2015-26ORDINANCE NO. 2015-26
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 110, ARTICLE X, SECTION 110-671,673
AND 680 TO ALLOW SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS IN THE RESIDENTIAL PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Fairfax, Virginia, that Chapter
110, Article X, of the Code of the City of Fairfax, is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 110-671. Permitted uses—By right.
The following uses are permitted by right in the RPD residential planned development
district subject to the review and approval specified in this article:
(1) By right uses permitted in the R-3 residential district;
(2) Single-family attached dwellings, provided that each building group shall contain no
more than fouf--41MgM such dwellings;
(3) Rental or leasing of residential dwellings for occupancy by persons who are not the
owners, provided that the property owner shall have obtained a certificate of
occupancy for rental use from the zoning administrator pursuant to section 110-367:
(4) Home telecommuting.
Sec. 110-672. - Same—With special use permit.
The following uses may be permitted in RPD residential planned development district
with a special use permit as provided in article II, division 13 of this chapter:
1 Uses permitted by special use permit in the R-3 residential district;
2Multifamily dwellings:
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Sec. 110-673. Bulk and lot area requirements.
Bulk and lot area requirements in the RPD residential planned development district shall
be as follows:
(1) Area. No minimum tract area is specified, subject to the application of the standards
set forth in section 110-675
(2) Setbacks. An open space area at least 25 feet in width shall be provided around the
perimeter of each RPD develepmen.t. district. Setbacks for individual lots within the
development shall be determined in accordance with the standards established in
section 110-675; provided, however, that each lot within the development shall have
a minimum front yard of 20 feet and a minimum rear yard of 20 feet, unless modified
through the application of section 110-678
(3) Height. The height of structures shall be compatible with adjacent developments and
consistent with the character of the general area, but shall not exceed three stories or
35 feet.
(4) Coverage. The maximum permitted coverage by all impervious surfaces shall be 50
percent of the gross tract area. Area used for swimming pools, bathhouses, tennis
courts and other hard -surfaced outdoor recreational space, to the extent that is does
not exceed five percent of the gross tract area, shall not be calculated as covered
area. Within the development, a contiguous common or public open space area shall
be provided consisting of at least ten percent of the gross tract area.
(5) Density. The maximum permitted density shall be as indicated on the city's future
land use map in conjunction with the application of criteria contained in the
comprehensive plan.
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Sec. 110-674. - Procedures.
(a) Preliminary submission. A potential applicant who wishes to apply for change of
zoning of property to the RPD district may, in advance of filing an official application,
submit a conceptual plan to the director of community development and planning (the
director) and request a hearing before a joint public meeting of the city council and the
planning commission for the purpose of guidance and comment concerning proposed
development. No official action or commitments shall be made by either the planning
commission or the city council at such meeting.
(b) Official submission. In addition to the general filing requirements for all applications
for change of zoning, the applicant shall submit the following:
(1) General development plan. The general development plan shall indicate the
following:
a. Total site area.
b. Proposed land use in each of the following categories: detached single-
family residential, attached single-family residential, open space and other
uses.
c. Proposed lot arrangements, building locations, uses, setbacks, building
heights, gross density and number of dwelling units.
d. Proposed schedule of development.
e. Proposed site coverage by impervious surfaces.
f. Proposed number of parking spaces and the location and dimensions of all
parking areas.
g. Proposed methods of landscaping and screening.
h. Proposed methods of internal circulation, ingress and egress and vehicle trip
generation estimates.
i. Existing topography at five-foot minimum contour intervals.
j. Proposed improvements within adjacent public rights-of-way.
k. Proposed locations and dimensions of pedestrian walkways and bicycle
trails.
1. Proposed location and area of common and public open spaces.
(2) Covenants. The developer shall provide for and establish an organization or other
legal entity for the perpetual ownership and maintenance of any common open
space and other uncovered areas designated on the general development plan,
including pedestrian ways, play lots, swimming pools, bathhouses, tennis courts,
parking lots and roads. Such organization shall be created by covenants running
with the land, and such covenants shall be submitted as an attachment to the
rezoning application and shall be subject to approval by the city attorney and the
city council.
