Fowler Municipal Code § 9-5.1801 Purpose

The Precise Plan Overlay District shall be applied to residential, commercial, and industrial base zoning districts designated by the General Plan or the City Council to assure that development will be superior to that which would be achieved through regulations of the base zoning district.

A. A Precise Plan Overlay District may be established after the City Council has, by resolution, found as follows:

1. That the area proposed for the Precise Plan Overlay District is suitable for uses permitted in the underlying zone district. In order to promote the public health and welfare and the orderly growth of the City, however, it would not be appropriate to so zone the area unless land uses permitted are subject to precise plan.

2. That the Precise Plan will provide benefits and safeguards equal to or greater than those provided by the underlying zone district with respect to the public health and welfare and orderly growth of the City.

A. A Precise Plan may contain regulations relating to the types of uses; location, height, and bulk of buildings; open spaces; design of streets, alleys, pedestrian ways, and parking areas; screening of uses; landscaping; and such other matters as in the determination of the Commission and Council may be necessary to accomplish purposes of this chapter.

B. The Precise Plan shall be prepared in map or written form, or a combination.

A. The Precise Plan Overlay District, the approved Precise Plan, and any amendments shall be established by resolution after the same proceedings as in the case of other changes of zone.

B. The Precise Plan Overlay District shall be designated on the zone map using the underlying zone district followed by the letter "P" and an identifying serial number that shall appear on any map, plan, or written statement in which the Precise Plan is embodied.

C. The Precise Plan Overlay District may be established at any time, either concurrently with and as a part of the proceedings for establishing or changing zoning, or with respect to any established zone.

A. The use of land and the construction, reconstruction, or structural alteration and use of buildings and structures located in a Precise Plan Overlay District shall conform with the Precise Plan, and shall also be subject to all other regulations and provisions that apply to the underlying zone district to the extent that they are not contrary to the express provisions or general intent of the Precise Plan.