Alameda Municipal Code § 30-38 Special Provisions

No building permit, license, certificate, entitlement or other approval shall be issued or given by the City or by any department thereof with respect to any improvement subject to Design Review until the design of the improvement has been approved as in this article provided. No occupancy certificate or similar approval shall be issued or given for any improvement subject to Design Review hereunder unless and until the Planning Director has certified such improvement has been completed in accordance with a design approved in accordance with this article.

(Ord. No. 1716 N.S.)

Any improvement constructed, located, repaired, altered or maintained in violation of the provisions hereof is hereby declared to be unlawful and a public nuisance, abatable in the manner provided for elsewhere in this Code or in the general law.

(Ord. No. 1716 N.S.)

Insofar as permitted by law, or by the agency involved, the Design Review Staff shall review the design of all improvements to be constructed by any public district or any governmental agency. Such review shall be in accordance with the factors and criteria set out hereinabove, following which the staff shall submit a written report of its recommendation and comments to the body proposing to construct the improvements.

(Ord. No. 1716 N.S.; Ord. No. 1983)

Nothing in this article shall be construed to exempt any person or entity from compliance with any requirement of any other regulation or ordinance, nor to amend any such other ordinance.

(Ord. No. 1716 N.S.)

It shall be the duty of the Design Review Staff to prepare a Design Review Manual that will provide guidance to applicants seeking to comply with subsection 30-37.5a of this article. The Manual may separate residential, commercial and industrial uses by sections or constitute a separate Manual for each of the uses. Graphic illustrations may be used as examples of good or bad design and such examples need not be limited to improvements within the City. The Manual may be revised as experience dictates and examples of approved projects considered successful by the staff should be included therein. Copies of the Manual shall be made available to the public in the Planning Director's office. The City Council may review the manual at such times as it deems appropriate and approve or disapprove any part thereof.

(Ord. No. 1716 N.S.; Ord. No. 1983 N.S.)