HomeMy WebLinkAbout0493 Infill Planned Unit Development 1998CITY OF CHUBBUCK, IDAHO
ORDINANCE NO. 493
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHUBBUCK, IDAHO, REPEALING SECTION
18.20.085 "INFILL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT;" ADOPTING A NEW
CHAPTER 18.22 "INFILL DEVELOPMENT" TO PROVIDE FOR INFILL
DEVELOPMENT; REPEALING PRIOR CONFLICTING ORDINANCES;
PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
ORDINANCE; PROVIDING THAT ALL OTHER SECTIONS AND PROVISIONS OF
CHAPTER 18.20 NOT HEREIN AMENDED SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE
AND EFFECT; AND PROVIDING WHEN THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHUBBUCK, IDAHO:
Section 1. Section 18.20.085, "Infill Planned Unit Development" is repealed in its
entirety.
Section 2. The following Chapter 18.22 is added to the Chubbuck Municipal Code:
Chapter 18.22
Infill Development
Section 18.22.010 Purpose. The purposes of this chapter is to promote infill within the
City limits by encouraging development that is compatible with surrounding development but
which development might not otherwise occur with strict compliance with the Chubbuck
Municipal Code.
Section 18.22.020 Infill Development. Lots within the City which are located within areas
already largely developed (at least sixty percent (60%) percent of the lots and parcels within 300
feet of the exterior boundaries of the subject property) and to which municipal fire, police, sewer,
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water and school services are already available qualify for infill development. In reviewing infill
development the Council may allow exceptions to development requirements as follows:
A. The City Council may allow up to a fifteen percent (15%) increase in the density
allowed in the zoning district as an incentive for infill development.
site.
B. The applicant shall submit documentation that the site qualifies as an infill development
18 22.030 Procedure for Approval of an Infill Development. Infill Developments are
allowed in any land use district within the city, provided the following procedure is utilized and
the plan is approved by the Chubbuck City Council after appropriate public hearing and review by
the Land Use and Development Commission. In reviewing any Infill Development proposal, the
Land Use and Development Commission and the City Council shall take into account the criteria
and standards set forth in 18.28.040 (C); and
A. The developer shall meet with the city engineer to discuss submission of a
preliminary development plan and preliminary plat. The purpose of this meeting is to review early
and informally the purpose and effect of this title and the criteria and standards contained herein,
and to familiarize the developer with the comprehensive plan and land use and development
regulations.
B. An application for approval of a preliminary development plan and preliminary plat
shall be filed with the city clerk by a property owner or person having existing interest in the
property for which the Infill Development is proposed. At a minimum, the application shall
contain the following information filed in triplicate.
1. Name, address and phone number of applicant;
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2. Name, address and phone number of registered surveyor, registered engineer
and/or urban planner assisting in the preparation of the preliminary development plan;
3. Legal description of property;
4. Description of existing use;
5. Land use districts;
6. A vicinity map at a scale approved by the engineer, showing property lines,
streets, existing and proposed uses to show the relationship of the Infill Development to
the comprehensive plan and to existing schools and other community facilities and
services;
7. A preliminary plat at a scale approved by the engineer, showing topography at
two foot intervals; location and type of residential, commercial and industrial land uses;
layout, dimensions and names of existing and proposed streets-, right-of-ways; utility
easements; parks and community spaces; layout and dimensions of lots and building
setback lines; preliminary improvement drawings showing water, sewer, drainage,
electricity, telephone and natural gas and such other characteristics as the engineer deems
necessary-,
8. Proposed schedule for the development of the site;
9. Evidence that the applicant has sufficient control over the land in question to
initiate the proposed development plan within two years.
The application for a preliminary development plan and preliminary plat shall be
accompanied by a written statement by the developer setting forth the reasons why, in the
developer's opinion, the Infill Development would be in the public interest.
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C. Where any information required by this section is substantially similar to
information required to be presented by the developer in compliance with Title 17 of this Code,
such information may be utilized for both purposes.
D. The same provision for public hearing and legal notification as set forth in this title
for preliminary and final plat approval shall be followed.
E. Within thirty days after the public hearing, the Land Use and Development
Commission shall review the preliminary development plan to determine if it is consistent with the
intent and purpose of this title; whether the proposed development advances the general welfare
of the community and neighborhood and whether the plan accomplishes sufficient infill to justify
the deviation from standard district regulations as well as how the project compares to the
standards and criteria of 18.28.040 (C). The Commission shall recommend to the City Council
whether or not the preliminary development plan and preliminary plat should be approved. The
City Council, after appropriate notice and public hearing, shall review the preliminary
development plan and preliminary plat.
F. Upon approval in principle of a preliminary development plan by the City Council,
an application for approval of the final development plan may be filed with the city clerk by at
least one property owner or person having a presently existing interest in the property for which
the Infill Development is proposed. Each application shall be signed by the owner or lessee,
attesting to the truth and exactness of all information supplied on the application for final
development plan. Each application shall clearly state that the approval shall expire and may be
revoked if construction on the project has not begun within two years after the date of issuance of
the approval. At a minimum, the application shall contain the following information:
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1. A survey of the proposed development site, showing the dimensions and
bearings of the property lines, area in acres, topography, existing features of the
development site; including major wooded areas, structures, streets, easements, utility
lines and land uses.
