15.03.060 Modification of development standards.
A. Overview. Throughout this title, the planning director, city engineer or their designee (“director”) may be authorized to approve project-specific modifications of the standards in this title.
B. Review Process.
1. An applicant shall submit a request for modification, providing such information as is required by the director, including application fees.
2. Where this title authorizes the director to modify development standards, the review process shall be Review Process I (REV I) unless otherwise indicated.
3. If the director determines that notice to contiguous property owners should be provided regarding a request to modify development standards, the director may require the proposed modification to be reviewed using a higher level of review process than otherwise required.
4. See Chapter 15.02 for notice and procedures for various review processes.
C. General Criteria. In considering any request for modification of standards in this title, the following criteria need to be met:
1. The request for modification would result in development that is equivalent or superior to what would likely result from compliance with the development standards which are proposed to be modified.
2. The request for modification meets the intent of the standards being modified.
3. The request for modification does not create any impacts or nuisances that cannot be mitigated, such as access points which are unsafe, noise, dust, odor, glare, visual blight or other undesirable environmental impacts.
4. The request for modification meets any additional modification criteria in the respective chapter. (Ord. 3774-20 § 3 (Exh. 2), 2020.)