§ 17.8.303. Plan to identify and accommodate natural constraints to development.

1.

All plans for the development of a project shall identify and accommodate any natural constraints to development. In order to adequately identify constraints to development, the city may require the preparation of a natural and physical conditions analysis map showing the location and extent of any natural or man made condition or legal encumbrance upon the property affecting the usability of the property, including, but not limited to, the location and extent of historic drainage channels (sloughs), flood ways, water courses and canals, areas subject to flooding (one-hundred-year frequency), wetland areas (including those under jurisdiction of the U.S. Corps of Engineers), areas of unsuitable soils for placement of foundations (i.e., peat soil areas), areas subject to liquefaction hazard, depth to ground water table, major pipeline and electric transmission line easements, or similar condition(s).

2.

Preparation of any required maps or studies shall be conducted by or under the direction of the city and shall be at the expense of the applicant.

3.

Any portion of the project area determined by the city to be inappropriate for development shall be included in the open space portion of the project.