17.30.010 PURPOSE, VISION, AND INTENT

A. Vision Millville City is a rural suburban community on the south end of Cache Valley with beautiful views of the Wellsville and Bear River mountain ranges. Millville City has a history of rural lots, pioneer street grid, and elements of agriculture found throughout the community. With the population growth of Cache Valley in recent decades and the Ridgeline High School opening in 2016, Millville City continues to grow and change. The vision is to create a commercial center for surrounding residents to enjoy that functions as a Town Center. This Center is sized for a small town and historic appearance, which could be viewed as a small town main street. The Town Center will offer people a place to shop, eat, and do business. In general the Town Center commercial buildings will be built by developers over time, not the City. The Town Center is planned to have a small town downtown feel with buildings that front streets, wider sidewalks, and limiting building sizes. The objective of this code is to set standards that will promote the creation of a quality commercial town center that reflects the desires of Millville City. B. General Provisions 1. Purpose. It is the intent of this code to promote public health, safety, and general welfare of the community, reflecting the goals established within the General Plan of the City of Millville. 2. Scope of Regulations. a. New Development. All development, construction, and establishment of uses within the limits of this code occurring after the effective date of this code shall be subject to all applicable regulations of this code. b. In-Process Development. Where a building permit for a development has been applied for in accordance with the prior law in advance of this code’s effective date, said development may comply with the plans from which the permit was approved and, upon completion, receive a certificate of occupancy (if all conditions are met) provided the following: 1. Work or construction is begun within one (1) year of the effective date of this code. 2. Work or construction continues diligently toward completion. 3. Administration & Enforcement. The City Planner shall act as the administrator for any proposal in Millville City. The provisions of this code shall be administered and enforced by the City Planner unless otherwise specifically stated. The City Planner shall have the ability to modify the requirements of this ordinance by 10%, if good cause is clearly demonstrated. For the purposes of this code, the term City Planner shall be inclusive of his or her designees. 4. Development Application. Applications (form, fees, and plan sets) shall be filed with the City. a. Application Form. Application forms are available from the City. b. Fees. Fee amounts are available from the City and are due at the time the application is made; the application will be considered incomplete if fees are not paid. c. Plan Set Requirements. Number of copies and minimum scale of drawings shall be noted on the application form. All plans shall be submitted in both a paper and an approved digital format. All plans shall be reviewed by the City Planner for completeness. Incomplete applications shall be returned to the applicant for re-submission. d. Filing Deadline. Filing deadlines are established by the City and available at City Hall. e. Withdrawal of Application. An application may be withdrawn in whole or in part at any point in the process prior to being acted or ruled upon; new application form, fees, and plan sets are required for re-application. f. Records on File. Applications and the resulting recommendations and rulings shall be kept on file by the City Planner and shall be considered public record. g. Notice requirements for adjacent property owners is not required, due to all uses are permitted uses. 5. a. Any development within a district shall be administered in accordance with the procedures defined in existing City code. The application shall follow the following process: 1. Pre-Application Meeting. 2. Application submittal. Only complete applications shall be accepted. 3. Staff review and coordination. 4. Permitted Use Review by the City Planner and staff. 5. Staff processing of the Planning Commission approval includes letter of conditions (if any), site plan approval, architectural approval, engineering plans approval. Building permits are a separate process as per the Building Code. 6. Subdivisions or condominium plats are processed by the City Council subject to staff and Planning Commission review and recommendations. 7. Development agreements shall be reviewed by the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission shall provide a recommendation to the City Council and the City Council shall approve, deny or approve with modifications. b. Exempt Activities. The following activities are exempt from the requirements of this section. 1. Ordinary repairs for the purpose of regular building, signage, lighting or site maintenance. 2. Construction within the interior of the structure that is not visible from the exterior of the building. 3. Emergency repairs ordered by any City official in order to protect health and safety. 6. Definitions. If a definition can not be found in this chapter, the definitions found in the existing City Code apply or as commonly understood. 7. Conflicts. Where conflict between this chapter and the standards in the City Code exist, this chapter takes precedence. C. Regulations 1. Amending the Code. Amendments of the adopted code shall be approved using the procedure for an ordinance amendment. 2. Minor Modifications to an Approved Site Plan. The City Planner may approve minor modifications to an approved site plan. Modifications may be evaluated through a letter of application and the provision of the reasoning behind the request. Such requests may be made for: a. Minor modifications to proposed landscaping plans. 1. Landscaping not exceeding 10% of the landscaping as required on the site plan. In no case can the minimum buffer adjacent to existing single-family zones be modified. b. Minor modifications to buildings, including setbacks, heights, and materials. 1. Building or sign locations that do not move more than 10’. 2. Building materials that reflect the intent of the original material. 3. Up to 10% of the approved heights. c. Minor modifications to parking requirements, pursuant to the development of an alternative parking plan. 1. Parking arrangements and numbers that generally reflect the original approval. d. Changes in lot sizes, land uses, building forms, lot line adjustments or district designations shall be subject to a zoning map or ordinance amendment. 3. Development Agreement. The City Council may, by development agreement, supersede any of the requirements found in the Millville City Code. 4. Other City Ordinances Applicable. The provisions of this Chapter shall supersede other provisions of the City Code, unless this Chapter is silent on the particular issue. Such conflicts shall be resolved through the City Planner. 5. Subdivision Approvals and Development Standards in this district. a. Commercial subdivisions shall be approved using the subdivision plat approval process established in the City code. b. Residential subdivisions shall conform to the general requirements established in the City code. Residential subdivisions shall be approved using the subdivision plat approval process established in this title.