To stabilize and maintain the residential character of the district;
to provide a district in which a variety of housing types and unit
densities and related commercial uses may be developed through the
use of a development plan as described in this chapter; to maximize
open space; to provide, through the use of a development plan, an
improvement to the integration of the neighborhood environment beyond
that which would otherwise be created by normal zoning practices.
(Ord. 73-O-116 § 4, 1973)
Uses permitted in the “RPC” district shall be as
follows:
(1) Elevated decks, balconies and other similar structures are permitted subject to the approval of a special use permit per Section
23.81.055 in those areas developed to “R-1” standards;
(2) Public schools, parks, playgrounds;
(3) Single-family dwellings developed to the standards of Chapter
23.12;
(4) Small family day care home;
(5) Accessory dwelling units in compliance with Chapter
23.73.
(Ord. 73-O-116 § 4, 1973; Ord. 84-O-116 § 2, 1984; Ord. 94-O-116 § 1, 1994; Ord. O-2001-03 § 4, 2001; Ord. O-2019-01 § 8, 2019)
Uses permitted subject to an approved development plan as provided
in this chapter and to obtaining a use permit in the “RPC”
district shall be as follows:
(3) Churches, private schools, public utility and quasi-public buildings
and uses;
(4) Commercial office uses developed to the standards of Chapter
23.30, and neighborhood commercial uses developed to the standards of Chapter
23.33, if the planning commission determined said uses to be compatible with and integrated into the overall development plan;
(5) Multiple family dwellings, subject to the provisions of an approved
development plan as described in this chapter;
(6) Commercial-residential uses including country clubs, tennis clubs,
swimming clubs and similar recreational uses determined by the planning
commission to be of a similar or compatible nature but not including
public parks, school, parkway vistas or open space which is required
by any zoning district for a use area; and
(7) Other uses determined by the planning commission to be of a similar
or compatible nature.
(Ord. 73-O-116 § 4, 1973; Ord. 84-O-116 § 2, 1984)
(a) An application for a development plan shall be submitted for approval by the planning commission and processed as a development plan use permit pursuant to Chapter
23.87.
(b) The planning commission shall recommend the approval, conditional
approval or disapproval of the application to the city council.
(c) City council shall approve all applications.
(d) Any application for a use permit under the provisions of this chapter
shall be accompanied by the current fee as established by city council
resolution.
(Ord. 73-O-116 § 4, 1973; Ord. 80-O-105 § 1, 1980; Ord. O-2007-07 § 33, 2007)
(a) The minimum land area encompassed by a development plan shall be
150 acres.
(b) A development plan shall be disapproved by the planning commission
if more than twenty (20) percent of the minimum land area has been
developed into residential or commercial uses prior to submittal or
approval of the development plan.
(c) The planning commission may, with the concurrence of the owner/developer,
increase or decrease the 150 acres minimum land area, if it deems
such change necessary to fulfill the purpose and intent of this chapter.
(Ord. 73-O-116 § 4, 1973)
(a) The maximum mean unit density for the land area encompassed by the
development plan shall be seven point one (7.1) units per net acres.
(b) A minimum of forty-nine percent (49%) of the land area encompassed
by the development plan shall be developed with single-family residences
in accordance with the standards of the “R-1” district
and/or approved open space but not including city parks, schools,
parkway vista or open space required by other zoning districts for
any use area.
(c) The maximum density for any area of the land shall be twenty-five
(25) units per acre.
(d) Each identifiable use (that is the single-family, multiple dwelling or commercial use area) shall be developed to the standards of the applicable use district which shall be indicated on the development plan, except as provided in subsection
(e).
(e) For any use area the planning commission may, by a majority vote
of its membership, modify the standards of the zoning district applicable
to a use area. Planning commission may modify those standards only
if the commission finds that either the purpose and intent of the
standards are fulfilled elsewhere within the development plan land
area of a substantial improvement to a neighborhood environment will
result from the modification.
(f) To integrate the juncture of any two (2) different use areas, provisions
shall be made for open space or other uninhabited environmental and
recreational areas which would not normally be provided by use of
normal zoning practices. The junctures of differing use areas shall
be designed to integrate both the adjoining areas and the total area
of the development plan.
(Ord. 73-O-116 § 4, 1973; Ord. 85-O-131, 1985; Ord. 95-O-102 § 1, 1995)
An approved development plan may be modified by amendment. An
amendment to an approved development plan shall be submitted to the
planning commission as a new use permit application. The planning
commission shall recommend the approval, conditional approval or disapproval
of the amendment to city council. City council shall approve all amendment.
(Ord. 73-O-116 § 4, 1973; Ord. 80-O-105 § 2, 1980)
Minimum information shall be as follows:
(1) Statement of use areas, including:
(A) Total acreage covered by development plan;
(B) Maximum number of dwelling units proposed;
(C) Maximum proposed mean density of dwelling units for the total area
of the development plan;
(D) Maximum proposed commercial use and acreage.
(2) Indication of use area. A use area shall be defined as a parcel or
area of land that is to be developed to a specific use; that is a
single family, multiple dwelling, commercial office or neighborhood
commercial. Minimum information contained by the development plan
shall be:
(A) Location and description of separate use areas;
(B) Acreage of each use area;
(C) Maximum number of residential units to be developed in each residential
use area;
(D) Statement of the residential or commercial district standards to
which each use area is to be developed. District standards shall be
those of the “R-1,” “R-2,” “RG,”
“R-3,” “PUD,” “C-O” or “C-1”
districts.
(3) Indication of the amenities and improvements such as open space and
recreational areas in the neighborhood environment provided by use
of the residential planned community concept and development plan
that would not otherwise be provided by use of normal zoning practices.
The development plan shall indicate the location of amenities and
improvements.
(4) Statement of Anticipated Development Phasing. The development plan
shall indicate the chronological order in which individual use areas
are estimated to develop.
(5) Other information deemed necessary by the director of community development
or the planning commission to facilitate implementation of the purpose
and provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 73-O-116 § 4, 1973)