Colfax Municipal Code Ch. 17.88 Planned Developments

The purpose of the planned development is to allow diversification in the relationships of uses, building design, placement and open spaces in planned building groups, thus ensuring substantial compliance with the intent of the district regulations and other provisions of this title relating to the public health, safety and general welfare and at the same time securing the advantages of large scale site planning for residential, commercial and industrial developments or combinations thereof.

(Ord. No. 519, 8-8-2012)

No planned development shall have an area of less than one acre.

(Ord. No. 519, 8-8-2012)

Applications for planned developments which will require a change in zoning districts shall be accompanied by an application for an amendment to the provisions of this title. Applications for planned developments shall also be accompanied by a planned development plan, showing the uses, dimensions and locations of the proposed structures and of the areas to be reserved for vehicular and pedestrian circulation, parking, public uses, such as schools and playgrounds, landscaping and other open spaces and architectural drawings and sketches demonstrating the general design and character of the proposed uses and the physical relationship of the uses. Such other pertinent information, including the density of the dwelling units, coverage and open space characteristics, shall be included as may be necessary to make a determination that the contemplated arrangement of buildings and uses makes it desirable to apply regulations and requirements differing from those ordinarily applicable pursuant to the provisions of this title.

(Ord. No. 519, 8-8-2012)

Subject to the review and approval of the planning commission, planned developments in the agricultural (A), single-family residence (R-1) and multi-family residence (R-M) districts may include any use listed as a permitted, accessory or conditional use in any of such districts as set forth in Chapters 17.68 and 17.72 of this title. Incidental to such residential uses, limited commercial development may be permitted in the amount of not more than one thousand two hundred (1,200) square feet of commercial floor area for each fifty (50) dwelling units within the planned unit development.

(Ord. No. 519, 8-8-2012)

Subject to the review and approval of the planning commission, planned developments in the retail commercial (C-R) and highway commercial (C-H) districts may include any use permitted by the provisions of Section 17.88.040 of this chapter, plus any use listed as a permitted, accessory or conditional use in any of such districts as set forth in Chapter 17.76 of this title.

(Ord. No. 519, 8-8-2012)

Subject to the review and approval of the planning commission, planned developments in the industrial district (I) may include any use listed as a permitted, accessory or conditional use in such district as set forth in Chapter 17.80 of this title.

(Ord. No. 519, 8-8-2012)

The approval authority for planned developments is the planning commission. In approving a planned development permit, the planning commission must make the findings set forth in subsection 17.40.070H.

(Ord. No. 519, 8-8-2012)

Upon reviewing applications for proposed planned developments, the planning commission shall consider the following principles:

A. That it is the intent of this chapter that site and building plans prepared for a planned development shall be prepared by a designer or team of designers having professional competence related to the use proposed in the application. The planning commission may require the applicant to engage such a qualified designer or design team; and

B. That it is not the intent of this chapter that control of the design of a planned development by the planning commission be so rigidly exercised that individual initiative shall be stifled and substantial additional expense incurred; rather, it is the intent of this chapter that the control exercised be the minimum necessary to achieve the purposes of this title.

(Ord. No. 519, 8-8-2012)