Chapter 17.62
PRECISE PLAN OVERLAY DISTRICT
Sections:
17.62.020 Findings necessary for establishment.
17.62.030 Content and scope of the precise plan.
17.62.040 Adoption and amendment.
17.62.050 Effect of precise plan.
17.62.010 Purpose.
The precise plan overlay district is intended for application to those residential, professional office, commercial and industrial base zoning districts designated by the general plan or by the city council as areas to assure that property will be developed in a manner superior to that which would otherwise be achieved through regulations of the base zoning district. (Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 93-6 § 3 (part), 1993)
17.62.020 Findings necessary for establishment.
A precise plan overlay district may be established after the city council has, by resolution, found as follows:
A. That the area proposed for the precise plan overlay district is suitable for the uses permitted in the underlying zone district existing or proposed for the area. In order to promote the public health and welfare and the orderly physical growth of the city, however, it would not otherwise be appropriate to so zone the area unless the land uses permitted are subject to precise plan;
B. That the precise plan will provide benefits and safeguards equal to or greater than those that would be provided by regulations of the applicable underlying zone district with respect to the public health and welfare and the orderly physical growth of the city. (Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 93-6 § 3 (part), 1993)
17.62.030 Content and scope of the precise plan.
A. A precise plan may contain regulations and plans relating to the types of uses, location, height and bulk of buildings and other improvements; buildable area and open spaces about buildings; traffic control including arrangement, design and dimensions of streets, alleys, pedestrian ways and parking and loading areas; screening of uses from visibility from adjacent areas or public ways; landscaping; and such other matters as in the determination of the planning commission and council may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.
B. The precise plan shall be prepared in map or written form, or a combination of both. (Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 93-6 § 3 (part), 1993)
17.62.040 Adoption and amendment.
A. The precise plan overlay district, the approved precise plan and any amendments shall be established by resolution, and after the same proceedings as in the case of other changes of zone mentioned in this title.
B. The precise plan overlay district shall be designated on the zone map by use of the symbol otherwise used to designate the underlying zone district, followed by the letter “(P).” The precise plan shall be designated by an identifying serial number which shall appear on any map, plan or written statement in which the precise plan is embodied.
C. The precise plan overlay district may be established at any time, either concurrently with and as a part of the same proceedings for the establishment or change of zoning, or with respect to any established zone. (Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 93-6 § 3 (part), 1993)
17.62.050 Effect of precise plan.
The use of land and the construction, reconstruction or structural alteration and use of buildings and structures located in a precise plan overlay district shall conform with the precise plan, and shall also be subject to all other regulations and provisions which apply to the underlying zone district to the extent that they are not contrary to the express provisions or general intent of the precise plan. (Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 93-6 § 3 (part), 1993)