Proposed SCMC Amendments – Clean Version
17.06.130 Findings and Decision.
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B. Required Findings. The review authority may approve the application only after the applicant substantiates the following required findings:
1. The proposal is consistent with the General Plan;
2. The proposal is allowed within the applicable underlying zone and complies with all other applicable provisions of this code;
3. The proposal will not endanger, jeopardize, or otherwise constitute a hazard to the public convenience, health, interest, safety, or general welfare, or be materially detrimental or injurious to the improvements, persons, property, or uses in the vicinity and zone in which the property is located; and
4. The proposal is physically suitable for the site. The factors related to the proposal’s physical suitability for the site include, without limitation, the following:
a. For projects that are not multi-family or mixed-use housing, the design, location, shape, size, and operating characteristics are suitable for the proposed use.
i. Multi‑family and mixed‑use housing projects must comply with Objective Design Standards;
b. The highways or streets that provide access to the site are of sufficient width and are improved as necessary to carry the kind and quantity of traffic such proposal would generate;
c. Public protection services (e.g., Fire protection, Sheriff protection) are readily available; and
d. Providing utilities (e.g., potable water, schools, solid waste collection and disposal, storm drainage, wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal) is adequate to serve the site.
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§ 17.11.020 Definitions.
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“Objective Design Standards” are zoning, subdivision, and design review standards that regulate the location, form, site layout, and appearance of multifamily and mixed-use residential development that are verifiable by reference to a uniform benchmark.
Objective design standards may be contained in this code, specific plans, overlay zones, subdivision and landscaping requirements, or other applicable land development regulations adopted by the City Council, and apply only to the extent they are stated with sufficient clarity that compliance can be determined in a purely ministerial manner.
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17.23.100 Administrative Permit.
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B. Applicability.
1. To safeguard and enhance the appearance and quality of development in the City, administrative permit approval is required before the building official issues any building permit for new single-family homes, additions, and activities or construction of improvements which are permitted at the discretion of the Director. An administrative permit shall be filed as a Class II application, subject to this chapter.
2. An administrative permit is required for any multi-family or mixed-use housing project that does not fully comply with the Objective Design Standards.
3. Requests for an administrative permit are filed as a Class II application, subject to this chapter.
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17.37.030 Specific Plan (SP) Zone.
The specific plan zoning designation identifies lands in the planning area that are governed by an adopted specific plan. Specific allowable uses, maximum intensity standards, and development standards are determined by the adopted specific plan.
Development within a specific plan that includes multi-family or mixed-use housing must comply with the Objective Design Standards. Where a specific plan established design requirements more restrictive than the Objective Design Standards, the more restrictive standards apply.