(3) Additional information. In addition to the information required above, the
applicant shall submit a study of the anticipated revenues to the city, the cost to
the city to maintain and serve the proposed development, and other pertinent
information pertaining to the economic feasibility of the proposed development.
Such study shall be consistent with the format provided by the director.
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(c) Review and approval of general development plan. Upon determination by the director
that the content of the general development plan is complete in accordance with the
above requirements, the plan and application shall be evaluated by the city staff and
submitted to the planning commission with its comments and recommendations.
The planning commission shall promptly consider the general development plan and
the rezoning application and hold a public hearing thereon in accordance with the
standards set forth in this article and in accordance with the provisions contained in the
Code of Virginia.
Within 90 days of receipt by the planning commission of the general development plan
and application for rezoning, the planning commission shall transmit the plan and
application to the city council with a recommendation for approval, approval with
modification or disapproval of such plan.
The city council shall consider the general development plan and application for rezoning
and hold a public hearing thereon in accordance with the standards set forth in this article
and in accordance with the provisions contained in the Code of Virginia.
The city council shall approve, approve with modifications or disapprove the general
development plan and application for rezoning within 30 days after a public hearing
thereon, upon determination that such plan complies with the standards set forth in this
article. In approving a plan, the city council may establish conditions or require
modifications to ensure compliance with such standards, and may further waive or
modify subdivision requirements otherwise applicable to the development when such
waiver or modification is not in conflict with such standards.
If a general development plan is disapproved by the city council, the application for
rezoning shall be deemed to be denied. If a general development plan is approved with
modifications, the city council may continue the public hearing on the rezoning
application to a date certain to permit the applicant to amend the general development
plan in accordance with such modifications.
(d) Procedure for final site plans. Approval of the application for rezoning and general
development plan shall constitute authority for the applicant to prepare final site plans
in accordance with the standards established below and in conformity with the
approved general development plan. Approval of such final site plans shall be in
accordance with article II, division 4 of this chapter (site plans), except as follows:
(1) Separate final site plans shall be submitted for each development stage or unit as
set forth on the approved general development plan.
(2) A final site plan for a particular development stage or unit other than the first
shall not be approved until the final site plan has been approved for the
immediately preceding stage or unit.
(3) Minor deviations from the general development plan shall be permitted in the
final site plan if the director determines that such deviations are necessary due to
requirements of topography, drainage, structural safety or vehicular circulation,
and such deviations will not materially alter the character of the approved general
development plan. In no case shall such deviations include the elimination of any
building shown or the addition of any building not shown on the approved
general development plan. Neither shall such deviations increase the density or
alter the height or setback limitations. Any changes not authorized by this
subsection shall require resubmission of the general development plan in
accordance with the procedures contained in this article.
(4) If a final site plan is not approved within 18 months from the date of approval of
the general development plan, approval of the general development plan and
consequent authority to submit a final site plan shall terminate, and development
shall require resubmission of a general development plan in accordance with the
procedures contained in this article.
Sec. 110-675. - Standards.
The following standards shall be applied in the evaluation of the rezoning application
and general development plan in the RPD residential planned development district:
(1) The development shall afford adequate protection to adjacent and surrounding
properties, provide harmonious internal development, provide safe and efficient
internal circulation and ingress and egress, shall be designed so that development
will not adversely affect the health, safety or general welfare of persons residing
or working in the proximity. In addition, the development shall not be
detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to property or improvements in the
neighborhood, and shall be in accord with the purposes of this chapter and the
comprehensive plan.
(2) The area included within any single RPD district shall be sufficient in size to
justify planned development of the entire area as a unit in furtherance of the
purposes of this chapter. The minimum area required may vary from case to case
in order to ensure compliance with these standards and to promote the objectives
of this chapter.
(3) The permitted height of buildings, required setbacks from property lines and
required distances between structures within the RPD development shall be
determined in the context of the general development plan as a whole, adjacent
buildings and uses, the guidance provided by the comprehensive plan and the
standards contained in this article. The maximum heights permitted and the
minimum setbacks required may vary from case to case in order to ensure
compliance with these standards and to promote the objectives of this chapter.
