(a) The owner or owners of any tract of land who desire to develop such tract of land by constructing three or more contiguous residential units or developing such land for commercial or industrial purposes shall submit a plan for the use and development of the land. All requirements shall be met as governed by this section as well as Section 1341.01. All development plans shall provide for access which is adequate for the determined use and designed to City standards.
(b) Upon receipt of the plan, the Commission shall set a date, time and place for a hearing, notify the applicant in writing, and at least fifteen days prior to the date set for hearing, publish, as a Class 1 legal advertisement, a notice giving the date, time and place of the hearing on the plan.
(c) After the hearing, the Commission shall approve or disapprove the plan, shall state the reasons for approval or disapproval of the plan, and state the specific evidence and facts showing that the proposed plan has made provisions for, and is consistent with, the following essential and required elements.
(1) The appropriate use of property adjacent to the area included in the plan will be fully safeguarded;
(2) The plan is consistent with the intent of this Zoning Ordinance to promote public health, safety and general welfare;
(3) Adequate sanitary sewer, water, storm sewer and other utility facilities are provided;
(4) All street rights of way are coordinated with existing and planned streets and will be no less than forty feet in width and the cartway will be no less than twenty feet in width. No street shall dead-end except in a cul-de-sac with no less than a forty-foot turning radius exclusive of any on-street parking area;
(5) If the plan is for a residential development tract, the buildings shall be used primarily for single-family or multi-family dwellings, apartments or group housed, and the usual accessory uses such as garages, storage space and community activities, and the minimum undeveloped acre of that tract shall be fifty percent (50%) of the total tract area, at least part of which must be deemed by the Commission suitable for recreational use. Streets dedicated to public use are not to be included in the total area or the undeveloped area. Building, driveways, walkways, off-street parking areas, access roads and non-dedicated streets shall be included in total area but not in undeveloped area.
(6) All plans shall show proposed location of sidewalks and street lighting as deemed necessary by Planning Commission.
(Ord. 310. Passed 9-16-96.)