A. Objective. To provide the Design Review Committee a process for reviewing projects subject to compliance with this chapter. For the purpose of this chapter, site planning means the arrangement of landscaping, open spaces, buildings, circulation elements and other features to support the goals of the development.
B. Standards. The Design Review Committee shall comprehensively review, at a regularly scheduled meeting, all proposed development subject to this chapter, except for single-family residences not within subdivisions, and shall approve, approve with conditions, deny, or continue the review to a later hearing to allow design revisions based on committee recommendations. The review shall include proposed site planning, architectural building design and colors, landscaping, parking lot design, and freestanding signs for compliance of the proposed development with the purpose, standards, and guidelines of this chapter and any design related conditions of rezoning.
1. Development proposals subject to committee review shall be submitted to Pima County for review and recommendation by planning staff, subject to the schedule and submittal requirements established by the Development Services Department to ensure a timely, efficient, and complete review by the committee.
2. The committee shall not approve any proposed development subject to its review without finding that it complies with the purpose, standards and the guidelines of this chapter.
3. Development proposals conditionally approved by the committee shall be submitted, by the applicant, to planning staff for determination of final compliance with the committee's decision within 30 days of the date of the hearing.
C. The decision of the Design Review Committee may be appealed to the board of adjustment. Appeals shall be submitted within 60 days of the date of the hearing, appeals received after that date shall not be considered.
D. Any change in site design that involves any committee approved color, architectural design, or more than ten percent of any area requirement must be approved by the committee subject to the review requirements of this chapter. All other changes may be approved by the planning official provided that proposed changes comply with the purpose, standards, and guidelines of this section.
E. Committee approval shall expire two years from the date of approval hearing. Approval may be extended for up to an additional two (2) years at the discretion of the planning official if the circumstances and basis, for the Design Review Committee's decision, have not significantly changed since the date of approval.
(Ord. 2006-30 § 2 (part), 2006; Ord. 2001-162 § 2 (part), 2001)