(4) Fences, walls or vegetative screening shall be provided at the perimeter of RPD
developments where necessary to screen improvements, glare, uses or other
influences which may have an adverse impact either on the proposed
development or on adjacent property.
(5) Principal vehicular access to RPD development shall be from streets capable of
supporting the traffic that will be generated by the planned development. Access
points shall be designed to provide efficient traffic flow with controlled turning
movements and minimize hazard to vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Merging and
turnout lanes and traffic dividers shall be provided where existing and anticipated
heavy flows of traffic indicate such need.
(6) Pedestrian access shall be arranged to provide safe and convenient routes to and
from the planned development. Pedestrian access routes within the development
need not be located adjacent to or in the vicinity of vehicular access routes.
(7) On-site paths shall be provided in accord with the city's existing and proposed
bikeway and pedestrian systems.
(8) Vehicular and pedestrian traffic visibility shall be preserved so that no
impediment or visibility between 2% and seven feet above centerline grades shall
exist at the intersection of any street within a planned development or at its
perimeter, within the triangle beginning at the intersection of right-of-way edges
(projected if round corners exist), thence 50 feet along such edges, then along the
line connecting those two points.
Sec. 110-676. - Subdivision.
Nothing in this article shall prohibit the subdivision of land within an RPD district for
purpose of sale; provided, however, that any owner proposing to subdivide property wholly or
partly within an RPD district shall produce satisfactory evidence that such subdivision will
not violate any of the standards contained in this chapter. Requirements pertaining to the
submittal and approval of preliminary subdivision plats are hereby waived, provided that the
final subdivision plats are consistent with the approved general development plan. Covenant
documents ensuring the continued common use of all common areas identified on the general
development plan shall be approved by the city attorney and recorded among the land records
of the county at the time the approved final subdivision plat is recorded.
Sec. 110-677. - Improvements.
All uses permitted in the RPD residential planned development district are subject to the
installation of curbs, gutters, storm drainage structures, sidewalks, entrances and exists, and
approval thereof by the director of public works.
Sec. 110-678. -Variance.
Where by reason of exceptional shape or area, exceptional topographic conditions,
conditions created by a condemnation, or other extraordinary or exceptional situation or
condition, where the application of any requirement of this chapter would result in peculiar
and exceptional practical difficulty or hardship upon the developer or owner of property in the
RPD residential planned development district, the planning commission may recommend and
the city council shall have the power to grant a variance from any requirements of this chapter
to relieve such difficulties or hardships, provided such relief can be granted without
substantially impairing the intent and purpose of this chapter. The board of zoning appeals
shall have no authority to vary the provisions of this chapter as they relate to the RPD district.
Sec. 110-679. - Amendments to final site plan.
(a) An amendment to the approved final site plan may be permitted by the city council
upon application submitted by the owner or contract owner of the lot to which the
amendment is applicable. Such amendment shall not materially alter the final site plan,
eliminate any building shown on the approved final site plan, add any building not
shown on the approved final site plan, increase the density, alter the height or setback
limitations, be contrary to the public interest, impair the intent or purpose of this
chapter or have a significant adverse affect on any property adjacent to the lot to which
the amendment is applicable.
(b) An application for such an amendment shall be submitted to the director and heard by
the city council at a public hearing. The hearing shall be advertised and the lot posted
in the same manner as a rezoning application.
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Councilmember Loftus
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Councilmember Schmidt
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Secs. 110-681-110-700. - Reserved.
This ordinance shall be effective as provided by law.
City Council hearing: May 26, 2015
Adopted: May 26, 2015
This ordinance shall become effective as provided by law.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Votes
Councilman DeMarco
Aye
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Aye
Councilmember Loftus
Aye
Secs. 110-681-110-700. - Reserved.
This ordinance shall be effective as provided by law.
City Council hearing: May 26, 2015
Adopted: May 26, 2015
This ordinance shall become effective as provided by law.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Votes
Councilman DeMarco
Aye
Councilman Greenfield
Aye
Councilmember Loftus
Aye
Y.
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Nay
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Secs. 110-681-110-700. - Reserved.
This ordinance shall be effective as provided by law.
