§ 5.3.4. Review criteria and process.

A. To approve a conservation development, county commissioners must consider the following review criteria and find that each criterion has been met or determined to be inapplicable:

1.

The proposed conservation development is compatible with existing and allowed land uses in the surrounding area;

2.

The applicant for the proposed conservation development has demonstrated that the proposed conservation development will comply with all applicable requirements of this code;

3.

The proposed conservation development will result in no substantial negative impact on environmentally sensitive areas or features, agricultural uses or other lands;

4.

Approval of the proposed conservation development will not result in a substantial adverse impact on other property in the vicinity of the proposed conservation development; and

5.

The recommendations of referral agencies have been considered.

B.

All applications for conservation development require a pre-application conference, sketch plan review, neighbor referral, (see section 12.2 (development review procedures)) and preliminary plat review and final plat review as described in section 5.13. The planning director may require a neighborhood meeting for a project if he/she determines the meeting would be beneficial. All multiple-phase conservation developments also require a general development plan review. Single-phase conservation developments may be submitted for general development plan review at the choice of the applicant.

(Res. No. 04292003R005, 4-29-2003; Res. No. 05022006R001, 5-2-2006; Res. No. 07312012R007, § 2(Exh. A), 6-11-2012)