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18.20,030 Scope of review-Criteria. <br /> <br /> A. The Planning Commission or Zoning Administrator shall review site plans, <br /> landscape plans, building architecture and such other plans and reports <br /> (grading plans, El'R/negative declarations, etc.) as may be required to preserve <br /> and enhance the city's aesthetic values and ensure the preservation of the <br /> public health, safety and general welfare. The Planning Commission and <br /> Zoning Administrator review of project plans shall include, but not be limited <br /> to, the following: <br /> 1. Preservation of the natural beauty of the city and the project site's <br /> relationship to it; <br /> 2. Appropriate relationship of the proposed building to its site, including <br /> transition with streetscape, public views of the buildings, and scale of <br /> buildings with its site and adjoining buildings; <br /> 3. Appropriate relationship of the proposed building and its site to <br /> adjoining areas, including compatibility of architectural styles, harmony <br /> in adjoining buildings, amctive landscape transitions, and consistency <br /> with neighborhood character; <br /> 4. Preservation of views enjoyed by residents, workers within the city, <br /> and ~-by through the community; <br /> 5. Landscaping designed to enhance architectural futures, strengthen <br /> vim, provide shade, and' conform to established sucetscape; <br /> 6. Relationship of exterior lighting to its surroundings and to the building <br /> and adjoining landscape; <br /> 7. Architectunl style, as a function of its quality of design and <br /> relationship to its surroundings; the relationship of building components <br /> to one another/the building's colon and materials; and the design <br /> attention given to mechanical equipment or other utility hardware on <br /> roof, ground or buildings; <br /> 8.Integt~on of signs as part of the architecUral concept; and <br /> 9. Atchi~ concept of miscellaneous structures, su'eet furniture, <br /> public art in relationship to the site and landscape. <br /> <br />18.20.040 Promlurm. <br /> <br /> A. An applictnt for a project requiring Planning Commission design review shatl <br /> submit to the Zoning Administrator a site plan, exm'ior elevations, landscape <br /> plans, and such plans, reports and other dam as may be requir~ by the <br /> Planning Commiuion to assist the Planning Commission in evaluating the <br /> proposed project. The Zoning Administrator shah refer all appb'cations to the <br /> Planning Commission. The Planning Commission shall consider and render a <br /> decision within the time frames established by law for decision-making on <br /> projects. <br /> <br /> -3- <br /> <br /> <br />