(A) Submission and Approval; Requirements. The owner of any tract of land shall submit to the Planning Commission a plan for the use and development of such tract primarily for residential purposes. If such development plan is approved, after public notice and hearing, by the Planning Commission and by Council, the application of the use, height, area and yard regulations established in this Zoning Code shall be modified as required by such development plan. However, for the tract as a whole, excluding street area, but including, area to be devoted to parks, parkways or other permanent open spaces, there shall be not less than the required area per family, for the area district in which such tract of land is located, for each family which under such development plan may be housed on such street. Further, under such development plan the appropriate use of property adjacent to the area included in such development plan shall be fully safeguarded.
(B) Fee. When any person proposes to file a development plan with the Planning Commission, such person, hereinafter referred to as the developer, shall pay a fee, as required in Chapter 1290, to the Clerk of the Commission to cover the costs of investigation, notices by publication and other expenses incidental to the determination of the matter. Such fees shall be transferred by the Clerk to the City Treasurer and credited to the General Fund of the City.
(Ord. 157-07. Passed 07-23-07)