the SDMP.
B. Community development director has the responsibility to determine if a modification is substantive. The following are substantive amendments:
1. A proposed modification exceeds maximum allowable height, density and/or intensity.
2. Proposed modification in density (residential) or intensity (floor area ratio) which varies by ten percent (10%) or more of that approved for a given sector (restricted, limited or open).
3. The height of an exclusively residential building is proposed to be increased by more than ten feet (10') or ten percent (10%), whichever is less.
4. The height of any other building is proposed to be increased by more than fifteen feet (15') or fifteen percent (15%), whichever is greater.
5. The footprint of a building is proposed to be moved by more than fifty feet (50') in any horizontal direction.
6. Any change in the designated land use (for example, from restricted to open).
C. Upon determination that a proposal meets one or more of the criteria above, the community development director shall forward the proposal to the planning commission for review at a public hearing and recommendation.
D. The city council, after a public hearing, shall approve, approve with amendments or deny the proposed modification to the SDMP. (Ord. 2012-15, 9-20-2012)