(A) A site plan approved pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be considered in relation to requirements of city policy governing the preparation of environmental impact assessments. It is the intent of this subchapter that an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) be made concurrently with, and as part of, the site plan review process, and that a site plan may be approved with conditions that will permit the applicable review body to find that the proposed project will not have a significant effect on the environment and that a negative declaration should be prepared.
(B) Where it is determined that an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) is required for a proposed project, action on a proposed site plan shall be deferred until such time as the EIR has been prepared and reviewed pursuant to provisions of the city's guidelines and state law. The Planning Commission and City Council shall, at the completion of the EIR review, attach such conditions to the approval of the site plan as in their judgment will mitigate or reduce to acceptable levels any of the environmental impacts identified during review of the EIR. The Planning Commission or City Council may deny a plan if it is found that such mitigation or reduction of environmental impacts is not feasible.
('61 Code, § 10-3.4.0110) (Ord. 507 C.S., passed 10-19-88)