2. All the information required on the preliminary development plan; the location
and sizes of lots, location and proposed density of dwelling units, nonresidential building
intensity and land use consideration suitable for adjacent properties.
3. A schedule for the development of units to be constructed in progression and a
description of the design principles for buildings and streetscapes; tabulation of the
number of acres in the proposed project for various uses; the number of housing units
proposed by type; estimated residential population by type of housing; estimated
nonresidential population; anticipated timing for each unit and standards for height, open
space, building density, parking areas, population density and public improvements
proposed for each unit of the development whenever the applicant proposes an exception
from standard land use district regulations or other ordinances governing development.
4. Engineering feasibility studies and plans showing, as necessary, water, sewer,
drainage, electricity, telephone and natural gas installations, waste disposal facilities; street
improvements and nature and extent of earth work required for site preparation and
development.
5. Site plan, showing building(s), various functional use areas, circulation and
their relationship.
6. Preliminary building plans, including floor plans and exterior elevations.
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7. Deed restrictions, protective covenants and other legal statements or devices to
be used to control the use, development and maintenance of the land, and the
improvements thereon, including those areas which are to be commonly owned and
maintained.
8. In commercial developments or for the commercial portion of any mixed use
development, landscaping plans stamped by a landscape architect, architect or other
qualified professional, which plans shall show in detail the overall aesthetics of the project
and how the landscaping and development design enhance the aesthetics of the project as
well as the surrounding area.
G. The final plan shall be submitted directly to the City Council. The City Council
shall review the final development plan and approve, approve with supplementary conditions or
deny said plan. Approval shall not be given unless the Council finds that:
1. The proposed development can be initiated within two years of the date of
approval.
2. Each individual unit of the development, as well as the total development, can
exist as an independent unit capable of creating an environment of sustained desirability
and stability or that adequate assurance will be provided that such objective will be
attained; the uses proposed will not be detrimental to present and potential surrounding
uses, but will have a beneficial effect which would not be achieved under standard district
regulations.
3. The streets and thoroughfares proposed are suitable and adequate to carry
anticipated traffic, and increased densities will not generate traffic in such amounts as to
overload the street network outside the Infill Development.
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4. Any proposed commercial development can be justified at the locations
proposed.
5. Any exception from standard district requirements is warranted by the design
and other amenities incorporated in the final development plan, in accordance with the
Infill Development and the adopted policy of the commission.
6. The area surrounding said development can be planned and developed in
coordination and substantial compatibility with the proposed development.
7. The Infill Development is in general conformance with the comprehensive plan.
8. The existing and proposed utility services are adequate for the population
densities and nonresidential uses proposed.
H. Upon granting or denying the application, the Council shall specify:
1. The ordinance and standards used in evaluating the application.
2. The reasons for approval or denial.
I. The approval of a final development plan for an Infill Development shall be
effective for a period not to exceed two years. If no construction has begun within two
years after approval has been issued, it shall expire. An extension of the time limit or
modification of the approved final development plan may be approved, without further
hearing or recommendation by the commission, if the Council finds that such extension or
modification is not in conflict with the public interest.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Section 1. Repeal of Conflicting Ordinances. The provisions of any Ordinance of the City
of Chubbuck, Idaho, and any provision of the Chubbuck Municipal Code which are in conflict
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with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. All other
sections and provisions of Chapter 18.20 not herein amended shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 2. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance is held invalid, for any reason,
by any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity or enforceability
of any of the remaining provisions.
Section 3. Effective Date. The rule requiring an ordinance to be read on three separate
days, one of which shall be a reading in full, is hereby dispensed with, and this Ordinance shall
become effective upon its passage, approval and publication as provided by law.
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL AND APPROVED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY
OF CHUBBUCK, IDAHO, this 13TH. day of OCTOBER , 1998.
4AYOR
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 493
An ordinance of the City of Chubbuck, a municipal corporation of the state of Idaho,
repealing Section 18.20.085 "Infill Planned Unit Development"; adding Chapter 18.22 "Infill
Development to the Chubbuck Municipal Code; defining lots which qualify for infill development;
providing a procedure whereby an applicant see approval of a proposed infill development;
providing for the standards to be applied when reviewing an infill development; providing for the
repeal of conflicting ordinances; providing that all other provisions of Chapter 18.20 not amended
shall remain in full force and effect; providing for the severability of the provisions of this
ordinance; providing that this ordinance shall be in full force and effect after its passage, approval
and publication as allowed by law.
The full text of this ordinance is available at the City Clerk's Office, Chubbuck City
Offices, 5160 Yellowstone, Chubbuck, ID 83202
I have reviewed the foregoing summary and believe it provides a true and correct
summary of Ordinance No. 493 and that the summary provides adequate notice to the public of
the contents of this ordinance.
DATED this ?qday of October, 1998.
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