(a) Application. An application for preliminary planned unit development shall be filed with the City Planning Department by at least one owner or lessee of property for which the planned unit development is proposed. At a minimum, the application shall contain the following information filed in triplicate:
(1) The name, address and phone number of the applicant.
(2) The name, address and phone number of the registered surveyor, registered engineer and/or urban planner assisting in the preparation of the preliminary development plan.
(3) A legal description of the property.
(4) A description of the existing use.
(5) Existing zoning district(s).
(b) Material to be Submitted With Application. The following material and information shall be submitted with the application:
(1) Identification of all property owners within the proposed district, evidence of unified control of the entire area of the district, tentative agreement of all owners to proceed with development according to plans, and to bind their successors in title to abide by any final commitments made, and evidence of financial capability to complete the development according to plan or to provide adequate sureties for completion.
(2) A map or maps indicating the relation of the proposed district to the surrounding area. As appropriate to the development proposed, such map or maps shall demonstrate access to major streets and show the approximate location and sizes of existing public sewers, water lines and storm drainage systems and other utility systems and installations which will be expected to serve the development. In the case of planned developments to contain housing, the location of schools and nearby commercial facilities shall be indicated.
(3) A topographic data map drawn to a scale of 100 feet to one inch by a registered surveyor and/or engineer showing:
A. Boundary lines - bearings and distances.
B. Easements - location, width and purpose.
C. Wooded areas, streams, lakes, marshes and other physical conditions affecting the site.
D. Ground elevations on the tract. For land that slopes less than one-half percent, one foot contours shall be shown. For land that slopes more than one-half percent, two foot contours shall be shown.
E. If deemed necessary by the City Engineer, subsurface conditions on the tract, including the location and results of tests made to ascertain the conditions of subsurface soil, rock and groundwater, and the existing depth of groundwater.
(c) Preliminary Development Plan and Report. A preliminary development plan and report, with maps at a scale of 100 feet or less to the inch, including as appropriate to the kind of planned development proposed, the following information presented in generalized form, shall be submitted:
(1) Proposed land uses and the appropriate height, bulk and location of principal structures sufficient to permit an understanding of the style of the development. Proposals containing residential units shall specify the number of housing units by size and type proposed within the initial phase of the proposal or within the overall development if the development is not to be staged.
(2) Proposed automotive and pedestrian circulation patterns, including public or private streets by type (major, collector or minor) and width, bicycle paths and pedestrian ways, as well as existing or plotted streets proposed to be vacated.
(3) Major off-street parking areas.
(4) Proposed parks, playgrounds, school sites, pedestrian parkways and other major open spaces, as well as the general form of organization proposed to own and maintain any common open space.
(5) A landscaping plan for the site, including the delineation of all such areas with respective identification of proposed vegetation, screening provisions, both vegetative and/or man-made, and major changes in grading proposed upon the site.
(6) The general location of utility installations and easements.
(7) If development is to be in stages, an indication as to the order and timing of development, and a demonstration that each stage, when completed, would complement any stage completed earlier and would form a reasonably independent unit even though succeeding stages were delayed.
(8) Proposals for expediting provision of public facilities, utilities or services where lacking or unlikely to be available when needed for the planned development, or for providing suitable private facilities, utilities or services. A report shall be provided, if appropriate in a particular development, containing proposals for improvement and continuing maintenance and management of any private streets.
(9) The substance of covenants, grants and easements or other restrictions proposed to be imposed upon the use of the land, buildings and structures, including proposed easements or grants for public utilities.
(Ord. 2712. Passed 8-1-78.)