Unless otherwise specified herein, the development of the Valley West Mall PUD shall comply with the provisions of the city code.
Whereas, Title 9 of the City Code includes Chapter 9, Planned Unit Development district and establishes certain regulations and guidelines pertaining to accompanying information required on plat and site plan documents. Now, therefore, the following development criteria, conditions, restrictions, and regulations are adopted as part of this approval, to wit:
A. General Conformance to Subdivision Ordinance: All subdivision, streets, street rights of way, infrastructure and general development shall adhere to the standards and design criteria set forth in the West Des Moines subdivision ordinances and the most current design standards adopted by the City of West Des Moines pertaining thereto unless otherwise stated within this ordinance.
B. General Conformance to Zoning Ordinance: Unless otherwise specified herein, the development of the PUD shall comply with Title 9, "Zoning", of the city code or any other applicable codes. As previously indicated, in conjunction with the submittal and approval of the master redevelopment concept plan, this PUD will be amended to define the specifics of modified use and site development code provisions necessary to enable the implementation of the master plan concept.
C. Improvements: Unless otherwise provided for in a City Council approved development agreement, the developer, its successors and/or assigns, if any, shall pay all planning, engineering, and construction costs for the development of property within the PUD as required by this ordinance and approved master plan, plats and/or site plans.
No final occupancy permits shall be issued until all necessary improvements applicable to the area/lot or structure requesting occupancy are installed and accepted by the City of West Des Moines.
Nothing in this ordinance shall be construed to prevent the developer, its successors and/or assigns, if any, from entering into private agreement(s) as it/they may desire to share the cost of improvements.
D. Traffic Impact Study: As part of the review of the required master redevelopment concept plan, a Traffic Impact Study (TIS) will be required. Said study will be completed by city staff with the costs for the study being the responsibility of the developer/property owner/applicant. Unless otherwise modified by the City Council, site development shall comply with recommendations stated within the TIS, including but not limited to, access drive locations and spacing, implementation of turn-lanes and other traffic management measures, minimum throat distances of access drives, and traffic signalization.
E. Internal Pedestrian Connections: To allow and encourage pedestrian movement between uses and areas within the development, as well as pedestrian from other areas within the University Avenue corridor, an internal pedestrian sidewalk network connecting all lots, uses and buildings within the development, as well as connecting to public trail(s) and/or sidewalk(s) adjacent to bordering roadways shall be required. For safety, pedestrian pathways shall be physically separated from vehicular drives. To enhance pedestrian comfort and extend use into the evening hours, amenities such as trees, lighting, benches, trash receptacles and other pedestrian amenities shall be incorporated along the pedestrian pathways.
F. Fire Access:
1. All access drives, internal drive aisles and parking lots shall permit the travel of the fire department's largest vehicle, including adequate accommodation of the vehicle's turning needs. Approval of unique design solutions to accommodate fire access may be granted by the city council if the solutions proposed are recommended by the West Des Moines Fire Department.
2. At the discretion of the City's Fire Marshal, "no parking fire lane" areas may be established as necessary to ensure efficient movement and access of the fire trucks. The developer shall be responsible for the procurement and erection of approved fire lane signage.
3. A minimum of fourteen feet (14') of vertical clearance over the travel portion of all vehicle travel ways shall be maintained at all times.
4. The property owner or its designee shall be responsible for enforcement of designated no parking lanes and maintaining adequate clearance of structures and vegetation along and above all vehicle travel ways regardless of whether public or private.
5. Adequate fire accesses as determined by the City's Fire Marshal shall be provided at all times to those areas under construction.
G. Visual Screening of Negative Site Elements:
1. Trash receptacles and dumpsters shall be screened by the use of a permanent enclosure. Enclosures shall be constructed consistent with city code title 9, chapter 10 and when possible, be designed as an extension of the primary structure versus a stand-alone structure. The enclosure should be landscaped to minimize the visual presence and impact of the structure on surrounding properties, businesses, and internal and external roadways.
2. All heating, ventilation, or air conditioning (HVAC) units, utility meters, or similar electrical or mechanical equipment shall be adequately screened from ground level views from adjacent roadways, internal PUD drive aisles and adjacent properties within or outside of the development. Said screening shall be achieved through the use of architectural enclosures, fencing and/or earthen berming in combination with landscaping consisting of predominately evergreen material for year-round screening. Screening via earthen berming and vegetation shall be of sufficient height to screen the equipment day one.
3. All rooftop mechanical units shall be screened from ground level views from adjacent roadways, I-235, internal PUD drive aisles and adjacent properties within or outside of the development. Said screening shall be achieved through the use of architecturally incorporated opaque screen walls, raised parapet walls, penthouse features, or other opaque measure comprised of materials consistent with the associated primary structure.
4. Buildings shall not be located or designed to expose loading docks, overhead doors or the rear of buildings to public streets and or residential within the development unless appropriately screened from view.
5. Ground level views from adjacent public roadways, internal PUD drive aisles and adjacent properties within or outside of the development of off-street parking areas and service and loading areas shall be adequately screened. Said screening shall be achieved through the use of free-standing decorative walls or earthen berming to a minimum height of three feet (3') in combination with landscaping, preferably evergreen material for year-round screening. (Ord. 2615, 7-17-2024)