Glenn County Municipal Code § 15.49 PDC - Planned Development Commercial District

• 15.49.050 Uses Permitted By General And Specific Plans Of Development

• 15.49.060 Application Procedure For Rezoning And The General Plan Of Development

All developments proposed under the PDC district may include a proportionate amount of open space for active and passive use by the occupants of the development, whether they are merchants, employees or the general public. The amount to be provided shall be determined as follows:

1. Common Open Space. Each planned commercial development may contain one or more large areas of land permanently reserved primarily for the leisure and recreational use of all the development’s occupants or public and owned and maintained in common by the occupants.

2. Common open space may include:

   1. Land area of the site not covered by buildings, parking structures or accessory structures;

   2. Land which is accessible and available to all occupants of structures for whose use the space is intended unless such land is in a category listed below;

   3. Commonly owned recreational structures and facilities including, but not limited to, gymnasiums, tennis courts, swimming pools, picnic areas and parks.

3. Public Open Space. As an alternative, or in addition to, common open space in subsection (B) of this section, each planned commercial development may propose one or more parcels of land which would be permanently dedicated in fee to the county or other public or private agency. Such areas will be for the use of the development’s occupants in addition to the use by all county residents or for the protection of environmentally sensitive areas.

4. Required Open Space. The county may require public and/or common space in a planned commercial development at the time of approval of the general plan of development. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

• 15.49.120 Streets 15.49.130 Signs 15.49.140 Lapse Of Approval 15.49.150 Resubmittal Following Expiration

The intent and purposes of the PDC district are as follows:

1. To provide a means for encouraging creative and innovative commercial or industrial developments that are environmentally pleasing through the application of imaginative land planning techniques not permitted within other zones with fixed standards;

2. To provide for an orderly and cohesive growth, physical development pattern and the efficient delivery of county or community service;

3. To assure conformance of the project with the county general plan with respect to use, intensity, circulation, public facilities and the preservation of natural features;

4. To encourage the design of commercial planned developments for compatibility with both existing and potential land uses, including a proper functional relationship with such adjacent areas;

5. To promote an equitable distribution of public facilities. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

Applications for PDC zoning shall be for a parcel or contiguous parcels totaling one acre or more. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

1. A rezoning application to PDC shall be accompanied by a general plan of development for the entire parcel(s) unless the rezoning is publicly initiated and implements language included in an approved specific, general or community plan.

2. A conditional use permit for a specific plan of development shall be required for the portion of the parcel(s) to be developed.

3. General plans and conditional use permits for plans of development shall be approved prior to any development.

4. Ministerial permits such as grading, building and health department permits shall not be issued prior to approval of a conditional use permit for a specific plan of development. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

The following uses are permitted in any PDC district provided that such uses are not inconsistent with an approved general or specific plan of development:

1. Crop and tree farming;

2. Agricultural and residential accessory uses and accessory structures. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

The following uses shall be permitted by general and specific plans of development in the PDC district:

1. All those uses permitted or conditionally permitted in the commercial and industrial districts;

2. Day care centers, gymnasiums and health care facilities;

   3. Recreation facilities including, but not limited to, tennis courts, fitness trails, swimming pools, boat docks, marinas, playgrounds and parks. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

• 15.49.060 Application Procedure For Rezoning And The General Plan Of Development

  1. Preapplications Meeting(s). Prior to preparation of the application for rezoning and the general plan of development the applicant shall attend a preapplication meeting(s) with the planning authority staff. Purposes to be served include:

     1. To explain the purpose of the planned development commercial district;

     2. To review the project’s consistency with the county general plan,

     3. To review the county code requirements;

     4. To provide a review of the applicant’s conceptual design and development objectives.

  2. Application. Application shall be made on forms provided by the planning authority and accompanied by all fees, information and supplemental plans required by this chapter. No applications shall be accepted until the applicant has complied with subsection (A) of this section. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

1. Preapplication Meeting(s). Applicants for a conditional use permit for a specific plan of development shall attend a preapplication meeting(s) with the planning authority staff. The following shall be reviewed at the preapplication meeting:

   1. Consistency of the specific plan of development with the approved general plan of development;

   2. Review of the development standards applicable to the project.

2. Application. Application shall be made on forms provided by the planning authority and accompanied by all fees, information and supplemental plans required by this district or the subdivision ordinance. No applications shall be accepted until the applicant has complied with subsection (A) of this section. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

PDC’s may be phased if phasing is approved as part of the general plan of development. Specific plans of development and tentative and final map proposals shall conform to the phasing of the approved general plan of development. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

Net yards shall be no less than the following:

1. Front Yard. Twenty feet from front lot line, or forty-five feet from centerline of roadway, whichever is greater. Yards abutting streets are front yards.

2. Rear Yard. Twenty feet from rear lot line, except as provided below:

   1. Where the rear lot line of a lot abuts a residential zone, the minimum rear yard setback shall be fifty feet. Not less than ten feet abutting the rear lot line shall be landscaped and permanently maintained. A six-foot-high solid masonry wall shall be required ten feet from the rear lot line.

3. Side Yard. Ten feet from side lot lines, except as provided below:

   1. Where the side lot line of a lot abuts a residential zone, the minimum side yard setback shall be fifty feet. Not less than ten feet abutting the side lot line shall be landscaped and permanently maintained. A six-foot masonry wall shall also be required ten feet from the side lot line and shall not exceed three feet in height when extending into any required front yard. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

1. Internal Access. All commercial planned development proposals shall ensure that internal circulation systems are properly designed to serve the different types of proposed land uses, accommodate expected traffic flows, provide adequate emergency access to all buildings and structures, and provide for safe and convenient pedestrian access, whether the project is partially or fully implemented. In addition, the following access requirements shall apply:

   1. At least two different routes of entrance and exit for emergency vehicles shall be provided where streets are longer than eight hundred feet;

   2. Cul-de-sacs shall be limited to one thousand feet in length and shall be terminated by a turnaround not less than eighty feet in diameter.

2. External Access. The planning commission shall review development applications to ensure that projected traffic increases resulting from the project, when partially and fully implemented, will not significantly impact connecting streets, roads and existing and proposed land uses outside the project perimeter. The applicant shall propose measures acceptable to the county to reduce significant impacts to existing road networks or land uses outside the development itself. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

1. All internal streets, roads and drives serving the development shall be designed and constructed to county road improvement and design standards.

2. The use of private streets within planned commercial developments may be permitted. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

1. Signs shall be governed by the provisions of Chapter 15.62.

2. There shall be a common theme to the signing of the development. The theme should include some identifiable common element or elements such as dimension, construction material, color scheme, lighting or lettering style. All signs in the development shall be integral components of the common theme. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

1. A general plan of development shall expire two years after its date of approval unless an application has been filed with the planning authority for a conditional use permit for specific plan of development prior to plan expiration, or a time extension has been approved prior to the date of the general plan of development expiration. The planning commission may, upon good cause shown, grant a time extension for one year.

2. The conditional use permit for a specific plan of development shall expire five years after approval unless, prior to the expiration date, substantial physical construction has been completed on the development or a time extension has been approved. The planning commission or board of supervisors may, upon good cause shown, grant a time extension for one year. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

After a general plan or a conditional use permit for a specific plan of development expires, a new general plan or conditional use permit for a specific plan of development application and fee must be submitted for reconsideration. The new application shall be subject to the same procedures and approval as the original application. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)