City Council hearing: May 26, 2015
Adopted: May 26, 2015
This ordinance shall become effective as provided by law.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Votes
Councilman DeMarco
Aye
Councilman Greenfield
Aye
Councilmember Loftus
Aye
Councilman Meyer
Nay
Councilmember Miller
Aye
Councilmember Schmidt
Aye
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Mayor
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ORDINANCE NO.2014� Z(o
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 110, ARTICLE X, SECTION 110-671,673
AND 680 TO ALLOW SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS IN THE RESIDENTIAL PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Fairfax, Virginia, that
Chapter 110, Article X, of the Code of the City of Fairfax, is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 110-671. Permitted uses—By right.
The following uses are permitted by right in the RPD residential planned development
district subject to the review and approval specified in this article:
(1) By right uses permitted in the R-3 residential district;
(2) Single-family attached dwellings, provided that each building group shall contain no
more than fouf-MiReM such dwellings;
(3) Rental or leasing of residential dwellings for occupancy by persons who are not the
owners, provided that the property owner shall have obtained a certificate of occupancy
for rental use from the zoning administrator pursuant to section 110-367;
(4) Home telecommuting.
• Sec. 110-672. - Same—With special use permit.
The following uses may be permitted in RPD residential planned development district with
a special use permit as provided in article II, division 13 of this chapter:
W1 Uses permitted by special use permit in the R-3 residential district;
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Sec. 110-673. Bulk and lot area requirements.
Bulk and lot area requirements in the RPD residential planned development district shall be
as follows:
(1) Area. No minimum tract area is specified, subject to the application of the standards set
forth in section 110-675
(2) Setbacks. An open space area at least 25 feet in width shall be provided around the
perimeter of each RPD develep district. Setbacks for individual lots within the
development shall be determined in accordance with the standards established in section
110-675; provided, however, that each lot within the development shall have a
minimum front yard of 20 feet and a minimum rear yard of 20 feet, unless modified
through the application of section 110-678
(3) Height. The height of structures shall be compatible with adjacent developments and
consistent with the character of the general area, but shall not exceed three stories or 35
feet.
(4) Coverage. The maximum permitted coverage by all impervious surfaces shall be 50
percent of the gross tract area. Area used for swimming pools, bathhouses, tennis courts
and other hard -surfaced outdoor recreational space, to the extent that is does not exceed
five percent of the gross tract area, shall not be calculated as covered area. Within the
development, a contiguous common or public open space area shall be provided
consisting of at least ten percent of the gross tract area.
(5) Density. The maximum permitted density shall be as indicated on the city's future land
use map in conjunction with the application of criteria contained in the comprehensive
plan.
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• Sec. 110-674. - Procedures.
(a) Preliminary submission. A potential applicant who wishes to apply for change of zoning
of property to the RPD district may, in advance of filing an official application, submit a
conceptual plan to the director of community development and planning (the director) and
request a hearing before a joint public meeting of the city council and the planning
commission for the purpose of guidance and comment concerning proposed development.
No official action or commitments shall be made by either the planning commission or
the city council at such meeting.
(b) Official submission. In addition to the general filing requirements for all applications for
change of zoning, the applicant shall submit the following:
(1) General development plan. The general development plan shall indicate the
following:
a. Total site area.
b. Proposed land use in each of the following categories: detached single-family
residential, attached single-family residential, open space and other uses.
c. Proposed lot arrangements, building locations, uses, setbacks, building heights,
gross density and number of dwelling units.
d. Proposed schedule of development.
e. Proposed site coverage by impervious surfaces.
f. Proposed number of parking spaces and the location and dimensions of all
parking areas.
g. Proposed methods of landscaping and screening.
h. Proposed methods of internal circulation, ingress and egress and vehicle trip
generation estimates.
i. Existing topography at five-foot minimum contour intervals.
j. Proposed improvements within adjacent public rights-of-way.
k. Proposed locations and dimensions of pedestrian walkways and bicycle trails.
