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§ 155.047 B-3 GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.
Publisher's Note: This Section has been AMENDED by new legislation (Resolution No. 04-23-059R, adopted 4-17-2023). The text of the amendment will be incorporated below when the ordinance is codified.
   (A)   Intent. The intent of the B-3 General Business District intends to provide locations for development of businesses which cater primarily to the comparison shopping needs of the city’s and surrounding communities’ residents on an intermittent or semi-monthly or greater basis. Convenience type commercial uses are permitted in combination with the predominant comparison uses in planned shopping center developments where a combination of such uses is considered appropriate based on the desired economic function and quality and range of businesses in the B-3 District.
   (B)   Principal uses permitted. The following regulations shall apply to all B-3 Districts and no building, structure or premises, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall be erected, altered or used except for one or more of the following specified uses:
      (1)   Any retail business or service establishment permitted in B-2 Districts as principally permitted.
      (2)   Mortuary establishments, when adequate assembly area is provided off-street for vehicles to be used in funeral procession; provided further that such assembly area shall be provided in addition to any required off-street parking area. A caretaker’s residence may be provided within the main building of mortuary establishments.
      (3)   Bus passenger stations.
      (4)   Governmental offices or other governmental use, public utility offices, exchange transformer stations, pump stations and service yards, but not including outdoor storage.
      (5)   Standard restaurants.
      (6)   Massage practitioner offices.
      (7)   Electronic data processing or computer centers.
      (8)   Bowling alley, billiard hall, indoor archery range, or indoor skating rink, or similar forms of indoor commercial recreation when located at least 100 feet from any residential lot in an adjacent residential district.
      (9)   Reproduction services where the primary use is serving walk-in customers with small volume copying or word processing services, not including blueprinting and similar industrial type operations.
      (10)   Veterinary hospitals or clinics provided all activities are conducted within a totally enclosed main building and provided further that no property line abuts a district zoned for residential use.
      (11)   Public utility buildings.
      (12)   Accessory structures and uses customarily incident to the above permitted uses, provided that they shall be designed and located as permitted in §§ 155.111 through 155.142.
      (13)   Utility and public service buildings without storage yards.
      (14)   Computer and electronic data processing centers.
      (15)   Automobile parking space to be provided as required in §§ 155.071 through 155.082, General Development Standards.
      (16)   Temporary pop-up commercial use.
   (C)   Required conditions.
      (1)   All business establishments shall be retail or service establishments dealing directly with consumers. All goods provided on the premises shall be sold at retail on the premises where produced.
      (2)   All business, servicing or processing, except for off-street parking, loading and those open air uses indicated as being subject to special land uses in division (D) below, shall be conducted within completely enclosed buildings.
      (3)   Site plans shall be planned so as to recognize the front, rear, and side relationship of adjacent development. The Planning Commission and Council may recommend physical features to be provided which will insure harmony in these yard relationships.
      (4)   A restroom shall be provided for public use for all retail establishments in excess of 20,000 square feet of gross floor area.
   (D)   Special land uses. The following uses shall be permitted, subject to the conditions set forth in this subchapter, §§ 155.111 through 155.142, Special Land Use Standards, and all applicable codes and ordinances set forth in this chapter and other codes and regulations hereinafter imposed for each use. The following uses are subject further to the review and approval of the Planning Commission per standards set forth in this chapter:
      (1)   All uses allowed in a B-2 District which shall be subject to the same special land use as in a B-2 District.
      (2)   Outdoor sales space for exclusive sale of new or secondhand vehicles or house trailers.
      (3)   Open air business uses for the retail sales of plant material not grown on the site, and sales of lawn furniture, playground equipment and garden supplies; provided further that such uses shall be located at the exterior end of the building mass.
      (4)   Adult supply stores.
      (5)   Adult motion picture theaters.
      (6)   Arcades.
      (7)   Bar or establishment for the sale of beer or intoxicating liquor for consumption on the premises.
      (8)   Cabaret.
      (9)   Firearms sales establishments.
      (10)   Motels, inns and travel lodges.
      (11)   Hotels.
      (12)   Massage establishments.
      (13)   Pawnshops.
      (14)   Pool or billiard halls.
      (15)   Public lodging house, transient housing, rooming houses.
      (16)   Secondhand stores.
      (17)   Specially designated distributor (SDD).
      (18)   Specially designated merchant (SDM).
