Extra application steps for special district design review

special districts with design guidelines and/or standards. (a) In addition to the application requirements for plan approval contained in section 25-2-72, an application for plan approval for the construction, installation, enlargement, or alteration to the exterior appearance of a building or structure that is subject to design guidelines and/or standards adopted by the council for any special district established under article 7 of this chapter shall include: (1) Complete and accurate exterior elevations of all facades, drawn at a scale adequate to show clearly the appearance of all proposed buildings and structures; (2) A description of exterior siding, roofing, and finish materials; (3) Exterior door and window specifications; (4) Description, location, and renderings for any exterior signage; (5) A streetscape rendering of the project site and adjacent properties suitable for evaluating the immediate spatial relationships. Photographic images may be substituted provided those images are adequate to serve the same purpose; (6) Other descriptive information as the director finds necessary to determine consistency of the proposed project with the design guidelines and/or standards adopted for the special district in which the project building site is located. (b) Within five days of acceptance of an application for plan approval the director shall provide the respective design review committee with a copy of the application and plans along with a request for their review and comments on the consistency of the project with the adopted design guidelines and/or standards. (c) The written recommendations and plans stamped “Reviewed by” with the date and signature of the chair of the respective design review committee affixed shall be submitted to the director within twenty-five calendar days of receipt by the design review committee of the director’s request for design review. (d) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the director shall withhold rendering a decision on a plan approval application until having received the written recommendations and stamped and signed plans from the chair of the respective design review committee for the application. (e) By written request to the director, the chair of the respective design review committee may request an extension of time to complete the design review and to submit the recommendations of the design review committee, which the director may grant only with the written approval of the applicant for plan approval. (f) In the event that no design review committee is established, or if the design review committee, for whatever reason, fails to respond within the time limit prescribed in subsection (b), the director shall provide design review against the relevant design guidelines and/or standards as adopted by the council and waive the requirements under subsection (c). (1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2000, ord 00-152, sec 2; am 2015, ord 15-45, sec 3.)25-2-73