1. Proposed location and area of common and public open spaces.
(2) Covenants. The developer shall provide for and establish an organization or other
legal entity for the perpetual ownership and maintenance of any common open
space and other uncovered areas designated on the general development plan,
including pedestrian ways, play lots, swimming pools, bathhouses, tennis courts,
parking lots and roads. Such organization shall be created by covenants running
with the land, and such covenants shall be submitted as an attachment to the
rezoning application and shall be subject to approval by the city attorney and the
city council.
(3) Additional information. In addition to the information required above, the applicant
shall submit a study of the anticipated revenues to the city, the cost to the city to
maintain and serve the proposed development, and other pertinent information
pertaining to the economic feasibility of the proposed development. Such study
shall be consistent with the format provided by the director.
(c) Review and approval of general development plan. Upon determination by the director
that the content of the general development plan is complete in accordance with the above
requirements, the plan and application shall be evaluated by the city staff and submitted to
the planning commission with its comments and recommendations.
The planning commission shall promptly consider the general development plan and the
rezoning application and hold a public hearing thereon in accordance with the standards
set forth in this article and in accordance with the provisions contained in the Code of
Virginia.
Within 90 days of receipt by the planning commission of the general development plan and
application for rezoning, the planning commission shall transmit the plan and application to
the city council with a recommendation for approval, approval with modification or
disapproval of such plan.
The city council shall consider the general development plan and application for rezoning
and hold a public hearing thereon in accordance with the standards set forth in this article
and in accordance with the provisions contained in the Code of Virginia.
The city council shall approve, approve with modifications or disapprove the general
development plan and application for rezoning within 30 days after a public hearing thereon,
upon determination that such plan complies with the standards set forth in this article. In
approving a plan, the city council may establish conditions or require modifications to
ensure compliance with such standards, and may further waive or modify subdivision
requirements otherwise applicable to the development when such waiver or modification is
not in conflict with such standards.
If a general development plan is disapproved by the city council, the application for
rezoning shall be deemed to be denied. If a general development plan is approved with
modifications, the city council may continue the public hearing on the rezoning application
to a date certain to permit the applicant to amend the general development plan in
accordance with such modifications.
(d) Procedure for final site plans. Approval of the application for rezoning and general
development plan shall constitute authority for the applicant to prepare final site plans in
accordance with the standards established below and in conformity with the approved
general development plan. Approval of such final site plans shall be in accordance with
article II, division 4 of this chapter (site plans), except as follows:
(1) Separate final site plans shall be submitted for each development stage or unit as set
forth on the approved general development plan.
(2) A final site plan for a particular development stage or unit other than the first shall
not be approved until the final site plan has been approved for the immediately
preceding stage or unit.
(3) Minor deviations from the general development plan shall be permitted in the final
site plan if the director determines that such deviations are necessary due to
requirements of topography, drainage, structural safety or vehicular circulation, and
such deviations will not materially alter the character of the approved general
development plan. In no case shall such deviations include the elimination of any
building shown or the addition of any building not shown on the approved general
development plan. Neither shall such deviations increase the density or alter the
height or setback limitations. Any changes not authorized by this subsection shall
require resubmission of the general development plan in accordance with the
procedures contained in this article.
(4) If a final site plan is not approved within 18 months from the date of approval of the
general development plan, approval of the general development plan and
consequent authority to submit a final site plan shall terminate, and development
shall require resubmission of a general development plan in accordance with the
procedures contained in this article.
• Sec. 110-675. - Standards.
The following standards shall be applied in the evaluation of the rezoning application and
general development plan in the RPD residential planned development district:
(1) The development shall afford adequate protection to adjacent and surrounding
properties, provide harmonious internal development, provide safe and efficient
internal circulation and ingress and egress, shall be designed so that development
will not adversely affect the health, safety or general welfare of persons residing or
working in the proximity. In addition, the development shall not be detrimental to
the public welfare or injurious to property or improvements in the neighborhood,
and shall be in accord with the purposes of this chapter and the comprehensive plan.
(2) The area included within any single RPD district shall be sufficient in size to justify
planned development of the entire area as a unit in furtherance of the purposes of
this chapter. The minimum area required may vary from case to case in order to
ensure compliance with these standards and to promote the objectives of this
chapter.