      (19)   Tattoo establishments.
      (20)   Carry-out, fast food, drive-thru or drive-in restaurants.
      (21)   Vehicle wash establishments, when completely enclosed in building.
      (22)   Commercial kennel provided all activities are conducted within a totally enclosed main building and provided further that no property line abuts a district zoned for residential use.
      (23)   Automobile service stations.
      (24)   Automobile service centers, when developed as part of a larger planned shopping center. The design shall integrate the automobile service center within the site plan and architectural character of the total shopping center. A building permit shall not be issued separately for the construction of any automobile service center.
      (25)   General hospitals, except those for criminals and those solely for the treatment of persons who are mentally ill or have contagious disease, with no maximum height.
      (26)   Greenhouse and florist operations involving the growing, wholesaling and/or retailing of plant materials.
      (27)   Nursing and convalescent homes.
      (28)   Theaters, assembly halls, concert halls or similar places of assembly when conducted within enclosed buildings, subject to the requirements of § 155.218.
      (29)   Business schools and colleges or private schools operated for profit.
      (30)   Amateur radio antenna, subject to regulations of §§ 155.211 through 155.217, Wireless Communication Towers and Antennas.
      (31)   Research and development facilities.
      (32)   Manufactured housing communities, subject to requirements of § 155.140 of this chapter.
      (33)   Fast food restaurants without drive-thru service.
      (34)   Charitable gaming room subject to the regulations of § 155.145.
      (35)   Minor vehicle repair, subject to the regulations of § 155.128.
      (36)   Commercial warehouse, wholesale operations and distribution subject to the regulations of § 155.147.
      (37)   Medical marijuana provisioning centers subject to the regulations of § 155.148.
      (38)   Religious institutions.
      (39)   New and used vehicle and trailer indoor sales, showroom or office.
      (40)   Self-storage facilities.
   (E)   Area and bulk requirements. Requirements limiting the height and bulk of buildings, the minimum size of lot permitted by land use, maximum density permitted, and minimum yard setbacks are set forth in § 155.061.
(Ord. 792, passed 12-3-01; Am. Ord. 836, passed 2-21-11; Am. Ord. 838, passed 8-15-11; Am. Ord. 845, passed 9-17-12; Am. Ord. 853, passed 1-5-15; Am. Ord. passed 2-20-17)
§ 155.048 M-1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
Publisher's Note: This Section has been AMENDED by new legislation (Resolution No. 04-23-059R, adopted 4-17-2023). The text of the amendment will be incorporated below when the ordinance is codified.
   (A)   Intent. The M-1 Light Industrial District intends to provide locations for planned industrial development, including planned industrial park subdivisions. Permitted activities or operations shall produce no external impacts that are detrimental in any way to other uses in the district or to properties in adjoining districts. Accordingly, light industrial, research, and related office uses permitted in this district should be fully contained within well-designed buildings on amply landscaped sites, with adequate off-street parking and loading areas, and with no outside storage. Heavy industrial uses, such as those involving the processing of raw material for shipment in bulk form to be used at another location, shall not be permitted in this district.
   (B)   Principal uses permitted. The following regulations shall apply to M-1 Districts, and no building, structure or premises, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall be erected, altered or used except for one or more of the following uses:
      (1)   Any of the following uses when the manufacturing, compounding or processing is conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building. Open storage facilities for materials or equipment shall be located in rear or side yards and totally obscured by a masonry wall on those sides abutting R-1A through R-1C, RM, RM-1, O-1, B-1, B-2 and B-3 Districts, and from view of any public land or thoroughfare. In M-1 Districts the extent of such wall may be determined by the Planning Commission on the basis of usage. Such wall shall conform to the standards established in § 155.074, Walls, and shall meet the requirements of §§ 155.071 through 155.082, General Development Standards.
         (a)   The manufacture, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of such products as: bakery goods, candy, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, toiletries, food products, hardware and cutlery; and tool, die, gauge and machine shops.
         (b)   The manufacture, compounding, assembling or treatment of articles or merchandise from the following previously prepared materials: bone, canvas, cellophane, cloth, cork, feathers, felt, fiber, fur, glass, hair, horn, leather, paper, plastics, precious or semi-precious metals or stones, sheet metal (excluding large stampings such as automobile fenders or bodies), shell, textiles, tobacco, wax, wire, wood (excluding saw and planing mills) and yams.
