38.050 Establishment of a TOD Zone

A. General Plan Amendment. Unless an area has been previously designated as TOD Land Use as part of the Lehi City General Plan Land Use Element, all areas proposed for development as a TOD shall require a General Plan Amendment in accordance with Chapter 4, Amendments, of this Code. B. Concept Plan. As part of establishing a TOD zone, a concept plan may be submitted for initial review and direction by the Reviewing Departments, Planning Commission, and City Council. Concept plans are not required but are encouraged to give the city, developer, and the public a chance to review the elements of a TOD prior to a zone change. C. Zoning Map Amendment. The establishment of a TOD Zone requires the review, approval and adoption by the City Council, following receipt of the Reviewing Departments and Planning Commission recommendations. As part of the zone change, a TOD Land Use plan shall be approved according the requirements set forth in Section 38.050(D). D. Land Use Plan. Concurrent with any request for a zoning map amendment to a TOD zone, a Land Use Plan shall be submitted, and must be approved by the City Council, following review by the Reviewing Departments and Planning Commission. The land use plan shall be approved prior to property being designated as a TOD. 1. The Land Use Plan gives the applicant, staff, Planning Commission and City Council an opportunity to discuss the TOD concurrent with the approval of a zone change. . The applicant can use the Land Use 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. Additional infrastructure upsizing may be required to support a TOD. 2. The proposed density of the TOD will be discussed and determined as part of the Land Use Plan approval. Adopted 01/13/15 Density considerations can be given for dedication of property for transit stations and associated parking facilities. 3. The City may also advise the applicant, where appropriate, to discuss the proposed TOD with those agencies who must eventually approve those aspects of the development coming within their jurisdiction, including but not limited to, the Alpine School District, and the various utility service providers. It is also encouraged that the applicant hold at least one public engagement meeting prior to City public meetings to solicit input from surrounding owners and the public in general to get their views and concerns. 4. The Land Use Plan shall cover the entire area proposed as a TOD Zone and shall identify and provide the following: a) proposed land uses. b) overall layout and locations of uses including potential civic/religious uses. c) proposed density/intensity of uses and a description of amenities if a density bonus is proposed. d) traffic study and transit ridership analysis. e) major infrastructure improvements that may be necessary. f) proposed site-planning standards including architecture and materials of buildings. g) park areas, open space areas, trails and other community amenities. h) proposed landscaping, buffering, and transitioning treatments. i) location of any critical lands. j) development phasing plan that includes current and build-out phasing of construction for the TOD. The phasing plan shall address densification and how the TOD will ultimately meet the minimum floor to area ratio requirement. Each individual site plan shall be designed in a way to show how future redevelopment of surface parking and other underutilized areas will be accommodated and contribute toward the floor to area ratio requirement. k) all other issues that must be addressed to allow a thorough informed review by the Staff, Planning Commission and City Council of the proposed Land Use Plan. 5. To accommodate requests for changes to the Land Use Plan, the City may allow the Land Use Plan to be amended. Amendments shall follow the same requirements for initial approval of a Land Use Plan including review by Staff, Planning Commission and City Council.