In order to safeguard and enhance the appearance and quality of development of the City, design review by the Planning Commission shall be required prior to the issuance of any building permit for single-family subdivision development, multiple-family developments, mobile home parks, individual manufactured or mobile homes, commercial or industrial establishments and public or semipublic uses.
(Ord. 2004-884; Ord. 2019-1056 § 3)
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The purpose of this article is to meet the standards, intent and other provisions as stipulated in Chapter 18.26, Design Standards of this title.
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Design review by the Planning Commission, when applicable, is included in this article to achieve the following additional purposes:
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To ensure the development, buildings or structures will conserve the values of adjacent properties and will not prove detrimental to the character of buildings or uses already established in the area.
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To ensure that the proposed development will be properly related to its site and to surrounding sites and structures, and, to prevent the erection of structures that would be inharmonious with their surroundings.
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To ensure that sites, projects and structures subject to design review are developed with due regard for the aesthetic qualities of the natural terrain and landscape, and, that trees and shrubs are not indiscriminately destroyed.
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To ensure that the design and exterior architecture of proposed structures will not be so at variance with either the design or exterior architecture of the structure already constructed or being constructed in the immediate neighborhood as to cause a substantial depreciation of property values in the neighborhood.
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To ensure that open spaces, parking areas, and landscaping are designed to enhance the visual and physical use of the property and to screen deleterious uses.
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To ensure that the proposed development complies with all of the provisions of this title.
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In performing the duties of the design review, the Planning Commission shall bar the unsightly, the inharmonious, the monotonous and the hazardous to ensure that proposed improvements will not impair the desirability of investment or occupancy nearby; however, originality in site planning, architecture, landscaping and graphic design shall not be suppressed.
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Review shall include exterior design, materials, textures, colors and means of illumination.
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The Planning Commission shall be guided by the principle of consistency in the use of material and color control, recognizing that visual interest should be created through original design rather than through the application of cosmetic ornament.
(Ord. 2004-884; Ord. 2019-1056 § 3)
In addition to meeting all of the other requirements of this title, any applicant for a building permit for the establishment of single-family subdivision developments, multiple-family development, mobile home parks, individual manufactured or mobile homes, the establishment or alteration of commercial, industrial, public or quasi-public uses, shall submit the following plans and drawings to the Community Development Department for Planning Commission review:
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A site plan, drawn to scale, showing the proposed location of structures and other improvements including, where appropriate, driveways, pedestrian walks, off-street parking areas, landscaped areas, fences and walls. The site plan shall indicate the locations of off-street parking areas including entrances and exits and the direction of traffic flow into and out of off-street parking areas.
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A landscape plan, drawn to scale, showing the locations of existing trees proposed to be retained on the site, the location and design of landscaped areas and the varieties and sizes of plant materials to be planted therein, and other landscape features including sprinkler and irrigation systems.
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Architectural drawings or sketches, drawn to scale, including floor plans in sufficient detail to permit computation of yard requirements and showing all elevations of the proposed structures as they will appear upon completion; all exterior surfacing materials and colors shall be specified.
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Accurate scale drawings of all signs indicating their size, material, color and illumination, if any.
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Grading and drainage plans.
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Such other data as may be required to permit the Planning Commission to ensure that the purposes of this section are satisfied.
(Ord. 2004-884; Ord. 2019-1056 § 3)
Design review approval shall lapse and shall be void one year following the date upon which the plans and drawings were approved unless prior to the expiration of one year a building permit is issued and construction is commenced and diligently pursued toward completion. The Community Development Director may approve a one year extension of time provided a request in writing from the applicant is received prior to the expiration.
(Ord. 2004-884; Ord. 2019-1056 § 3)
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For any property located within the Housing Element's housing sites inventory, a courtesy notice shall be mailed or delivered to all owners of real property as shown on the latest equalized assessment roll within 300 feet of the real property that is the subject of the design review.
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The project applicant shall provide all information and documentation necessary to satisfy the notice requirements of this section. The project applicant shall pay all costs associated with the notice requirements of this section.
(Ord. 2024-1110, 7/16/2024)