         (c)   The manufacture of pottery and figurines or other similar ceramic products using only previously pulverized clay, and kilns fired only by electricity or gas.
         (d)   Manufacture of musical instruments, toys, novelties and metal or rubber stamps, or other small molded rubber products.
         (e)   Manufacture or assembly of electrical appliances, electronic instruments and devices radios, and phonographs.
      (2)   Laboratories, experimental, film or testing.
      (3)   Manufacture and repair of electric or neon signs, light sheet metal products, including heating and ventilating equipment, cornices, eaves and the like.
      (4)   Warehouse and wholesale establishments and truck terminal facilities.
      (5)   Self-service storage facilities.
      (6)   Reproduction plants, which may include accessory retail operations.
      (7)   Central dry cleaning plants or laundries, which shall not offer storefront service or in any other manner interact with the general public as a retail laundromat or dry cleaner service.
      (8)   All public utilities, including buildings, necessary structures, storage yards and other related uses.
      (9)   Trade or industrial schools.
      (10)   Private clubs, fraternal organizations and lodge halls, subject to the requirements of § 155.218.
      (11)   Electronic data processing or computer centers.
      (12)   Offices, showrooms or workshops of an electrician, decorator, dressmaker, tailor, baker, painter, upholsterer, or an establishment doing radio or home appliance repair, photographic reproduction or similar use.
      (13)   Accessory structures and uses customarily incident to the above permitted uses, provided that they shall be designed and located as permitted in §§ 155.071 through 155.082, General Development Standards.
      (14)   Non-accessory freestanding signs, provided all signs meet the requirements of §§ 155.231 through 155.252.
      (15)   Other uses of a similar and no more objectionable character to those principal uses permitted.
      (16)   Utility and public service buildings without storage yards.
      (17)   Automobile parking space to be provided as required in §§ 155.071 through 155.082, General Development Standards.
      (18)   Trade schools.
      (19)   Truck or terminal facilities.
      (20)    Bus passenger station.
      (21)   Mobile food vending unit.
      (22)   Murals.
   (C)   Special land uses. The following uses shall be permitted, subject to the conditions set forth in this subchapter, §§ 155.111 through 155.142, Special Land Use Standards and all applicable codes and ordinances set forth in this chapter and other codes and regulations hereinafter imposed for each use. The following uses are subject further to the review and approval of the Planning Commission per standards set forth in this chapter:
      (1)   Convenience services which in the opinion of the Planning Commission intend to serve the daily needs of persons working in the M-1 District. Such uses include restaurants or other places serving food or beverage, except those having the character of drive-ins, automobile service stations, newsstands and tobacco shops.
      (2)   Major and minor vehicle repair centers, painting and varnishing shops, undercoating shops.
      (3)   Lumber and planing mills.
      (4)   Automobile or other machinery assembly plants.
      (5)   Canning factories (but not including slaughtering or rendering).
      (6)   Storage facilities for building materials, sand, gravel, stone, lumber, open storage or construction contractor’s equipment and supplies, provided such is enclosed within a building or within an obscuring wall on those sides abutting R-1A through R-1 C, R-2, RM, RM-1, O-1, B-1, B-2, or B-3 Districts and on any front yard abutting public land or thoroughfare. In M-1 Districts the extent of such wall may be determined by the Planning Commission on the basis of usage. Such wall shall be not less than four and one-half feet in height and may, depending upon land usage, be required to be eight feet in height, and shall be subject further to the requirements of §§ 155.071 through 155.082. Junk yards, when permitted, shall be entirely enclosed within an obscuring masonry wall six feet in height on all sides of sufficient strength to serve as a retaining wall. All applications for junk yards must receive the approval of the Mayor and the City Council as prescribed in §§ 155.271 through 155.275, Powers and Duties of Boards, Commissions and Departments.
      (7)   Metal plating, buffing and polishing, subject to appropriate measures to control the type of process to prevent noxious results and/or nuisances.
      (8)   Metal working, stamping, punching or pressing machines, subject to appropriate measures to control the type of process to prevent noxious results and/or nuisances.
      (9)   Greenhouse and florist operations involving the growing, wholesaling and/or retailing of plant materials.
      (10)   Other uses of a similar and no more objectionable character, and which will not be injurious or have an adverse effect on adjacent areas, and may therefore be permitted subject to such conditions, restrictions and safeguards as may be deemed necessary in the interest of public health, safety and welfare.
