§ 138-3801. General requirements.

(a)

Applicability. The design provisions of this division shall apply to the following districts unless otherwise specified:

(1)

Multi-Family Residential District (RM);

(2)

Residential Planned Development District (RPD);

(3)

All office and commercial districts;

(4)

Industrial Planned Development District (IPD);

(5)

Mixed-Use District (MXD);

(6)

All special districts;

(7)

All institutional districts.

(b)

Design criteria deviations.

(1)

Specific life/safety standards shall prevail and supersede these design criteria when there is a conflict with other governmental life/safety codes. The county administrator or designee may adjust any design criteria that is in conflict with life/safety standards.

(2)

All other deviations from the design criteria shall be reviewed as a variance, waiver, and/or administrative adjustment pursuant to the provisions of chapter 138, article II, division 7.

(c)

Project phasing. Development projects may be phased to incrementally comply with design criteria so long as a site plan or development master plan for the entire site is approved that depicts a build-out design that complies with design criteria and any approved variances.

(d)

Conflicts with other plans and special districts.

(1)

In the event the provision of this division conflict with the requirements in an adopted specific area plan, the specific area plan shall have priority.

(2)

In the event the provisions of this division conflict with the standards in a special district, the special district standards shall apply.

(3)

The county administrator or designee shall have the authority to make a code interpretation where it is unclear how standards shall be applied when there is multiple standards.

(Ord. No. 18-36 , § 3(Att. B), 10-23-18)