Division II. Approvals
Chapter 16.15
CONCEPT PLANS
Sections:
16.15.010 What this chapter does.
16.15.030 No vesting with concept plan review.
16.15.050 Review of concept plans.
16.15.010 What this chapter does.
This chapter establishes the concept plan review process, submittal requirements, and duties of the planning director and planning commission regarding the review and processing of concept plans. [Ord. O-23-2005 § 3 (Exh. 1(2) § 3.1)].
16.15.020 Purpose.
The concept plan review is an optional process (except when making application for a master development plan) that is offered as a means for applicants, developers or property owners to receive input from the planning director, planning commission, and city council on a proposed development prior to incurring the costs associated with further stages of the approval process. A concept plan is a required process prior to making application for a master development plan. A concept plan shall not be presented to the city council unless it has already been presented to the planning commission. [Ord. O-10-2019 § 2 (Exh. A); Ord. O-23-2005 § 3 (Exh. 1(2) § 3.2)].
16.15.030 No vesting with concept plan review.
The concept plan review does not create any vested rights to proceed with development in any particular configuration and developers may anticipate that the planning director, planning commission, and/or city council will raise other issues not addressed at the concept plan stage. [Ord. O-10-2019 § 2 (Exh. A); Ord. O-23-2005 § 3 (Exh. 1(2) § 3.3)].
16.15.040 Application.
Property owners or their duly authorized agents shall make application for a concept plan on forms prepared by the planning director. No concept plan application shall be processed without the submission of the application, all the supporting materials as required by this chapter, and the processing fee. Incomplete applications shall not be processed under any circumstances.
A. Supporting Materials. The following materials must be submitted with any application for a concept plan. The number of hard copies and electronic copies, as well as the appropriate format of each, will be determined by the planning director.
1. Concept Plan. The proposed concept plan, drawn to a scale of not more than one inch equals 100 feet, showing the following:
a. Property boundary with dimensions.
b. Ownership of all adjacent tracts of land.
c. Locations and widths of existing and proposed streets.
d. Configuration of proposed lots with minimum and average lot sizes.
e. Approximate locations, dimensions, and area of all parcels of land proposed to be set aside for park or playground use or other public use.
f. Those portions of property designated as floodplain and slopes in excess of 25 percent.
g. Total acreage of the entire tract proposed for subdivision.
h. General topography.
i. North arrow, scale, and date of drawing.
B. Fee. The processing fee required by the current consolidated fee schedule approved by the city council. [Ord. O-23-2005 § 3 (Exh. 1(2) § 3.4)].
16.15.050 Review of concept plans.
The concept plan review shall include an informal conference with the developer and the city’s assigned staff, as well as an informal review of the plan by the planning commission and the city council. The developer shall receive comments from the assigned staff and other participants to guide the developer in the preparation of subsequent development applications. The planning commission shall not take any action on the concept plan review. Further, the staff’s, the commission’s, and the council’s comments shall not be binding, but shall only be used for information in the preparation of future development applications. [Ord. O-04-2020 § 2 (Exh. A); Ord. O-10-2019 § 2 (Exh. A); Ord. O-23-2005 § 3 (Exh. 1(2) § 3.5)].