      (11)   Amateur radio antenna, subject to regulations of §§ 155.211 through 155.217, Wireless Communication Towers and Antennas.
      (12)   Wireless towers and antennas, subject to the requirements of §§ 155.211 through 155.217, Wireless Communication Towers and Antennas.
      (13)   Greenhouses.
      (14)   Manufactured housing communities, subject to requirements of § 155.140.
      (15)   Charitable gaming room customarily accessory to a use permitted (principal or subject to special land use) in the M-1 District such as a fraternal organization or lodge hall subject to the regulations of § 155.145.
      (16)   Medical marijuana cultivation facilities subject to the regulations of § 155.021 (Conflict of laws and prohibited land uses).
      (17)   Medical marijuana processing facilities subject to the regulations of § 155.021 (Conflict of laws and prohibited land uses).
      (18)   Medical marijuana testing facilities subject to the regulations of § 155.021(Conflict of laws and prohibited land uses).
      (19)   Medical marijuana transportation facilities subject to the regulations of § 155.021 (Conflict of laws and prohibited land uses).
   (D)   Area and bulk requirements. Requirements limiting the height and bulk of buildings, the minimum size of lot permitted by land use, maximum density permitted, and minimum yard setbacks are set forth in § 155.061.
(Ord. 792, passed 12-3-01; Am. Ord. 836, passed 2-21-11; Am. Ord. 838, passed 8-15-11; Am. Ord. 852, passed 3-16-15; Am. Ord. passed 2-20-17; Am. Ord. 862, passed 9-18-17; Am. Ord. 872, passed 11-15-18; Am. Ord. 873, passed 11-19-18)
§ 155.049 TCD TOWN CENTER DISTRICT.
   (A)   Intent. The TCD Town Center District intends to provide a vibrant mixed-use civic center. Experience has shown that successful cities have a town center focal point that integrates civic, convenience and community retail businesses and residences in a coordinated and pedestrian-friendly land use strategy. To this end, this district intends to achieve integrated site planning of adjoining developments to achieve a pedestrian-friendly environment, compatibility of architectural scale and character, compatibility of land uses, higher-density residential developments, support retail and civic core. In keeping with the above intent, the TCD Town Center District is intended to serve the following specific goals:
      (1)   Meet the goals and intent of the master plan and provide for land uses and design that supports and furthers the concept and vision of the town center.
      (2)   Realize the full economic potential of this center through coordinated mixed-use and high-intensity planning concepts.
      (3)   Promote and enhance recreation opportunities through well-designed private parks in new residential communities and improved connections to the Rouge River.
      (4)   Promote coordination of private and public efforts in the planning and development of needed infrastructure improvements.
      (5)   Provide for orderly and integrated planning to avoid fragmentary or speculative development.
      (6)   Prevent long-term vacancy, blight, decay or abandonment.
   (B)   Principal uses permitted. In the TCD District, no building or land, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall be erected or used except for one or more of the following specific purposes. Review of site architectural and landscape plans is required by the Planning Commission for change in use of existing tenant space greater than 5,000 square feet and new construction to find proper relationships between architectural scale and character; vehicular and pedestrian traffic safety; interconnected open space and recreation areas; interconnected pedestrian and non-motorized walks and paths; and appropriate mixture of land uses. Change in use of existing tenant space 5,000 square feet and under may be approved administratively by the City Planner.
      (1)   Multiple-family residential buildings.
      (2)   Retail businesses that are consistent with the vision of the district.
      (3)   Personal service establishments.
      (4)   Hotels.
      (5)   Professional offices.
      (6)   Financial institutions.
      (7)   Restaurants (carry-out and standard); delivery services shall be accessory to the primary use only.
      (8)   Public parks and parkways.
      (9)   Public and civic buildings.
      (10)   Child and adult day care center as a limited accessory use.
      (11)   Uses similar to the above that are consistent with the vision of the district.
      (12)   Uses and structures accessory to the above.
      (13)   Theaters, assembly halls, and concert halls, subject to the requirements of § 155.218.
      (14)   Automobile parking space to be provided as required in §§ 155.071 through 155.082, General Development Standards.
      (15)   Charitable gaming room subject to the regulations of § 155.145.
      (16)   Religious institutions.
      (17)   Temporary pop-up commercial use.
      (18)    Bus passenger stations.
