17.20.020 Pre-application meeting.
This stage affords the applicant the opportunity to obtain advice and assistance by informally providing a cursory review of the proposed subdivision with the appropriate city departments prior to the expense of a preliminary plat preparation. It also allows the city the opportunity to give informal guidance at a time when potential points of conflict can be most easily resolved, subsequent relations improved, official action simplified, and undue expense and delay saved by the applicant.
A. Actions by the Applicant.
1. The applicant shall schedule a mandatory pre-application meeting with the development services department and public works department staff. When scheduling the mandatory pre-application meeting, the applicant shall submit the required documents for staff to review in preparation for the pre-application meeting (see city of Maricopa Application Submittal Requirement Checklist and MCC Title 18, Zoning, for specific requirements).
B. Actions by the City. The city may ask for submittal items to distribute to other city departments and outside agencies, depending on the scope of the proposed development.
The city shall:
1. Discuss the proposal with the applicant in general terms and provide advice on procedural steps, design and improvement standards, and general platting requirements.
2. Check the existing zoning of the proposed development and advise the applicant if a zoning change or a general plan amendment is necessary or desirable.
3. Review the proposal and its relationship to adjacent land uses and the general plan’s goals and objectives.
4. Determine the amount and type of parks, open space or other public facility needs for the area as determined by the Maricopa general plan; to then determine what space needs shall be reserved or set aside with any special requirements for such site.
5. Review for compliance with the regulations of this title and any other applicable regulations.
6. Determine if the complexity of the proposed development would warrant the preparation of a Planned Area Development (PAD). If a PAD is required such shall be processed prior to or concurrent with subsequent consideration of a preliminary plat.
7. If a general plan amendment is required, such amendment must be obtained prior to the zoning application being heard. (See Chapter 18.170 MCC.)
8. Inspect the site and review the relationship of the property to major streets, utility systems and adjacent land uses and determine any unusual problems such as utilities, drainage or flooding.
9. Determine street width and right-of-way requirements, intersection relationships and other traffic control related characteristics.
10. Identify possible off-site public improvements and dedications.
11. Review the wastewater disposal system.
12. Help the applicant determine the providers of water, sewer, electricity, gas, telephone, cable and refuse.
13. Provide the applicant with the necessary city application forms, review the submittal requirements, and discuss tentative timetables for the project. [Ord. 20-11 §2(14-4-2); Res. 20-31.]