14-2-306 CONSIDERATIONS IN REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS
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The City shall consider the following matters, and others when applicable, in their review of architectural and site development plans, and may refer the plans to one or more expert consultants if the City deems it necessary.
A. Considerations relating to traffic safety and traffic congestion:
1. The effect of the site development on traffic conditions on abutting streets.
2. The layout of the site with respect to locations and dimensions of vehicular and pedestrian entrances, exits, drives, and walkways.
3. The arrangement and adequacy of off-street parking areas and other vehicular facilities.
4. The location, arrangement, and dimensions of truck loading and unloading facilities.
5. The transportation patterns within the boundaries of the development, and the impact on transportation patterns within the general vicinity of the development.
6. The design, construction, and durability of all site plan elements.
B. Considerations relating to landscaping and other site improvements:
1. That the location, height, and materials of walls, fences, hedges, and screen plantings concealing storage areas, utility installations, or other unsightly development are harmonious with adjacent development.
2. That the planting of ground cover or other surfacing is designed to prevent dust and erosion.
3. That the design keeps the destruction of existing healthy trees to a minimum.
4. That the design, construction, and durability of all site plan elements meets the standards set forth in this Title.
C. Considerations relating to buildings and site layout:
1. That the general building silhouette and mass, including location on the site, elevations, and relation to natural plant coverage, is in appropriate and harmonious relationship to the character of the neighborhood.
2. That the exterior design is appropriate and harmonious in relation to adjoining structures in height, bulk, area openings, breaks in facade facing the street (or streets), line and pitch of roofs, and arrangement of structures on the parcel.
D. Considerations relating to drainage:
1. The effect of the site development plan on the adequacy of the storm and surface water drainage facilities.
14-2-305 REVIEW AND APPROVAL · 14-2-307 INSTALLATION OF IMPROVEMENTS