      (19)   Mobile food vending unit.
      (20)   Murals.
   (C)   Special land use. Planning Commission may approve uses listed in § 155.047, B-3, General Business District that are consistent with the specific goals of the TCD, Town Center District § 155.049(A), subject to the conditions set forth in this subchapter, §§ 155.111 through 155.149, Special Land Use Standards, and all applicable codes and ordinances set forth in this chapter and other codes and regulations hereinafter imposed for each use. Auto-oriented and adult business uses, including: vehicle sales, vehicle repair, vehicle wash establishments, automobile service stations, manufactured home communities, adult book stores, adult motion picture theaters, adult cabarets, and similar uses are strictly prohibited.
   (D)   Application procedure and submission requirements. When required, the Planning Commission shall recommend to City Council that the site plan and special land use be approved, conditionally approved, or denied. Any proposed development within the boundaries zoned TCD Town Center District, including but not limited to exterior renovations, additions, new structures, new signs, and changes of uses, either existing at the time any parcel was zoned TCD Town Center District or commenced or erected thereafter, shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter. An owner or applicant shall submit a written application to the Commission describing proposed uses, design, extent, and development timetable and the legal interest of the applicant. In addition, the applicant shall provide the following requirements along with relevant supporting documentation:
      (1)   A recent “as built” survey, certified to the city and containing a metes and bounds legal description or plat description of the property exhibiting the location of all property improvements, total acreage, and site measurements.
      (2)   Copies of all instruments creating restrictions hindering development of the property.
      (3)   A site plan conforming to the requirements of § 155.286, Site plan review.
      (4)   Buildings and development elevations from four major directions, including exterior dimensions.
      (5)   Floor plans including overall floor plan, projected number of units and their projected area, and number of bedrooms per unit.
      (6)   Landscape plan and schedule depicting species location, size and quantity.
      (7)   Soil studies.
      (8)   Signage plans.
      (9)   Sight lines and public access connections to the river corridor, where applicable.
      (10)   Pedestrian connections to proposed buildings and land uses, to the public sidewalk system and to adjacent properties.
      (11)   Development timetable setting forth expected starting and completion dates for construction, and the date on which the project will begin operation. If the development is to be constructed in phases, a timetable showing applicable starting and completion dates for each phase shall be submitted along with the part of the overall property allocated to each phase which shall be indicated on the site plan.
      (12)   A development and financial resume for the applicant and developer, other than the applicant, which demonstrates a past performance of proving a level of skill and organizational activity necessary for project completion. Significant financial documentation indicating finance capability and methods shall, in addition, be submitted.
      (13)   Traffic studies indicating daily peak traffic demands and direction of such traffic as expected to be generated by the project. All traffic shall be accommodated safely and efficiently on-site and by the abutting street system. If a deficiency will occur, the applicant shall submit plans to improve the street system along with a proposal to provide feasible financing methods. Development accessing Michigan Avenue shall meet all requirements of the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT).
      (14)   Parking spaces and data indicating the number of vehicle spaces and/or bicycle racks required for the proposed use. The Planning Commission, upon recommendation of the City Planner may waive submissions requirements detailed in divisions (11) through (14) above, or portions thereof, if it has been determined that the information is not necessary for project evaluation or that sufficient documentation has been previously submitted. However, in all instances, the applicant shall submit at least one elevation and a site plan to scale, which shows the renovation or modification.
   (E)   Planning Commission review and approval. The Planning Commission shall review the project application with regard to specified standards and requirements of the TCD Town Center District and as set forth below:
      (1)   The review procedure shall be conducted in conformance to § 155.288, Procedures for special land use review, and § 155.289, Standards for special land use approval.
      (2)   The Planning Commission shall conduct its review of all new projects or changes in site or building conditions of existing developments in conformance with the notice and public hearing requirements for special land uses subject to discretionary decisions as specified in § 155.291, Public hearing notification requirements, and in Public Act 207 of 1921, as amended. Following the review process, the Commission may approve or deny the application based on specified standards and requirements set forth in this section. Specific conditions applied to an approved plan shall be made part of the record of approval as set forth in the approval resolution. The specified conditions shall be modified only as provided for in this section.
   (F)   Standards and requirements for review and approval. The Planning Commission shall make conclusions for a proposed development application based on the following standards and requirements:
      (1)   All proposed uses shall comply with the Master Plan and be consistent with the spirit, specific intent, and purposes of the Town Center District.
