(a) The provisions of Chapter 1174 shall govern the establishment of a PD district under this Chapter; provided, however:
(1) The plot plan and data pertaining to neighboring property required in Subsections 1174.01(a)(1) and (2) may be provided separately along with an application which may be made part of the Preliminary Master Development Plan.
(b) Preapplication Conference. Prior to the submission of an application for the establishment of a PD district, the applicant (along with such consultants and professional advisors as the applicant chooses to attend) shall meet with the Planning and Zoning Administrator (along with such other City staff members which the Planning and Zoning Administrator deems appropriate) for the purpose of assisting the applicant in submitting a complete and compliant application for consideration by the Planning Board. Upon receiving a request for a preapplication conference from a prospective applicant, the Planning and Zoning Administrator shall schedule a preapplication conference at City Hall to be held within twenty five (25) days of the prospective applicant's request for a preapplication conference. The prospective applicant may request, in writing, that the preapplication conference be scheduled for a later date. The applicant shall have prepared and shall have delivered to the Planning and Zoning Administrator at least six (6) copies of the following data at lease five (5) days prior to the scheduled preapplication conference date:
(1) A sketch plan of the proposed PD district;
(2) A statement of the total number of acres in the proposed PD district;
(3) A statement of the number and type of structures and lots; the number of acres to be occupied by each type of use in the proposed PD district;
(4) A statement explaining the objectives of the proposed Planned Development and the uses to be included within the proposed PD district;
(5) The known deviations from subdivision regulations to be sought; the known plans for private utilities, amenities, and/or roadways.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the applicant may, at the applicant's option, submit a complete draft PD district application in lieu of the above mentioned five items.
(c) In the event the applicant fails to submit the above mentioned data to the Planning and Zoning Administrator at least five (5) days prior to the scheduled preapplication conference, the Planning and Zoning Administrator shall reschedule a preapplication conference for a date after the above mentioned data has been delivered to the Planning and Zoning Administrator, but no later than thirty (30) days after the above mentioned data has been delivered to the Planning and Zoning Administrator.
(d) After the initial preapplication conference, the Planning and Zoning Administrator may schedule such additional preapplication conferences as the Planning and Zoning Administrator finds to be necessary to enable the applicant to submit a complete and compliant application for consideration by the Planning Board.
(e) When an application to establish a PD district is in good order, complete and compliant with the requirements of Section 1140.05, it shall be submitted to the Planning Board pursuant to Section 1174.02 of the Springfield Zoning Code. A applicant may waive, in writing, the 45 day deadline for consideration of a zoning amendment petition by the Planning Board.
(f) After the Planning Board's due consideration of an application for establishment of a PD district, the Planning Board shall prepare and submit to the City Commission a written report of its findings which form the basis of the Planning Board's recommendation and shall make its recommendation on such application to the City Commission by:
(1) Recommending adoption of the PD district to which the applicant has consented, in writing as required in this Chapter, and tendering to the City Commission a PD Ordinance to establish the PD district; or
(2) Forwarding to the City Commission a PD Ordinance to establish the PD district to which the applicant has consented, in writing as required in this Chapter, but recommending that the PD district proposed in the forwarded PD Ordinance not be established.
(g) In the event the City Commission considers a PD Ordinance which is materially different from the PD Ordinance recommended by the Planning Board, the applicant must consent, in writing, to such modified PD Ordinance (as required in this Chapter) and the considered PD Ordinance shall be adopted only by the affirmative vote of at least four members of the City Commission.