§ 17.7.601. Planned commercial development projects.

A.

Intent. The intent of these provisions shall be:

1.

To facilitate the development of the below enumerated general commercial and related activities situated in an harmonious, integrated, safe, spacious and aesthetically pleasing environment.

2.

To establish guidelines pertaining to the design, approval, construction and maintenance of such projects.

B.

Allowed uses. Each planned commercial development project may include one or a combination of the following:

1.

General retail stores and shops providing goods and services for sale to the public in the customary manner. Also manufacturing and processing activities which are an integral part of and incidental to a permitted retail establishment. Provided, however, that the following activities shall be specifically excluded.

a.

Sexually oriented businesses.

b.

Body art establishments.

2.

Office buildings, but not including office/warehouse structures.

3.

Sales establishments for automobile, light truck, boat and recreation vehicle, with or without outside display lots, but not including the display or sale of construction and earth moving and processing equipment. Also, appurtenant structures utilized for servicing or repair of the products sold, when included as an integral part of the sales activity.

4.

Retail and service commercial/warehouse structures.

5.

Hotels and motels.

6.

Eating establishments including food drive-ins.

7.

Laundries and dry cleaning establishments - self-help and commercial.

8.

Motor fuel dispensing stations (gas stations)- retail only.

9.

Movie theaters, bowling alleys, recreation centers, health/fitness establishments, dance studios and buildings occupied by uses determined by the city council to be similar to uses specifically allowed in the zone and which will harmonize with the intent of the GC-2 general commercial zone.

10.

Free-standing project identification signs, in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 17.5.128.

11.

Accessory signs in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 17.5.128.

12.

Ancillary commercial structures when so provided for on the site plan and/or when approved in accordance with the provisions of Section 17.6.105.

13.

Pre-schools and day care nurseries, subject to approval of a site plan.

14.

Low power radio service antenna facilities, subject to the provisions of Section 17.6.112 of this code.

15.

Specialty schools, subject to the approval of a site plan in accordance with the provisions of Section 17.6.101.

16.

Check cashing and similar businesses subject to the provisions of Section 17.6.114 of this code and Chapter 5.30 of the city code.

C.

Project area requirements. Each planned commercial development project shall include the entire lot of record and shall contain sufficient area to accommodate the building(s), vehicular access, off-street parking, landscaping and other required elements of the use.

D.

Approval procedure. The procedure for approval shall be the same as set forth in Section 17.7.200 of this code.

E.

Required improvements. The following improvements shall be constructed by the developer in each planned commercial development project in accordance with American Fork City standards as directed by the city engineer.

1.

Streets, driveways, and parking areas which shall be graded, and surfaced with asphalt or concrete.

2.

Curbs, gutters, and walkways.

3.

Surface water drainage and flood control structures and facilities.

4.

On-site culinary and secondary water mains and sewer mains.

5.

Off-site culinary and secondary water mains and sewer mains.

6.

Fire hydrants.

7.

Permanent survey monuments.

8.

Gas, electric and telephone lines (which shall be placed underground).

9.

Landscaping in the defined landscape areas.

10.

Sprinkling or other suitable irrigation systems.

11.

Fences, walls, and all other common areas, facilities, systems and structures proposed for the development as shown on the final plans.

12.

Street lighting (public and private).

13.

Trash enclosures.

Developers may install other improvements, however, the construction of other improvements shall not be required as a condition of approval.

F.

Design requirements.

1.

The layout and design of each project shall provide for safe and convenient access and circulation within the project area and between contiguous projects.

2.

There shall be no minimum size lot area requirement, except that each lot shall contain enough area to adequately accommodate the building, parking, traffic circulation and landscaping requirements.

3.

Adequate off-street parking shall be provided for each building and use. The number of parking spaces, the size and dimension of parking spaces, the location of the parking spaces, the size and design of travelways serving the parking spaces and other details concerning off-street parking shall, be in accordance with the adopted parking standards for the city.

4.

Off-street parking areas shall be used only to accommodate patrons and employees at the site. Use of the parking area for storage of tractor-trailer trucks or container storage units (such as conex containers) used in the conduct of the business activity shall be prohibited. However, the plan may provide areas for the temporary outside display of products offered for sale.

5.

Where the project area abuts upon the right-of-way of a freeway or arterial class street, or the frontrunner tracks, the design shall, to the maximum extent possible, provide that all truck docking facilities shall be shielded or screened from view from the freeway or arterial street.

6.

Not less than ten percent of each project area shall be devoted to landscaping. Each application for a project or building within a project shall include a landscape plan and said plans shall conform to the requirements of Section 17.5.121.

7.

No portion of the site shall be used for outside fabrication of product created by the use or for the storage of materials or equipment used in the conduct of the business activity.

8.

Where a project contains more than one building, each separately owned unit within each building shall be served by individual water and sewer service lines. Provided, where several units within a building project are to remain in single ownership the city may authorize the use of a single connection therefor (common utilities), subject to the providing of adequate assurances of continued unified ownership of the building and a document, acceptable to the city, indemnifying the city against damages which may occur to tenants within the building as a result of a malfunction of the common utility system.

9.

The plan shall provide for disposal of storm water in accordance with terms of city standards and policies applicable to the site.

10.

Where a project anticipates development in phases, all portions not intended for immediate development shall be maintained free of weeds or landscaped as set forth on the site plan pending completion of each development phase.

G.

Required documents. In the event that the development has two or more owners or where an existing development is being divided into two or more ownerships, required documents shall include:

a.

Articles of incorporation for property owners' association.

b.

Corporation by-laws.

c.

Covenants, conditions, restrictions and management policies.

d.

Management agreement.

(Ord. No. 2010-03-12)