11.01.04 Definitions – Process Related
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Administrative Land Use Authority. The appointed board, consisting of the City Manager and/or City Planner, Public Works Director, City Engineer, and others as assigned, are responsible for reviewing applications and land use decisions arising from subdivision applications. The Planning Commission shall be the Administrative Land Use Authority for the approval of the Preliminary Plat only. The process is administered and overseen by the City Planner or designee. The City Council shall be the Administrative Land Use Authority for the approval of vacating a street, right of way, or easement only.
Applicant or Subdivider or Developer. A person or persons making an application to create a subdivision.
City: Fruit Heights City, Utah
City Engineer: The city engineer of Fruit Heights City or any individual or firm retained or designated by Fruit Heights City as the city engineer for the purpose of performing engineering duties.
City Planner: City Planner or contracted City Planner.
Complete Application. A Subdivision Application shall be considered complete as defined in each Application Section.
County: Davis County, Utah
Development, Design, and Construction Standards: The Public Works Standards referred to in this Title and adopted by Title 8A.
Geological Hazard. The restrictions and requirements of the review cycle do not apply to the review of subdivision applications affecting property within identified geological hazard areas (property identified to be within the city’s “Sensitive Lands Overlay Zone” – see FHCC Title 10-10).
Improvements: All infrastructure improvements, such as water, sewer, storm drain, land drain, secondary water, curbs, gutters, sidewalk, grading, streetlights, paving, landscaping, fencing, electric power, natural gas, communication lines, and all other elements required by this Title and the Public Works Standards.
Planning Commission: The Fruit Heights City Planning Commission.
Review Cycle. There shall be no more than four (4) total review cycles. A review cycle shall be considered complete when:
1. Complete Application is submitted to the Administrative Land Use Authority;
2. The Administrative Land Use Authority Review is complete;
3. The Applicant Response to Review is complete; and
4. The Administrative Land Use Authority provides a written statement to the Applicant stating completion of the review cycle and next required steps for approval.
Review Cycle, Exceptions.
1. Additional Review Cycle(s). May be required when a modification or correction is necessary to protect public health and safety or to enforce state or federal law when a change or correction is necessitated by the Applicant’s adjustment to a plan set or an update to a phase plan that adjusts infrastructure needed for the specific development.
2. Additional Time for Review. If the Applicant does not submit a revised plan within twenty (20) business days after the Administrative Land Use Authority requires a modification or correction, the Administrative Land Use Authority shall have an additional twenty (20) business days to respond.
3. Other Land Use Applications. The Review Cycle as defined in this Title applies only to single family, townhome, and twin-home land use applications. Review times and cycles may vary for multifamily, commercial, industrial, institutional, and other non-residential land use applications.
Subdivision Improvement Plans. Civil engineering and design plans associated with required infrastructure and City owned/operated utilities required for a Subdivision.
Subdivision Ordinance Review. A review to verify that an application for a Subdivision meets the criteria of the applicable City Ordinance(s). The Administrative Land Use Authority shall notify the Applicant in writing of the deficiency in the application and the right to appeal the determination to a designated Appeal Authority as stated in Title 10-13-4.
Subdivision Plan Review. A review of the Applicant’s Subdivision improvement plans and other aspects of the Subdivision application to verify that the application complies with all ordinances and applicable standards and specifications, including the current Public Works Standards for Development, Design, and Construction.