§ 17.36

All regulations, including development and performance standards and special provisions of this title, shall apply under a specific plan or planned development zone unless specifically varied as shown on the drawings and in statements approved by the city council when adopting or amending a specific plan or planned development zone.

(Ord. 595 § 6.03(F), 1982)

17.36.020 - Fee.

A fee shall be required as specified by resolution of the city council.

(Ord. 595 § 6.03(G), 1982)

Specific plans, and amendments thereto, shall be adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 65450 et seq. of the Government Code, as written as of October 12, 1982 or thereafter amended, and this chapter. Any specific plan may be set for hearing upon order of the city council.

(Ord. 595 § 6.03(A), 1982)

A specific plan is intended to be an expansion of the Blythe General Plan and to permit flexible application on parcels of land generally exceeding fifteen acres of the use classifications, uses, standards and other regulations of this title in satisfaction of the policies of the general plan. In adopting a specific plan, the city council may require that uses conform to the site plan, architectural drawings or statements submitted in support of an application, or such modification thereof as the city council may deem necessary to protect the public health, safety and general welfare and secure the policies of the general plan.

(Ord. 595 § 6.03(B), 1982)

The owner or authorized agent of the owner shall have the right to request that the city consider a specific plan of land use for his real property. The right to request consideration of a specific plan does not imply that the plan will be approved. The city council may initiate preparation of a specific plan.

(Ord. 595 § 6.03(C)(1), 1982)

An application for a specific plan shall not be set for public hearing until all procedures to implement the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970, including the preparation of an environmental impact report, if required, have been completed.

(Ord. 595 § 6.03(C)(2), 1982)

Applications shall be made to the planning director, who shall follow procedures required for amendment to the zoning ordinance by Chapter 17.66. A fee shall be required as specified by the city council by resolution. The applicant shall supply all required information, which may include part or all of the following, depending on the nature of the plan, and shall be in the form of a text and accompanying maps, plans and exhibits:

A.

A preliminary development plan of the entire proposed development, drawn to scale, showing: land uses, density, lot design, traffic circulation, street design, private roadways, pedestrian circulation, estimated population, reservations and dedications for public uses, including schools, parks, playgrounds and open spaces, and major landscaping features. All elements and amounts to be listed shall be characterized as existing or proposed, including topography, and shall be shown only in such detail as is necessary to indicate clearly the intent or impact of development;

B.

A tabulation of land area to be devoted to various uses, including open spaces, and a calculation of the overall density and the average densities per net residential acre of the various residential areas proposed;

C.

A stage development schedule showing various units of development through completion and indicating the areas and sizes of such development phases;

D.

A statement and graphics describing the existing topography, vegetation, soil conditions and drainage of the proposed development;

E.

A statement proposing the method of maintaining and perpetuating common open areas and facilities;

F.

A description of the proposed grading program;

G.

Identification of proposed future ownership and maintenance of all streets, driveways, sidewalks, pedestrian ways, open space areas, recreation spaces, structures and facilities;

H.

Proposed use of natural features such as ponds, lakes, river beds and floodplains;

I.

Design and acreage of any golf courses and other open space features, their intended means of maintenance and whether to be public or private or semiprivate;

J.

A statement of solid waste disposal and utility service;

K.

Such additional information as may be required for a particular project.

(Ord. 630 § 3 (part), 1987; Ord. 595 § 6.03(C)(3), 1982)

17.36.080 - Specific plan—Application supplements for commercial or industrial uses.

Whenever an application is filed which includes a specific plan for commercial or industrial uses, the application shall include the following additional information:

A.

Proposed form of ownership and related application, if required;

B.

Description of basic types of uses, including their ultimate range of square footage;

C.

Market analysis;

D.

Traffic analysis;

E.

Where applicable, an analysis of the availability of employees and employee housing necessary for the proposed development;

F.

Architectural design criteria for proposed centers or a perspective rendering depicting the basic architectural theme of the project.

(Ord. 595 § 6.03(C)(4), 1982)

The planned development zone is intended to implement the policies of the Blythe General Plan by permitting flexible application on a parcel of land of one acre or larger of the use classifications, uses, standards and other regulations of this title in satisfaction of the policies of the general plan. The planned development zone shall be applied to specific properties and shown on the official zoning map in the same manner as for any other zone.

(Ord. 595 § 6.03(D), 1982)

The planned development features of the P-D zone shall be initiated by the filing of an application for a conditional use permit at the discretion of the owners or the authorized agent of owners of parcels of property for which the permit is requested. The conditional use permit shall be processed in accordance

with the requirements of Chapter 17.68 and this chapter. Applications may be required by the planning director to contain all of the information listed in Sections 17.36.050 through 17.36.080.

(Ord. 630 § 3 (part), 1987; Ord. 595 § 6.03(E) (part), 1982)

When the P-D zone is applied to properties as an amendment to the official zoning map and for those portions of the properties on which no conditional use permit is in effect, uses permitted shall be the same as those permitted under the R-M-L zone, subject to all regulations applicable in the R-M-L zone. The city council may substitute another zone for the R-M-L zone at the time the P-D zone is applied to property. A suffix shall then be added to the P-D symbol which shall be the symbol of the zone so designated by the city council. When a conditional use permit is in effect and has not lapsed or been revoked, properties shall be developed only in accordance with the provisions of such permit.

(Ord. 595 § 6.03(E) (part), 1982)

Chapter 17.38 - MOBILE HOMES OR MANUFACTURED HOUSING ON RESIDENTIAL LOTS

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