SITE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS

The Site Development Review has four sub-steps- application submittal, SDRC Review, Resubmittals (addressing comments), and issuance of the Development Order.

A. Application Submittal

Following the Pre-application conference, you should now be ready to have the design consultants prepare and submit your development plan application for approval. With the knowledge and guidance obtained from the City Staff during the pre-application conference, you and your project team should make the appropriate changes to the site plan. After making these changes, you should collect and submit a complete site plan application package for review and approval to the Community Development Department. Submittals MUST be made in accordance with the deadlines set forth in the adopted critical dates calendars (see City web site for calendars).

B. SDRC Review

Once a completed application is received, the project is scheduled for the next regularly scheduled Staff Development Review Committee (SDRC) meeting. The SDRC is a committee consisting of representatives from various City Departments who meet, review, and comment on submittals for new development proposals. The SDRC meeting provides the development team and the SDRC members the opportunity to review and discuss outstanding comments/issues for each project.

C. Resubmittals

After the SDRC meeting, a letter outlining all of the outstanding comments/issues discussed at the meeting will be forwarded to you and your development team members within 2 days of the SDRC meeting date . The letter will include all information required for resubmittal of plans for final review. Such as the outstanding comments, the number of plans required for resubmittal, and the deadline date for resubmittal. A resubmittal responding to the letter that addresses all outstanding comments is required from the development team within 60 days of the meeting date. Staff reviews the resubmittal and responds to the applicant within 15 business days.

For Minor Site Plans , if comments still remain after the 1 st SDRC resubmittal, additional resubmittals are required until such time as all outstanding comments/ issues have been resolved. Resubmittal is required within 30 days of receiving comments from staff. Once all comments are resolved a Development Order is issued.

For Major Site Plans , if the project has 10 or less comments remaining after the 1 st SDRC resubmittal, the Planning Commission schedules the project for review. If more than 10 comments remain, the applicant must resubmit plans within 30 days of receiving comments from staff until fewer than 10 comments remain. Once the project has less than 10 comments remaining the Planning Commission schedules the project for review. Additional submittals may also be required prior to scheduling your project for final review and approval by the City Council. These submittals must be made at least sixteen (16) business days prior to a scheduled City Council meeting date. Normally, the City Council considers Community Development items on the third and fourth Tuesday of each month. (These dates can be verified on the City’s web site.)

D. Development Order

After a development plan has been approved by SDRC (or in the case of a major site plan when approval is received from both the Planning Commission and City Council), a Development Order will be issued by the Department of Community Development.

For more information see the City brochure entitled, “ THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS .”

***NOTE: Applicant may apply for building permits any time during the site development review process. However building permits will not be issued until after a development permit has been obtained.