§ 30.20.060. Specific Plan.

Applications for a Specific Plan shall be processed per Table 30.20-4.

Table 30.20-4 SPECIFIC PLAN - AUTHORITY AND CONSIDERATION TABLE
a. Initiating Authority	Board, Property owner
b. Standards for Acceptance	1. A Specific Plan shall not be accepted prior to approval of the Concept Plan by the Board.
	2. The Specific Plan must be submitted and reviewed concurrent with a Public Facilities Needs Assessment/Plan (PFNA).
	3. A Specific Plan shall address any changes and issues identified in the Concept Plan, and shall also include: development standards, design manual (landscaping, streetscape, signage, buffering/transition between uses, performance factors), transportation plan, land use designations (which must follow the designations found in the Comprehensive Master Plan) and phasing plan.
	4. If the proposed Major Project is not in conformance with the adopted land use plan, a plan amendment in accordance with Table 30.12-2 must be approved by the Board after the approval of the Specific Plan. The land use categories approved in the Specific Plan will be included in the land use plan.
c. Fee	$1,425 plus $1,000 Notice Fee: $2/acre for each acre over 300 gross acres; $2/parcel over 1 parcel; $25 for less than 20 acres; $50 for 20—100 acres; and $100 for more than 100 acres
d. Application Process	Specific Plan shall follow PFNA process resulting in a Public hearing before the Board per 30.16.210
e. Notice	Posted notice, entity notice, city notice, 2,500 foot radius notice, and signs. (See 30.16.230 for detailed notice requirements)
f. Recommending Entities	Government Entities, Town Board, Cities with city notice area for projects of regional significance, and Planning Commission, including those whose jurisdiction is within a two thousand five hundred (2,500) foot radius of the proposed project.
g. Approval Authority	Board
h. Standards for Approval	The application may be approved if the Board determines that the plan is consistent with community goals, compatible with existing and planned land uses, and addresses issues identified at the Concept Plan and PFNA.
i. Conditions of Approval	1. The Board may identify additional issues, significant improvements and anticipated phasing, and may modify the plan as needed. The approval of a Specific Plan shall not confer the right to develop the Major Project, but shall only provide the developer guidance regarding the potential of the project and the issues which need to be resolved to the satisfaction of the Board through subsequent applications and agreements.
	2. The approval of the Specific Plan establishes the allowable land use categories.
	3. All approved plans, conditions, restrictions and rules shall be made a part of the application approval and shall be binding on the property owner and applicant.
	4. The applicant shall process a land use plan map amendment per Chapter 30.12 to adopt the land use categories approved in the Specific Plan.
j. Time Limit if Approved	Once a Specific Plan is incorporated into the Land Use Plan, there is no time limit. If a Specific Plan in not incorporated into the Land Use Plan, any approved Specific Plan for which land use applications for development have not been submitted within two (2) years of the approval shall expire, and all approvals for the Major Project shall be void, unless an application for an extension of time has been submitted per Table 30.16-17. Any extension may require updating all or part of the analysis.
k. Major Project Indicator	After Specific Plan approval, the Zoning Administrator shall identify the property as a Major Project on the Official Zoning Map.

 

(Ord. 3549 § 4 (part), 2007; Ord. 3518 § 5 (part), 2007; Ord. 2756 § 4 (part), 2002; Ord. 2510 § 4 (part), 2000; Ord. 2482 § 4 (part), 2000; Ord. 2481 § 3 (part), 2000)

(Ord. No. 3975, § 8, 8-17-2011; Ord. No. 4063, § 4, 10-17-2012; Ord. No. 4152, § 3, 11-20-2013; Ord. No. 4481, § 5, 4-19-2017; Ord. No. 4559, § 7, 1-3-2018; Ord. No. 4658, § 5, 12-19-2018)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 3975, § 8, adopted Aug. 17, 2011, repealed the former Table 30.20-4 and renumbered Table 30.20-3 as 30.20-4. Former Table 30.20-4 pertained to land use plan map amendments—authority and consideration. Section 7 of said ordinance renumbered the former Table 30.20-5 as 30.20-3. See also § 30.20.050.