§ 143.0402 — When Planned Development Permit Regulations Apply
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§143.0402 When Planned Development Permit Regulations Apply
This Division applies to all development proposals for which a Planned Development Permit is requested, in accordance with Table 143-04A. Table 143-04A Supplemental Planned Development Permit Regulations Applicability Type of Development Proposal | Applicable Sections | Required Development Permit/Decision Process(1) Residential development requesting deviations from applicable zone regulations(2)(3) | 143.0403, 143.0410, 143.0420 | PDP/Process 4 Commercial and Industrial development requesting deviations from applicable zone regulations(3) | 143.0403, 143.0410, 143.0460 | PDP/Process 4 Developments within land use plans where a Planned Development Permit is recommended when other discretionary actions are requested(6) | 143.0403, 143.0465 | PDP/Process 3 Development that complies with the applicable land use plan designation, but contains uses that are not permitted in the underlying base zone(5) | 143.0403 | PDP/Process 3 Multiple dwelling unit development requesting increased density where the land use plan expressly allows for increased density with the approval of Permit(3)(6) a Planned Development | 143.0403, 143.0410, 143.0455 | PDP/Process 4 Rural cluster development in the AR and OR zones | 143.0403, 143.0410, 143.0420, 143.0440 | PDP/Process 4 Rural cluster development with increased density in the AR-1-1 and OR-1-2 zones within Proposition A (4) Lands | 143.0403, 143.0410, 143.0420, 143.0450 | PDP/Process 5 Residential development in RS zones of urbanized Communities where a Planned Development Permit is requested | 143.0403, 143.0410 143.0420, 143.0430 | PDP/Process 4 Footnotes for Table 143-04A 1 The Planned Development Permit shall be decided in accordance with the highest level decision process that could have applied to the development. 2 A Planned Development Permit may not be requested for a single dwelling unit on an individual, single dwelling unit lot. 3 A development that is affordable housing, an in-fill project, and/or a sustainable building as described in Section 143.0915 may be permitted with a Neighborhood Development Permit in accordance with Process Two subject to all applicable regulations identified in Table 143-04A. 4 Rural cluster development with increased density is not available to properties within the Del Mar Mesa Specific Plan area. Refer to the Del Mar Mesa Specific Plan adopted on May 27, 1997, by O-18337 for the applicable development regulations. 5 Residential development and residential mixed-use development that proposes residential uses and/or density that complies with the applicable land use plan but not the underlying base zone may be permitted with a construction permit decided in accordance with Process One subject to Section 131.0123. 6 Development utilizing the increased density alternative expressly allowed in the land use plan in conjunction with Chapter 14, Article 3, Division 7, does not require a Planned Development Permit for the increased density alternative pursuant to the adopted land use plan.
(Amended 1-9-2001 by O-18910 N.S.; effective 8-8-2001.) (Amended 4-8-2008 by O-19734 N.S; effective 5-8-2008.) (Amended 8-4-2011 by O-20081 N.S.; effective 10-6-2011.) (Amended 4-5-2016 by O-20634 N.S.; effective 5-5-2016.) (Amended 9-15-2017 by O-20856 N.S.; effective 10-20-2017.) (Amended 8-9-2019 by O-21114 N.S.; effective 9-8-2019.) (Amended 10-30-2020 by O-21254 N.S.; effective 11-29-2020.) (Amended 3-11-2022 by O–21439 N.S.; effective 4-10-2022.)
