17.84.060 Preapplication conference.
A. Before submitting application for approval of a PUD, the applicant shall confer in a preapplication conference with the zoning administrator, public works, the building official, and the fire department to obtain information and guidance regarding land development regulations, the city’s comprehensive plan and the application process. At the preapplication conference, the applicant shall submit a preliminary sketch plan for the proposed PUD, containing both maps and a written statement. All maps shall show enough of the surrounding area to demonstrate the relationship of the PUD to adjoining uses. The maps that are a part of the preliminary sketch plan may be in general schematic form but must contain enough information to obtain feedback from city officials and consultants.
B. Contents of Preliminary PUD Plan. Upon completion of the preapplication conference stage, a preliminary PUD application shall be submitted to the commission for its review. At a minimum, the preliminary PUD plan shall contain the following information:
1. Name, address and phone number of applicant.
2. Name, address, and phone number of Alaska registered surveyor, professional civil engineer, architect, landscape architect who prepared the preliminary plan.
3. Legal description of the property.
4. Description of existing and proposed use(s).
5. A vicinity map at a scale no greater than one to 1,000 (1:1,000) feet showing property lines, streets, existing and proposed zoning, and such other items as the commission and council may require to show how the proposed development relates to adjacent land uses.
6. A preliminary development plan at a scale approved by the commission 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, rights-of-way, utility easements, parks and community spaces; layout and dimensions of lots and building setback lines; preliminary improvements drawings showing water, sewer, drainage, electricity, telephone, and natural gas; and such other information as the commission deems necessary.
7. Proposed schedule for the development of the site.
8. The applicant must provide a narrative describing how the proposed PUD will provide a complementary mixture of uses or housing types, or clustering of units to preserve common open space, in a design not possible under current zoning district dimensional regulations will have a beneficial effect, in terms of public health, safety, welfare, or convenience.
9. The number and dimensions of off-street parking shall be sufficient to meet the minimum required by the ordinances of the city. However, where warranted by overlapping or other parking arrangements, the commission or the council may reduce the required number of parking spaces.
10. All streets and parking areas within the planned unit development shall meet the minimum construction and other requirements of city ordinances.
11. Extensive landscaping shall be preserved and/or provided to ensure that proposed uses will be adequately buffered from one another and from surrounding public and private property.
12. Effort shall be used to preserve significant natural, historical, and architectural features.
13. Public water and sewer facilities shall be available or shall be provided for by the developer as part of the site development.
14. Safe, convenient, uncongested, and well defined vehicular and pedestrian circulation within and to the site shall be provided.
15. Drives, streets and other elements shall be designed to discourage through traffic, while promoting safe and efficient traffic operations within the site and at its access points.
16. The uses proposed shall be consistent with the city comprehensive plan. (Ord. 17-007 § 4, 2017)