An authorized agency of the municipal, county, state, or federal government or the owner or owners of any tract or land comprising an area of not less than 10 acres, or an area bounded on all sides by municipal streets or streets and alleys, may submit to the City Council a plan for the use and redevelopment of all of the tract of land for any lawful purpose. The development plan shall be referred to the City Plan Commission for study and report and for public hearing. Notice and publication of such public hearings shall conform to the procedures prescribed in § 153.127 for hearings on changes and amendments.
If the Commission approves the plans, these shall then be submitted to the City Council for consideration and action. The approval and recommendations of the Commission shall be accompanied by a report stating the reasons for approval of the application and specific evidence and facts showing that the proposed plan meets the following conditions:
(A) The property adjacent to the area included in the plan will not be adversely affected, and to this end the Council may require, in the absence of an appropriate physical barrier, that uses of least intensity or a buffer of open space or screening be arranged along the borders of the project;
(B) The plan is consistent with the intent and purposes of this chapter to promote public health, safety, morals, and general welfare;
(C) The plan shall specify the use to which the property and each subdivision thereof or lot therein may be put, and if the said plan is approved no subsequent use other than that specified in the plan may be substituted for the use so specified and any later substituted use shall be considered a violation of the provisions of this chapter governing land use and be subject to the provisions of and penalties provided in § 153.122;
(D) The average lot area per family contained in the site, exclusive of the area occupied by streets, will not be less than the lot area per family required in the district in which the development is located; provided, however, that if any such development plan shall be designed or intended for multiple family dwelling use, involving more than 50 dwelling units, the requirements of this chapter with respect to lot area per family may be waived, and the plan approved without respect to lot area per family.
(E) Approval of the plan submitted under this section shall constitute approval of any plat submitted therewith and any such plat shall be entitled to be recorded and lots sold therefrom in the same manner as if the plat had been approved under the Land Subdivision Ordinance of the City of LaSalle, No. A-590 provided, however, that insofar as said Land Subdivision Ordinance No. A-590 is applicable, then in all respects said Land Subdivision Ordinance No. A-590 shall apply;
(F) If the City Council approves the plans, building permits and certificates of occupancy may be issued even though the use of land and the location and height of buildings to be erected in the area and the yards and open space contemplated by the plan do not conform in all respects to the district regulations of the district in which it is located.
(1963 Code, § 10-15-4) (Ord. 590, passed 6-26- 1958; Am. Ord. 765, passed 10-28-1968; Am. Ord. 787, passed 5-1-1970)