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Exhibit C:
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Other
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Responses regarding Project Types of Site Plans that
are Subject to Administrative Approval
9. Are some site plan review decisions subject to administrative (in-house staff/agency) approval? If so, please specify under what
conditions this is appropriate.
# Response
1 see no. 8
2 nonsubstantial changes to an approved site plan
3
All of them unless they involve a public dedications, conditional use permit, a variance, and/or others that requires City
Council approval in addition to administrative approval of the Site Plan
4 Administrative for minor changes or for projects of economic significance
5
Single family/two family homes, all development projects in zoning districts where administrative authority is vested with staff
documents.
6
Staff may approve site plans for residential structures containing less than 5 DU. Staff also may approve minor amendments
to existing sites.
7
If otherwise not required Commission/VB review the following: parcels other than SF res that are greater than 30,000 s.f., new
construction with more than 20,000 s.f. or FAR greater than .25 or more than 3 stories, existing structures excess of 10,000
s.f., FAR of .25 or height more than 3 stories, new or expanded parking lots, RV storage area, nonresidential development
adjacent to residential, personal wireless services.
8 Minor applications and revision to approved Design Review plans.
9
In order to obtain a building permit, it must go through an in-house staff approval with no outside agency review or council
review.
10 Administrative approval is appropriate if there is no plat note requiring P&Z Site Plan Review, i.e., not 'required'.
11 Administrative Amendments for items that do not change the intent or extent of the council-approved site plan zoning case
12 Additions less than 900 square feet
13 Minor Site Plan Approvals, Street Closures, Use of City Property, Design Review Applications
14 If project adds less than 500 s.f. of new floor area and complies with all zoning requirements
15 parking lot layout or landscaping only for commercial projects. 4or fewer units for residential.
16
All administrative through Planning Director. Only planned development reviews (PD) go through the Planning Commission at
a public hearing.
17
Most Tenant improvements, most single family and two family developments, small lot (less than 15,000 sqft of land
area)commercial or multi-family, etc.
18 Banners, non-structural improvements
19 No administrative discretion is allowed. Staff simply follows the ordinance or conditions of zoning.
20
There are triggers for the types of single-story additions that require a review of "Neighborhood Compatibility" which involves
looking at the surrounding neighborhood in terms of scale, bulk, mass, height, setbacks, materials used, etc.
21 Minor additions to residential, new residential homes, minor alterations to commercial or industrial sites, tree removals.
22 minor modifications
23 all plans are reviewed by our Plan Review Group
24
I can't speak for other departments, but Planning & Development can allow modification of landscape plans as well as
administrative variances allowed for in our zoning ordinance
25 minor buffer/setback changes
26 Minor setback variances