Pittsburg Municipal Code § 18.36.100 Design review procedure in single-family land use districts

A. Duty to Review. The city planner shall review each application for a building permit in a single-family land use district where the proposed construction is aboveground or materially alters the existing grade; provided, however, that all wireless facilities in the public right-of-way shall be subject to Article XX (Wireless Telecommunications Facilities) of PMC Chapter 18.84. The purpose of this review is to avoid substandard development and to ensure that improvements within residential neighborhoods maintain consistent standards of design and to ensure that development is consistent with criteria adopted under PMC § 18.36.120.

B. Procedure for Review.

1. If the city planner finds that the application is consistent with the criteria adopted under PMC § 18.36.120, the city planner shall approve issuance of a building permit.

2. If the city planner finds the application is inconsistent with the criteria adopted under PMC § 18.36.120, the city planner shall advise the building inspector and the building inspector may not issue the building permit.

3. If the city planner is in doubt as to whether the application is consistent with the criteria adopted under PMC § 18.36.120, the city planner shall notify the planning commission and it shall at its next scheduled meeting act upon the application.

(Ord. 979 § 2 (Exh. A), 1990; Ord. 07-1284 § 3 (Exh. C), 2007; Ord. 16-1418 § 4 (Exh. A), 2016)

In the case of a single-family residential subdivision of five or more lots where the subdivider intends to build single-family residences and at the time of the subdivision approval process the subdivider has prepared building designs, the design review process shall be undertaken by the planning commission concurrently with the subdivision approval process.

(Ord. 979 § 2 (Exh. A), 1990; Ord. 07-1284 § 3 (Exh. C), 2007)

The planning commission shall prescribe by resolution the criteria to be used in plan review at each level of review.

(Ord. 979 § 2 (Exh. A), 1990; Ord. 07-1284 § 3 (Exh. C), 2007)