Site plans which relate to all uses or structures (permitted and special land uses) may not be approved unless the Planning Commission and City Council affirmatively determines that each of the following standards have been fulfilled:
(a) Site Use(s) and Coordination. The relationship between the proposed use(s) on the site must be designed and located so that the development is aesthetically pleasing and harmonious with adjacent existing and prospective development of contiguous properties and the general planning area. All site features, including vehicle and pedestrian circulation, building orientation, landscaping, lighting, utilities, recreation facilities, and open spaces must coordinate with adjacent properties and uses.
(b) Site Design. The location and use of all structures and elements of the site must be harmoniously and efficiently organized in relation to topography, parcel configuration, adjacent properties, traffic operations, adjacent streets and driveways, pedestrian access, and the type and size of buildings. The site design also ensures that adequate light and air are preserved so as not to be detrimental to the orderly and harmonious development of the community.
(c) Preservation of Site Features. To the extent feasible, the site must conserve natural, cultural, historical, and architectural site features, including, but not limited to, architecturally or historically significant buildings, wetlands, topography, and wooded areas.
(d) Impact upon Public Services. Utility services must not exceed the existing or planned capacity of such services and must be developed in the best interest of the public health, safety, and welfare of the community. The development must be designed and located so that public services, including streets and sidewalks, police and fire protection, and public schools have sufficient capacity to properly serve the development, and so that such services will not be adversely affected by the proposed development.
(e) Vehicular Access and Circulation. The vehicular circulation system must be in the best interest of the public health, safety, and welfare in regards to on-site circulation, on-site parking, the overall circulation of the neighborhood and community, egress/ingress to the site, vehicular turning movements related to parking areas, loading areas, street intersections, street gradient, site distance and hazards to the normal flow of traffic both on- and off-site, as referenced in Chapter 1220
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(f) Parking and Loading. The parking pattern proposed shall be in the best interest of the public health, safety, and welfare regarding size, layout and quantity, and the location of parking and loading facilities will not be detrimental to nearby developments, properties, or public streets.
(g) Pedestrian Access and Circulation. The pedestrian circulation system must be in the best interest of the public health, safety, and welfare regarding onsite circulation and the overall pedestrian circulation of the neighborhood and community.
(h) Emergency Access and Vulnerability to Hazards. All sites and buildings must be designed to allow convenient and direct emergency access of the Fire and Police Departments.
(i) Landscaping, Screening, and Buffering. Landscaping, screening and buffer areas must be appropriate and of such size, location, height and quantity to ensure the development will not be objectionable to nearby development or properties by reason of noise, fumes, flash of lights from automobiles or other lighting, interference with an adequate supply of light and air, an increase in the danger of fire, or other public safety hazard. Screening must be provided in a manner that adequately buffers adjacent land uses and screens off-street parking, mechanical appurtenances, loading zones, and storage areas from adjacent residential areas and rights-of-way.
(j) Building Design and Architecture. Building design and architecture must relate to and be harmonious with the surrounding neighborhood in terms of texture, scale, mass, proportion, materials, and color.
(k) Exterior Lighting. All exterior lighting fixtures must be designed, arranged and shielded to minimize glare and light pollution, prevent night blindness and vision impairments, and maximize security.
(Ord. 2023-01. Passed 2-7-23.)