McFarland Municipal Code Ch. 17.132 P-D Zones and P-D Plans

A precise development zone may be established for any area which is suitable for the type of uses provided for in the zones defined in this title, if the area is so located with respect to surrounding zoned area uses and conditions that said uses may not, in the opinion of the city council and the planning commission, be established therein without being detrimental to the public health, safety and welfare, and without being detrimental or injurious to property or improvements within the vicinity unless a precise plan therefor has been approved by the planning commission with respect to the matters set forth in this section as follows: the location, height and bulk of buildings and other improvements; traffic control; arrangement, design and dimensions of streets, alleys and parking areas; screening of uses from visibility from adjacent areas of public highways by fencing or landscaping; and such other matters as in the opinion of the planning commission may be necessary to accomplish the aforestated purposes.

(Ord. 109 § 30.00, 1969)

A precise development zone shall be established in the same manner as other zones created under this title are established, and the uses permitted in such zone shall be by reference to any one of the zones established in this title, in which case the permitted uses shall be as provided for the zone of reference. When such a zone has been established it shall be designated in the official zone map by appropriate symbol for the zone of reference followed with the letters "P-D" (for example, C-2 P-D). No P-D zone shall be established, nor shall any precise plan be adopted therefor, except upon the written request of all owners of all property to be located therein.

(Ord. 109 § 30.01, 1969)

No permit shall be issued for the grading of land, nor for the construction, erection or moving in of any building or structure, nor for the use of any land in a P-D zone until a P-D (precise development) plan therefor has been approved by the planning commission.

(Ord. 109 § 30.02, 1969)

A. The precise plan for a P-D zone may be adopted simultaneously with and as a part of the same proceeding for the establishment of such zone or by separate proceeding commenced any time after the establishment of the zone. Action for adoption of a P-D plan shall be commenced by submission of the original linen of a P-D plan to the planning department. The P-D plan shall include:

1. A plot plan of the proposed development drawn to scale showing the boundaries of the property, topography and a proposed grading plan; the width, location and names of surrounding streets; the location, dimensions and uses on adjacent property of all existing buildings within fifty feet of the boundary line of the subject property; the location, dimensions, ground floor area and uses of all existing and proposed buildings and structures on the subject property; landscaping; parking areas, including the size and number of the stalls and the internal circulation pattern; signs, including location, size and height; pedestrian, vehicular and service ingress and egress; location, height and material of walls and fences; and other specific uses of the property.

2. Statistical information including the following:

a. Acreage or square footage in the property.

b. Height, ground floor area and total floor area.

c. Number of dwelling units in each building.

d. Building coverage expressed as a percent of the total area of the property.

e. Parking ratio expressed as the ratio of the number of dwelling units to the area devoted to the off-street parking stalls, parking aisles and driveways, but excluding walkways, landscaped areas and unused land.

f. Area of land devoted to landscaping and/or open space usable for recreation purposes and its percentage of the total land area.

B. Upon receipt of a P-D plan the planning commission will schedule the plan for consideration by the planning commission at the next earliest commission meeting at which it is estimated by the planning commission, the reports of the city departments concerned will be ready for presentation to the commission. Not less than ten days before the date of planning commission consideration of the plan, written notice of the time and place of planning commission consideration shall be given to the applicant and to the owners of all property within three hundred feet of the exterior boundaries of the property included in the proposed P-D plan. The planning commission shall correlate city departmental recommendations and shall consider the plan and shall approve, conditionally approve, or reject the proposed plan. The P-D plan as approved or conditionally approved shall be retained as a permanent record of the planning commission.

C. 1.

A conditional approval may specify the limits within which the dimensions shown on the P-D plan may vary. The planning commission's action shall be final subject to appeal to the city council. Upon approval or conditional approval of the P-D plan permits may be issued for grading, uses and buildings and structures which are in conformity with the approved P-D plan and the conditions imposed.

2. No grading shall be commenced nor shall any building or structure be erected, moved, altered, enlarged or rebuilt on property in a P-D zone except in substantial conformity with the approved P-D plan and the conditions. "Substantial conformity" shall be determined by the building inspector, or in case of any disagreement with the developer, by the planning commission.

3. Revised P-D plans may be submitted and processed in the same manner as the original P-D plan. When approved, the revised plan shall automatically supersede any previously approved plan.

(Ord. 109 § 30.03, 1969)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2-2025, § 2, adopted May 14, 2025, repealed § 17.132.050, which pertained to nonconforming uses—conflicts and derived from Ord. 109 § 30.04, adopted in 1969.

The filing fee for a precise development zone is seventy-five dollars.

(Ord. 176 § 2, 1979: Ord. 109 § 30.05, 1969)