06.060 Procedures for Establishment of Planned Community Zone

11/15/11) A. General Plan Amendment. Unless an area has been previously designated as a PC Land Use as part of the Lehi City General Plan Land Use Element, all areas proposed for development as a PC shall require a General Plan Amendment in accordance with Chapter 4, Amendments, of this Code. B. Concept Plan. Concurrent with any request to amend the Land Use Element of the General Plan to a PC designation, a concept plan shall be submitted. A concept plan shall be approved by the City Council, following Planning Commission and Reviewing Departments’ review, prior to property being designated as a PC Land Use. The concept plan shall include the following: 1. The concept plan shall give the applicant, staff, Planning Commission and City Council an opportunity to discuss the planned community development prior to the General Plan land use being established, and prior to the preparation of a more detailed Area Plan. The applicant may use the concept plan meetings to ask questions and receive direction on project layout, as well as discuss the procedure for approval, the specifications and requirements for layout of streets, drainage, water, sewerage, fire protection, mitigation of environmental impacts, and similar matters, and the availability of existing services. 2. The proposed density of the planned community development shall be discussed as part of the concept plan; however, the final total density of the planned community development shall be established only as part of the approval and adoption of an Area Plan. 3. The City may advise the applicant, where appropriate, to discuss the proposed Planned Community with those agencies that must eventually approve aspects of the development coming within their jurisdiction, including but not limited to, Alpine School District and the various utility service providers. Neighbors of the proposed Planned Community shall also be consulted to get their views and concerns. 4. The concept plan shall cover the entire area proposed as a PC Zone and shall identify in general terms the following: (a) proposed land uses; (b) overall layout and locations of uses, including potential civic and religious uses; (c) proposed density and intensity of uses and a description of amenities if a density bonus is proposed; (d) major infrastructure improvements that may be necessary; (e) proposed site-planning standards, including architecture and materials of buildings; (f) park areas, open space areas, trails and other community amenities; (g) proposed landscaping, buffering, and transitioning treatments; (h) location of any critical lands; and (i) all other issues that must be addressed to allow a thorough informed review by the Reviewing Departments, Planning Commission and City Council of the proposed concept plan. 5. To accommodate requests for changes to the concept plan, the City may allow the concept plan to be amended. Amendments shall follow the same requirements for initial approval of a concept plan, including review by staff, the Planning Commission and City Council. 6. A concept plan shall be effective for a period of one year from the date of approval by the City Council, at the end of which time an application for a Zoning Map amendment and Area Plan shall have been submitted and under review by the City. If an application for Area Plan approval in conjunction with an application for a Zoning Map Amendment to the PC Zone has not been filed within the one year period, the concept plan shall be void. The City Council may grant an extension of the approval according to the provisions of Section 10.120. 7. Properties designated as a PC Land Use for which the concept plan has become void shall require the applicant to submit a new concept plan for approval, subject to the then existing provisions of this Code and General Plan. 8. Properties designated as a PC Zone on the Lehi City Zoning Map or properties designated as a PC Land Use on the General Plan Land Use map prior to the effective date of this chapter for which a concept plan has not been approved shall require the applicant to submit a concept plan according to these provisions, prior to any application for an area plan or zoning map amendment to the PC Zone. C. Zoning Map Amendment and Area Plan Approval. Following approval of a General Plan Amendment and review of a concept plan by the City Council, the applicant may prepare a Zoning Map Amendment and an Area Plan pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4 and Chapter 15 of this Code. The establishment of a PC Zone requires the review, approval and adoption by the City Council, following receipt of a Reviewing Departments and Planning Commission recommendation, of an Area Plan for those properties proposed for a PC Zone. Prior to approval and adoption of an Area Plan, the Reviewing Departments, Planning Commission and City Council shall verify that the planned community development follows the general layout of the concept plan. The Area Plan shall comply as closely as possible with the concept plan, and shall cover at least 40 acres.