The site plan review procedure enables the Planning Director to check development proposals for conformity with the provisions of this article and for the manner in which they are applied, when no other application is required under this title.

(Ord. #2002-482, § 9; Ord. #2005-515, § 1)

a.

Unless otherwise specified in this article, a site plan review application shall be required for all new development. The applicant shall submit the site plan review application to the Planning Director and shall pay a fee as established by resolution of the City Council. If, after review, it is determined by the Planning Director that the development is required to be processed with a Conditional Use Permit or Variance, the fee paid by the applicant shall be applied to any application required under a Conditional Use Permit or Variance. The Planning Director shall determine the number of site plan copies required.

b.

No building or grading permit shall be issued until all applicable site plans have been approved in accordance with this section and no building permit shall be finalized or certificate of occupancy issued unless the development complies with the approved site plan as conditioned.

c.

The site plan shall indicate the following information clearly and with full dimensions, unless the Planning Director waives the requirement for particular information:

1.

Lot dimensions;

2.

The location, size, height, proposed use and location of doors on all buildings and structures;

3.

Yards and space between buildings;

4.

The location, height and materials of walls, fences, and landscaping;

5.

The location, dimensions of parking area, number of spaces, arrangement of spaces, and internal circulation pattern of off-street parking;

6.

Pedestrian, vehicular and service access and definitions of all points of ingress and egress;

7.

The location, size, height and method of illumination of signs;

8.

The location, dimensions, number of spaces, internal circulation and access from public streets of loading facilities;

9.

The general nature, location, and hooding devices of lighting;

10.

Proposed street dedications and improvements;

11.

Landscaping, if required by the provisions of this Article;

12.

The type, location, and height of screen devices of outdoor storage and activities, if permitted in the zone;

13.

Drainage and grading;

14.

Waste disposal facilities;

15.

Location of utility poles;

16.

Location of any easements;

17.

Elevations from which to determine architectural style; and

18.

Such other data as may be required by the Planning Director to assist in review of the plan.

(Ord. #2002-482, § 9; Ord. #2005-515, § 1)

a.

Unless otherwise specified in this article, the site plan shall be reviewed by the Planning Director for conformity with the provisions of this Article.

b.

The Planning Director shall review each application for conformity with applicable Villa Park Municipal Code provisions.

c.

The Planning Director shall review each application for architectural considerations in order to preserve the architectural integrity of a predominant style and/or to consider compatibility with surrounding homes within a neighborhood. The Planning Director may seek third party advice or counsel, to include subcommittees as created by the City Council, to determine architectural integrity and that the style is compatible with the predominant style of the subject neighborhood. When this chapter or any other provision of law requires a ministerial review process, the review of architectural style and neighborhood compatibility shall be limited to a determination whether the materials and design of the proposed structure would substantially comply with applicable design standards and shall not constitute a "project" for purposes of Section 21000 et seq. of the Public Resources Code.

d.

If the proposal, with any changes noted by the City, is fully consistent with the provisions of this Article, the Planning Director or a staff member, authorized by the Director, shall sign the site plan to indicate site plan review approval and shall notify the applicant of such.

e.

If the proposal, as determined by the Planning Director, is not consistent with the provisions and intent of this Article, the Planning Director shall request modifications as deemed necessary in order to conform the application to said Article. Noncompliance by the applicant shall be deemed as a withdrawal of the Site Plan Review Application.

(Ord. #2005-515, § 1; Ord. #2018-608, § 3)

a.

A Site Plan Review Application determined to require modifications for architectural consideration may be appealed to the City Council.

b.

As set by City Council resolution, a fee shall be paid and an application for appeal shall be made within ten (10) calendar days of the request for modification by the Planning Director.

(Ord. #2005-515, § 1)

The City Council shall hold at least one (1) public hearing on each application for appeal. The hearing shall be set and notice given as prescribed in subsection 23-23.6. At the public hearing, the Council shall review the application and drawings submitted therewith and shall receive pertinent evidence concerning the application, its consistency with the objectives of this Code and the General Plan, and conditions under which it would preserve the architectural integrity of a predominant style and/or compatibility with surrounding homes within a neighborhood, particularly with respect to the findings prescribed in subsection 23-23.8.

(Ord. #2005-515, § 1)

The City Clerk shall set the time and place of public hearings required by this chapter to be held by the City Council, provided that the Council may change the time or place of a hearing. However, the Council shall hold a public hearing within forty (40) days after the application for an appeal has been filed unless the applicant shall consent to an extension of time. Notice of a public hearing shall be given not less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days prior to the date of the hearing by posting the subject property and posting a public notice in a conspicuous place at City Hall. When the hearing concerns a matter other than an amendment to the text of this Chapter, notices of public hearings before the City Council shall be mailed to all persons whose names appear on the latest adopted Tax Roll of Orange County as owning property within three hundred (300) feet of the exterior boundaries of the property that is the subject of the hearing.

(Ord. #2005-515, § 1)

Within thirty-one (31) days following the closing of the public hearing on an appeal application, the City Council shall act on the application. The Council may grant by resolution, adopted by at least three (3) affirmative votes, a Site Plan Review as it was applied for or in a modified form, or the application may be denied. Appeals may be granted subject to such conditions as the Council may deem necessary to insure the preservation of the architectural integrity of a predominant style and/or compatibility with surrounding homes within a neighborhood, compatibility of the use with surrounding developments and uses, and to preserve the public health, safety and welfare.

(Ord. #2005-515, § 1)

The City Council may grant an appeal prescribed by this Chapter if, on the basis of application and the evidence submitted, the Council makes findings of fact that establish that the circumstances prescribed in paragraphs a., b., or c. below do apply.

a.

The architectural integrity of an established neighborhood is not diminished or substantially changed based on the proposed application.

b.

The proposed development is in general conformity with the predominant style or is reasonably compatible with a theme of styles present in the neighborhood.

c.

The neighborhood is deemed to be of transitory nature in which the proposed architectural style, if reasonably believed to be replicated within the neighborhood, may lead to a subsequent predominant style.

(Ord. #2005-515, § 1)