(3) The permitted height of buildings, required setbacks from property lines and
required distances between structures within the RPD development shall be
determined in the context of the general development plan as a whole, adjacent
buildings and uses, the guidance provided by the comprehensive plan and the
standards contained in this article. The maximum heights permitted and the
minimum setbacks required may vary from case to case in order to ensure
compliance with these standards and to promote the objectives of this chapter.
(4) Fences, walls or vegetative screening shall be provided at the perimeter of RPD
developments where necessary to screen improvements, glare, uses or other
influences which may have an adverse impact either on the proposed development
or on adjacent property.
(5) Principal vehicular access to RPD development shall be from streets capable of
supporting the traffic that will be generated by the planned development. Access
points shall be designed to provide efficient traffic flow with controlled turning
movements and minimize hazard to vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Merging and
turnout lanes and traffic dividers shall be provided where existing and anticipated
heavy flows of traffic indicate such need.
(6) Pedestrian access shall be arranged to provide safe and convenient routes to and
from the planned development. Pedestrian access routes within the development
need not be located adjacent to or in the vicinity of vehicular access routes.
(7) On-site paths shall be provided in accord with the city's existing and proposed
bikeway and pedestrian systems.
(8) Vehicular and pedestrian traffic visibility shall be preserved so that no impediment
or visibility between 2'/z and seven feet above centerline grades shall exist at the
intersection of any street within a planned development or at its perimeter, within
the triangle beginning at the intersection of right-of-way edges (projected if round
corners exist), thence 50 feet along such edges, then along the line connecting those
two points.
• Sec. 110-676. - Subdivision.
Nothing in this article shall prohibit the subdivision of land within an RPD district for
purpose of sale; provided, however, that any owner proposing to subdivide property wholly or
partly within an RPD district shall produce satisfactory evidence that such subdivision will not
violate any of the standards contained in this chapter. Requirements pertaining to the submittal
and approval of preliminary subdivision plats are hereby waived, provided that the final
subdivision plats are consistent with the approved general development plan. Covenant
documents ensuring the continued common use of all common areas identified on the general
development plan shall be approved by the city attorney and recorded among the land records of
the county at the time the approved final subdivision plat is recorded.
• Sec. 110-677. - Improvements.
All uses permitted in the RPD residential planned development district are subject to the
installation of curbs, gutters, storm drainage structures, sidewalks, entrances and exists, and
approval thereof by the director of public works.
• Sec. 110-678. -Variance.
Where by reason of exceptional shape or area, exceptional topographic conditions,
conditions created by a condemnation, or other extraordinary or exceptional situation or
condition, where the application of any requirement of this chapter would result in peculiar and
exceptional practical difficulty or hardship upon the developer or owner of property in the RPD
residential planned development district, the planning commission may recommend and the city
council shall have the power to grant a variance from any requirements of this chapter to relieve
such difficulties or hardships, provided such relief can be granted without substantially impairing
the intent and purpose of this chapter. The board of zoning appeals shall have no authority to
vary the provisions of this chapter as they relate to the RPD district.
• Sec. 110-679. -Amendments to final site plan.
(a) An amendment to the approved final site plan may be permitted by the city council upon
application submitted by the owner or contract owner of the lot to which the amendment
is applicable. Such amendment shall not materially alter the final site plan, eliminate any
building shown on the approved final site plan, add any building not shown on the
approved final site plan, increase the density, alter the height or setback limitations, be
contrary to the public interest, impair the intent or purpose of this chapter or have a
significant adverse affect on any property adjacent to the lot to which the amendment is
applicable.
(b) An application for such an amendment shall be submitted to the director and heard by the
city council at a public hearing. The hearing shall be advertised and the lot posted in the
same manner as a rezoning application.
Secs. 110-681-110-700. -Reserved.
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Secs. 110-681-110-700. -Reserved.
This ordinance shall be effective as provided by law.
Planning Commission hearing: April 13, 2015
City Council hearing:
Adopted:
May 26, 2015
May 26, 2015
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Councilmember DeMarco
Councilmember Greenfield
Councilmember Loftus
Councilmembex Meyer
Councilmember Miller
Councilmembex Schmidt