The purpose of the Precise Development (PD) combining district is to designate areas with unique site characteristics or environmental conditions or areas surrounded by sensitive land uses to ensure that development in such areas is compatible with such constraints. All development in the PD combining district shall be subject as a minimum to special development standards as specified in Chapter 19.08 of this title; however, a special development standards plot plan review shall not be required. The application of the PD district may be initiated by either the property owner or the county. The PD district may be combined with any base district. The regulations established by the PD district shall be in addition to the regulations of the base district with which the PD district is combined.

(Ord. G-4832 § 150, 1988: Prior code § 7125.01)

Permitted uses in a PD district are those uses permitted by the base district with which the PD district is combined.

(Prior code § 7125.02)

Uses permitted with a conditional use permit in a PD district are those conditional uses permitted by the base district with which the PD district is combined.

(Prior code § 7125.03)

Prohibited uses in a PD district are those uses prohibited by the base district with which the PD district is combined.

(Prior code § 7125.04)

Minimum lot size requirements in a PD district are per the requirements of the base district with which the PD district is combined.

(Prior code § 7125.05)

Requirements for minimum lot area per dwelling unit in a PD district are per the requirements of the base district with which the PD district is combined.

(Prior code § 7125.06)

Yard and setback requirements in a PD district are per the requirements of the base district with which the PD district is combined.

(Prior code § 7125.07)

Height limit requirements in a PD district are per the requirements of the base district with which the PD district is combined.

(Prior code § 7125.08)

Requirements for minimum distance between structures in a PD district are per the requirements of the base district with which the PD district is combined.

(Prior code § 7125.09)

Parking requirements in a PD district are per the requirements of Chapter 19.82 of this title, Off-Street Parking.

(Prior code § 7125.10)

Sign requirements in a PD district are per the requirements of the base district with which the PD district is combined.

(Prior code § 7125.11)

Landscaping requirements in a PD district are per the requirements of Chapter 19.86 of this title, Landscaping.

(Prior code § 7125.12)

No use shall be established, changed or altered, no development shall occur and no building or grading permit shall be issued for any use or development in the PD combining district, except for one (1) single-family residential dwelling on a single lot, until an application for site development plan review has been submitted to and approved by the planning director or the board of supervisors in accordance with the procedures set out in Chapter 19.102 of this title. The planning director may waive this requirement in cases where the proposed development is the subdivision of property, and no other development is proposed. Additionally, this requirement shall be waived in those instances where the proposed development requires approval of a conditional use permit pursuant to Chapter 19.104.

(Ord. G-6077 § 207, 1994: Ord. G-5684 § 78, 1991: Ord. G-5346 § 77, 1990: Ord. G-4832 § 151, 1988: Prior code § 7125.13 (part))

An application for site development plan review shall include the following:

A.

Name and address of applicant;

B.

Name(s) and address(es) of the property owner(s);

C.

Assessor's parcel number(s);

D.

Legal description of the property;

E.

A site development plan drawn at the scale specified by the planning director, which includes the following information:

1.

Topography and proposed grading,

2.

Proposed development in relationship to all previously approved and projected PD site development plans,

3.

The width, location and names of surrounding streets,

4.

The location, dimensions, ground floor area and uses of all existing and proposed buildings and structures on the subject property,

5.

Proposed landscaping,

6.

Streets and parking areas,

7.

Signs, including location, size, and height,

8.

Proposed dedications and improvements in accordance with applicable subdivision improvement standards for the area,

9.

Location, height and material of walls and fences,

10.

Other specified uses of the property,

11.

North arrow and scale;

F.

A narrative description of the proposed development including the following:

1.

Acreage or square footage of the property,

2.

Height, ground floor area, and total floor area of each building,

3.

Number of dwelling units in each building,

4.

Building coverage expressed as a percent of the total area of the property,

5.

Area of land devoted to landscaping and/or open space usable for recreation purposes and its percentage of the total land area,

6.

Method of sewage disposal,

7.

Water supply, both domestic and fire,

8.

Proposed on-site drainage facilities,

9.

Methods of flood control, where appropriate.

(Ord. G-6077 § 208, 1994; Prior code § 7125.13(A))

The decision-making authority may approve or conditionally approve an application for a precise development plan if it finds all of the following:

A.

The proposed development is consistent with the designations, goals, and policies of the applicable general or specific plan;

B.

The proposed development will not be materially detrimental to the health and safety of the public or to property and residents in the vicinity.

(Ord. 7482 § 84, 2007)

If development approved in accordance with this chapter has not commenced within two (2) years of the approval, the approval shall become null and void and of no effect, unless an extension has been granted by the planning director upon written request for an extension before the expiration of the two (2) year period. This provision shall not apply to applications approved in conjunction with a tentative parcel map or a tentative tract map. In such cases, the expiration period shall coincide with that of the approved tentative parcel map or approved tentative tract map, as applicable.

(Ord. G-6077 § 213, 1994: Prior code § 7125.13(D))

Notwithstanding Sections 19.56.140 through 19.56.150 of this chapter, when a PD district has been established and is in effect, the planning director is authorized to approve a temporary use of the property consistent with the uses authorized by the base district within which the PD district is combined, but involving no permanent buildings or structures, if the planning director determines that such temporary use would not be detrimental to the public health, safety and welfare, subject to the following conditions:

A.

The applicant shall submit an application for a PD site development plan review.

B.

Authorization for a temporary use shall be evidenced by a temporary precise development plan approved by the planning director in accordance with the procedures set out in Sections 19.102.080 through 19.102.110 of this title.

C.

The planning director may impose reasonable conditions to ensure that the temporary use will not be detrimental to the public health, safety and welfare.

D.

Such temporary precise development plan may be revoked by the planning director at any time, if, in the exercise of his/her reasonable discretion, he/she determines that continued temporary use of such property without the safeguards provided by an approved PD site development plan would be detrimental to the public health, safety and welfare.

E.

No temporary use authorized by a temporary precise development plan shall ever ripen into the status of a permanent right or legal nonconforming use.

F.

Upon approval of a precise development plan authorizing the permanent use of the property or upon expiration of the temporary precise development plan, the temporary precise development plan shall become null and void and the premises shall be completely vacated and restored to its original condition, except as otherwise authorized by a precise development plan approved for the permanent use of the property.

(Ord. G-6551 § 87, 1998: Ord. G-6077 § 214, 1994: Prior code § 7125.13(E))

The planning director may approve minor plan modifications to an approved PD site development plan in accordance with the procedures set out in Sections 19.102.040 through 19.102.060 of this title if the planning director determines that the modification(s) does not constitute a substantial change in the approved project.

(Ord. G-6077 § 215, 1994: Prior code § 7125.13(F))

Any permit issued pursuant to this chapter may be revoked or modified pursuant to Section 19.102.020 of this title.

(Prior code § 7125.13(G))