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CLEAR & OBJECTIVE HOUSING: APPROVAL C RITERIA UPDATE <br />November 13, 2018 DRAFT Preferred Concepts Report: Maintenance Issues Page 15 of 59 <br />development permit shall be issued by the city prior to approval of the tentative partition <br />application. <br />9.8505 Applicability of Subdivision, Tentative Plan Applications. Requests to create 4 or more lots <br />shall be subject to the subdivision provisions of this land use code under a Type II application <br />process. A subdivision application that also involves a PUD request may not be submitted until <br />a decision on the tentative PUD approval is final. (Refer to EC 9.8305 Applicability.) No <br />development permit shall be issued by the city prior to approval of the subdivision tentative <br />plan application. <br />Recommendation : Revise code to allow concurrent review of tentative planned unit development and <br />tentative subdivision or partition applications. <br />This issue was brought up in the land use code audit, by staff and by stakeholders. The criteria for tentative <br />planned unit development and land divisions have significant overlap and it is feasible that they be reviewed <br />concurrently. Allowing concurrent review would add efficiency to the process when both application types are <br />required. The current order of operations involves tentative PUD approval followed by tentative subdivision or <br />partition concurrent with final PUD, then review of the final subdivision or partition. A concurrent review would <br />consolidate this process into two stages of review. Additionally, the recommendation for the previous issue, <br />COM-10, is related to this proposed change as allowing concurrent review would eliminate the need for a <br />criterion in the PUD track that is solely necessary to prevent tentative PUD approval of a lot configuration that <br />might not meet all subdivision requirements. Concurrent review would prevent that outcome. Allowing <br />concurrent review would provide added efficiency for applicants, promote more efficient use of staff resources <br />and provide clarity for interested parties. <br />COM-12 (R EVIEW TRACK RENAMING) <br />Description : Using the terms "Needed Housing" and "General" to identify the “Clear and Objective” track and <br />the “Discretionary” track, respectively, is confusing now that State law mandates that all housing (not just <br />needed housing) is entitled to clear and objective standards, conditions and procedures. <br />Applies To : Conditional Use, Partition, Planned Unit Development, Site Review, Subdivision <br />Existing Code Section(s): Multiple code references will need to be revised. Example provided below for EC <br />9.8220. <br />Existing Code Language : <br />Partition, Tentative Plan Approval Criteria- Needed Housing. The planning director shall approve, <br />conditionally approve, or deny the partition application. Unless the applicant elects to use the general <br />criteria contained in EC 9.8215 Partition, Tentative Plan Approval Criteria- General, where the applicant <br />proposes needed housing, as defined by the State statutes, the planning director shall approve or approve <br />with conditions a partition based on compliance with the following criteria: <br />Recommendation : Rename the review tracks “Clear and Objective for Housing” (instead of Needed Housing) <br />and “Discretionary” (instead of General). Change references to these review tracks and to “Needed Housing” <br />throughout Chapter 9 as needed. <br />State law now mandates that all housing—not just needed housing —is entitled to clear and objective standards, <br />conditions and procedures. Considering this change in State law, calling the State mandated clear and objective <br />November 26, 2018, Work Session – Item 2