      (2)   The application proposal shall set forth specific written descriptions of heights, setbacks, density, parking, vehicular and pedestrian circulation, landscaping, and other design elements which affect the impact of this project with adjacent properties, to other developments in the district, to the overall plans and goals of the district and to future users and inhabitants of the development. Standards of § 155.061 are not specifically required except as contained in the proposal approved by the Commission, or in any specified condition that has been made subject in the Commission’s resolution of approval. However, the requirements of §§ 155.071 through 155.076 and §§ 155.078 through 155.082, General Development Standards, must be adhered to.
      (3)   Planning Commission may, at the recommendation of the City Planner, modify the off-street parking requirements of § 155.077. The off-street parking space requirements established in § 155.077(B) shall be the maximum parking permitted in the TCD Town Center District. The minimum parking requirements in the TCD Town Center District shall be 100% of the off-street parking space requirements established in § 155.077(B). The off-street parking space requirements may be modified based on site uses, the provision of shared parking, and the provision of bicycle parking, and parking studies.
      (4)   Signs must meet the requirements of this chapter and shall be limited in size and numbers to avoid visual clutter associated with overall effect of multiple signs. Billboards are expressly prohibited.
      (5)   Proposed uses shall encourage pedestrian usage and encourage business patrons to remain in the district for an extended time period. Businesses that cater to transient vehicular traffic such as auto service stations or centers or similar uses are strictly prohibited.
      (6)   The proposed use(s) must not exceed the capacity of the existing and available public services, including utilities and public roads. However, the development proposal can contain adequate plans for providing needed services or evidence that such services will be available by the date the project is completed. This plan must meet Planning Commission’s satisfaction.
      (7)   The project and its uses must be in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.
      (8)   All project submission documents are subject to a review by a qualified professional city planner or other professional, who may be retained by the city for this purpose.
   (G)   Permit and certificate issuance.
      (1)   Subsequent to approval by the Commission, the Building Division shall not issue building permits or certificates of occupancy or certificates or re-occupancy until the plans and proposed uses comply with Planning Commission’s resolution of approval.
      (2)   An applicant may file an appeal of an unfavorable determination by the City Planner or Planning Commission to the Zoning Board of Appeals. If the Board decides that the project complies with the approval resolution, then a permit or certificate shall be issued. Should the Zoning Board of Appeals sustain the determination of the City Planner of Planning Commission, the applicant may appeal their decision to the Circuit Court.
   (H)   Modification of approved plans.
      (1)   Approved development proposals may be modified by resolution of the Planning Commission after submission and review of an application in accordance with standards and requirements stated in this section.
      (2)   Approved development proposals may be administratively modified, upon discretion of the City Planner, provided the following conditions are met:
         (a)   Building or structure area or height is not increased.
         (b)   Dwelling unit density is not increased.
         (c)   Off-street parking requirements are not modified.
         (d)   The traffic pattern is not modified.
         (e)   Trip generation is not increased.
   (I)   Abandonment or expiration of time limits. Approval of a project and any building permit or certificate may become null and void if any of the following conditions arise:
      (1)   The approved project is abandoned.
      (2)   A project has not achieved its one year construction progress as set forth in the submitted development timetable upon expiration of one year after the effective date of issuance of the initial building permit.
      (3)   An approved project has not obtained building permits within six months of final site plan approval.
      (4)   The approved project has not been completed six years after the effective date of issuance of the initial building permit. Upon application, the Commission may approve extensions, provided that the application is received by the City Planner prior to the expiration date, on display of sound reasons which meet the satisfaction of the Commission. The applicant or designee of the applicant shall appear in person to apply for an extension.
   (J)   Prior consultation. All persons contemplating the development of any property located within the district are advised to contact and confer with the City Planner and staff prior to investing significant amounts of time, energy, and funds in preparing extensive plans, proposals, and submissions.
(Ord. 792, passed 12-3-01; Am. Ord. 827, passed 12-7-09; Am. Ord. 836, passed 2-21-11; Am. Ord. 838, passed 8-15-11; Am. Ord. 844, passed 9-17-12; Am. Ord. 849, passed 12-17-14; Am. Ord. passed 2-20-17; Am. Ord. 863, passed 10-2-17 ; Am. Ord. 872, passed 11-15-18; Am. Ord. 873, passed 11-19-18)
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