Article VI — Implementation

The financing and maintenance plan for the Arboreta specific plan will ensure the timely completion of public facilities, streets, utilities, and other necessary capital improvements as well as the proper maintenance of these facilities.

Table 3, Financing and Maintenance Plan, which follows, indicates the parties responsible for construction, financing and maintaining the public improvements proposed by the specific plan.

Notes:

• 1 All streets are private except for the initial portion of the primary community entry road, as indicated on the tentative map. This portion will be dedicated to and maintained by the city.

• 2 Neighborhood park design plans shall be reviewed by the master homeowner association.

• (Ord. 1835 § 2 Exh. A, 2006)

Applications for modifications to existing structures must be reviewed and approved by city of Glendora department of planning and redevelopment through either a design review or development plan review process.

Applications for both design review and development plan review shall be submitted to the city of Glendora department of planning and redevelopment with the processing fee as established by city council resolution and all required plan and information.

• A. Design Review. The design review process is a discretionary process conducted by the director of planning and redevelopment. Applications for all lattice covered patio structures, pools, spas, outdoor fireplaces, fire pits and built in barbecues and front porch improvements to individual residential units conforming to specific plan development standards and design guidelines shall be submitted to the director for review and approval. The director shall approve the application based upon evidence of substantial conformance with specific plan development standards and design guidelines.

• B. Appeals. All decisions of the director of planning and redevelopment concerning the applications shall be final unless appealed to the planning commission. All appeals shall be filed in writing with the director within ten days of the action of the director of planning and redevelopment. The director shall schedule the matter for consideration at a regularly scheduled meeting of the planning commission held within thirty days of receiving the written appeal.

• C. Building Permits. No building permits shall be issued until the planning director, director of planning and redevelopment or the planning commission on appeal has approved the application.

• (Ord. 1835 § 2 Exh. A, 2006)

The enforcement of the provisions of this specific plan shall be the following:

• A. The director of planning shall be responsible for interpreting and enforcing the site development standards and design guidelines set forth herein.

(Ord. 1835 § 2 Exh. A, 2006)

• A. Requirements and Procedures. This specific plan may be amended at any time in the same manner and by the same process by which the plan was originally adopted. The city's standard environmental review procedures shall be followed.

• B. Administrative Actions. The planning director, subject to appeal to the planning commission, may make minor modifications to provisions in the specific plan administratively. Such amendments do not require additional environmental review. These changes include but are not limited to:

  1. The addition of new information to the specific plan maps or text that does not change the effect of any concepts or regulations.

  2. Changes to the community infrastructure such as drainage, streets, water, and sewer systems which do not increase the development capacity in the specific plan area, decrease the development by more than twenty percent, or alter the major design concepts of the specific plan.

  3. Boundary adjustments, easement locations and minor design feature changes.

  4. Phasing adjustments.

  5. Other items determined to be appropriate by the planning director.

• C. Formal Amendments. All specific plan modifications which do not meet the criteria of an administrative action, shall be deemed to require a formal amendment to the approved specific plan. All formal amendments shall be reviewed for approval by the planning commission and city council.

Whether classified as administrative or formal amendments, all such changes to the specific plan shall reflect the same comprehensive analysis which was undertaken in the adoption of the specific plan and may require additional environmental review. The amendment application shall satisfy the following criteria:

1. Demonstrate that the proposed amendment meets the goals and objectives of the specific plan and general plan.

2. Ensure that any impacts from the amendment can be satisfactorily mitigated.

3. Provide a strikeout/underline copy of the specific plan text when changes are proposed and update any specific plan exhibits affected by the proposed amendment.

4. Update any specific plan technical studies and/or provide additional environmental studies deemed necessary by the planning director and/or other city officials.

• (Ord. 1835 § 2 Exh. A, 2006)

The Arboreta project is anticipated to be completed in one major development phase. Grading and infrastructure improvements are anticipated to be completed in one phase. In the event more than one phase of development is necessary, a phasing plan shall be submitted for review and approval by the director of planning. (Ord. 1835 § 2 Exh. A, 2006)