17.40.240 Site and architectural design review.
A. Site and Architectural Design Review Board—Approval Required When. The Marina planning commission shall appoint a site and architectural design review board, hereinafter referred to as the board, as a subcommittee of the Marina planning commission. The board shall have the power to review and make recommendations to the planning commission regarding all applications for developments in the city. A building permit shall not be issued for any of the following uses until site and architectural design approval has been obtained: public buildings and grounds; public and private schools; colleges, libraries, art galleries, and museums; public and private hospitals and other institutions; churches and other religious buildings and grounds; clubs, lodges, mortuaries, meeting halls, and other places of public assembly; motels and hotels; office buildings; all commercial and industrial uses; mobile home parks; parking lots; public utility structures and installations, except poles and towers carrying overhead lines; and more than one dwelling unit on a single parcel.
B. Application and Fees.
1. Applications for site and architectural design review shall be accompanied by drawings showing front, side and rear elevations of the proposed building, structure signs, fences, developments, or improvements or additions thereto. The applicant shall also submit plans or drawings showing in reasonable detail proposed building or structural locations, topography, existing vegetation, proposed parking layout and location, proposed landscaping plans and proposed color schemes.
2. Such applications shall be accompanied by a fee to be established by resolution of the city council from time to time hereafter enacted, no part of which shall be returnable to the applicant.
C. Board Action. The board shall consider all necessary plans, drawings and statements in an endeavor to encourage buildings, structures, or other improvements to be designed and constructed, and so located, that they will not be unsightly, undesirable or obnoxious in appearance to the extent that they will hinder the orderly and harmonious development of the city, impair the desirability of residence or investment or occupation in the city, limit the opportunity to obtain the optimum use and value of the land and improvements, impair the desirability of living conditions on or adjacent to the subject site, conform with the standards included in the local coastal land use plan and/or otherwise adversely affect the general welfare of the community.
1. Preliminary Design Review. The board shall suggest any changes in plans of such proposed buildings, structures, or other improvements, as it may deem necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section, and shall not recommend to the commission approval of any such plans until it is satisfied that such purposes will be accomplished thereby.
D. Planning Commission Action. The planning commission shall review the preliminary design review recommendation of the board in acting upon the site and architectural design approval. All improvements which have received site and architectural design approval shall be constructed substantially in accordance with the approved plans, and no change shall be made subsequently without the review and approval of the planning director.
E. Appeal. If the applicant is not satisfied with the action of the planning commission, said person may file an appeal with the city council in writing within ten days after written notice of the decision of the planning commission has been mailed to the applicant. The appeal shall set forth specifically the points of issue, the reason for the appeal, and wherein the appellant believes there was an error or abuse of discretion by the appropriate authority. The city council shall hold a hearing on said appeal and shall render its decision thereon within thirty days after filing thereof. The city council may reverse or affirm or modify the decision of the planning commission and such action shall be final. (Ord. 2020-07 § 2, 2020; Ord. 2007-11 § 3 (Exh. A), 2007)