§ 20.52.040. Application and submission of site plan.

A. Application Requirements.

1. For review by the director of planning and community development, pursuant to Section 20.52.030, the applicant shall submit a completed site plan and design review application on a form provided by the department, four sets of site plans, and required fees.

2. For review by the planning commission, pursuant to Section 20.52.030, the applicant shall submit a completed application, and all required fees to the department of planning and community development. The applicant shall also submit twenty sets off architectural elevations, landscape and site plans, two sets of plain white gummed mailing labels with the addresses of all property owners within one hundred feet of the subject property and a radius map, clearly indicating those other properties within one hundred feet of the subject property, and any other supporting documentation such as title reports, photographs, material boards, etc., required by the department of planning and community development.

B. Required Information. The submittal shall include the following information:

1. Fully dimensioned site plan including the following:

a. Name, address, and phone number of applicant, property owner, and architect/designer;

b. The correct legal description, including the assessor’s parcel number;

c. Lot dimensions;

d. All buildings and structures on site and within the public rights-of-way;

e. Fully dimensioned floor plans showing the proposed use of each area, and all corridors, doorways and restrooms;

f. Yards and spaces between buildings, including dimensions;

g. Walls and fences and their location, height and materials;

h. Off-street parking location, number of spaces and dimensions of parking area, internal circulation pattern, and type of paving;

i. Pedestrian, vehicular, and service access, points of ingress and egress, internal circulation;

j. Signs and their location, size, height, materials and lighting;

k. Handicapped spaces, location and ramps;

l. Loading location, dimensions, number of spaces and internal circulation;

m. Light location and details, hooding devices;

n. Required street dedications, and improvements, as provided in Section 20.52.070;

o. For residential construction, a statement of intent to use dwelling units(s) as model home(s), or if no such use is intended, a statement to that effect;

p. All abandoned oil wells and all accompanying information, as required by Section 16.24.020 through 16.24.060;

q. A letter of intent to conduct a property methane assessment and submit a mitigation plan pursuant to Section 16.24.080(E).

2. A landscaping and irrigation plan showing location, spacing and size of landscape materials as they will appear after three years of growth, and a list of proposed species including the common botanical name. Street trees and existing on-site trees must also be shown and identified where necessary. Existing trees to be removed or retained shall also be shown and identified;

3. Hardline drawings of building elevations showing all sides of the proposed building(s) as they will appear upon completion, including proposed colors and materials, screening details for mechanical equipment, and building height. Elevations may be required to include graphic representation of official datum line and maximum building height and shall include human figures to indicate scale of proposed structure;

4. Drainage pattern and structures;

5. Towers, chimneys, roof structures, flagpoles, radio and television masts, all mechanical equipment external to main or accessory structures, and their location, design, site, height, materials, colors, screening, and architectural treatment;

6. Oil wells within fifty feet of subject property;

7. Detailed sign plan, indicating sign location, dimensions, materials, colors, lighting and mounting details for all signs, including directional, advertising, business and project identification signs;

8. Environmental data and supporting documentation sufficient for the director of planning and community development, as the case may be, to make adequate findings pursuant to the requirements of California Environmental Quality Act of 1970;

9. For any new development which proposes to locate any portion of any dwelling within six hundred feet of an operating oil well, injection well or any other appurtenant oil field equipment, the applicant shall, as part of the site plan and design review application, comply with all the requirements of Section 9.16.085, including preparation of a joint oil field equipment noise mitigation plan and/or a development applicant oil field equipment noise mitigation plan, and shall be required to implement the plan in conjunction with the development of the residential projects. No site plan and design review application shall be deemed complete until the plan is submitted to and approved by the director of planning.

10. In addition to the above, the planning director or planning commission may require additional information including the following:

a. Section through sites;

b. Preliminary grading plans;

c. Colored renderings and/or perspective drawings;

d. Site line drawings indicating relationship of proposed buildings and structures to existing structures on adjacent properties and to any public street or other public areas where views may be affected. Site line drawings are to include the view of the hill from major, secondary and secondary modified streets and any other public areas, if, in the determination of the director of planning and community development, the size and/or location of such structure may affect views of or vistas to the hill;

e. Traffic studies required if project is in traffic study area;

f. Acoustical reports;

g. A scale model of proposed structures which may be required to indicate structures on adjoining properties;

h. Any other information pertinent to the application.

C. Model Homes. As a condition of site plan and design review approval for any residential project which will include the use of model home(s), the applicant shall submit operations plans for same for review and approval by the planning commission. The planning commission may require such changes or conditions of approval for proposed operations plans as deemed necessary to protect the health and safety of the general public and of residents and occupants of structures likely to be affected by model home(s) operations, consistent with provisions of applicable city, state, and federal policies, codes, and standards.

1. Planning Commission Review. Review of model home(s) operations plans by the planning commission shall not require a public hearing, but shall be conducted at a regularly scheduled planning commission meeting. Filing deadlines for operations plans shall be the same as set forth for planning commission public hearing agenda items;

2. Submittal Requirements. The applicant shall submit ten copies of operations plans as part of the first plan check submittal subsequent to site plan and design review approval of the project by the planning commission. The operations plans shall include site plans and documentation representing the following:

a. The location of model home(s) and the relationship of each to adjacent development and to adjoining surface streets;

b. The location and number of proposed visitor and employee parking stalls;

c. Proposed vehicular circulation routes to and from proposed customer parking areas, and on-site and off-site directional signs, barriers, and other devices necessary to protect and promote the safety of visitors to the sites;

d. Proposed pedestrian circulation routes between and among model homes, and between customer parking and model home(s), and directional signs, barriers, and other devices necessary to protect and promote the safety of visitors to the sites;

e. The proposed dates model home(s) would become operational and the relationship of same to the completion dates of other dwelling units within the project;

f. Proposed days and hours of operation;

g. The number of employees expected to be on the model home(s) site at any given time during operating hours.

D. Property Within Redevelopment Agency Areas. If the application pertains to property which is located within a redevelopment project area, the application shall also include, as deemed necessary by the director of planning and community development, an explanation of how the site plan complies with the applicable redevelopment plan and regulations of the redevelopment agency.

E. Fees. The fees shall be such as the city council may by resolution establish from time to time.

(Ord. 2015-05-1475 § 9 (part); Ord. 2013-07-1459 § 8; Ord. 2013-07-1460 § 8; Ord. 93-05-1154 §§ 1, 2; Ord. 92-10-1132 §§ 2--5; Ord. 91-09-1112 (part): Ord. 90-05-1067 § 1 (part))