156.016 Preliminary review.
(A) Upon receipt of a completed application accompanied with filing fees, the City Manager/ Recorder shall transmit copies of the tentative plan to the City Planning Commission, City Council and other agencies such as the county and affected special districts.
(B)
(1) The City Manager/Recorder shall prepare a report on the plan for submission to the City Planning Commission.
(2) The report shall include:
(a) Information on the Comprehensive Plan;
(b) Comprehensive Plan background report;
(c) Zoning;
(d) Adjoining streets and property;
(e) Existing sewers, water mains, culverts, electric conduits and other community facilities in addition to features of the proposal; together with
(f) Any other data pertinent to the review of the plan.
(C) The City Manager/Recorder shall provide adequate public notice of at least ten days in advance of the public hearing.
(1) Individual notices shall be mailed to all owners of parcels of land within 250 feet of the subdivision.
(2) In addition, at least ten days in advance of a public hearing a notice of the public hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the affected area.
(D) In the event of a request for an expedited land division, the City Manager/Recorder of his or her designate shall review the application by the following criteria:
(1) Be within the urban growth boundary;
(2) Be used solely for residential purposes; including recreational or open space used accessory to residential uses;
(3) Not allow dwellings or accessory buildings to be located on land that is specially mapped and designated in the Comprehensive Plan and land use regulations for hill or partial protection of open spaces, scenic and historic areas and natural resources; or the Willamette River greenway, coastal shorelands or beaches and dunes; and
(4) Satisfy minimum street or other right-of-way standards established by the acknowledged land use plan or, if such standards are not contained in the applicable regulations, as required by the statewide planning goals; and propose development at a density equal to at least 80% of the maximum density permitted by the zoning designation of the site, if the proposal will create four or more parcels. (This density requirement does not apply to proposals that will create three or fewer parcels.) (Ord. 80-3, passed 04/12/2004)