18.76.170 Adjustments to the PUD.
A. The planning director may approve minor adjustments to the approved PUD. Minor adjustments are defined as changes that do not affect permitted densities within a planning area, basic character or conditions of the approved PUD or planning area. Adjustments are considered minor so long as they do not increase or decrease the perimeter boundaries of a planning area or the number of units indicated for that planning area as shown on the official Lakeland plan map by more than 10 percent. School sites identified in a PUD may be adjusted as a minor amendment by condemnation or in accordance with an agreement executed by the appropriate school district(s) and the applicant; provided, that if the director determines that adjustment of schools would create significant park impacts or infrastructure requirements, they may process the amendment as a major amendment.
Transferring multifamily units into the commercial area at the southwest corner of Lakeland Hills Way and the Lake Tapps Parkway from a multifamily planning area may be a minor adjustment. The total number of multifamily units in the commercial area cannot exceed 100. Minor adjustments approved by the planning director must be in writing within 15 working days of submittal of the application. The planning director must forward copies of the approved adjustment to appropriate department heads and the applicant. The applicant may appeal the director’s decision pursuant to ACC 18.70.050. If a minor amendment is approved which affects the official Lakeland plan map, the map shall be revised. The director shall keep the current map on file.
B. Adjustments that are not minor as defined in subsection A of this section are considered major amendments and will be processed in the same manner as a new PUD application. If a major amendment affecting the official Lakeland plan map is approved, the map and Exhibit B, attached to Ordinance No. 5092, shall be amended to reflect the change. If a major amendment changing conditions of approval is adopted, Exhibit A, attached to Ordinance No. 5092, shall be amended to reflect the change.
C. Any change in the exterior boundaries of the PUD or an increase in the total permitted dwelling units above 3,408 shall require a rezone.
D. The following approvals require a comprehensive plan amendment:
1. An increase in the total number of permitted dwelling units above 3,408.
2. An increase in the permitted number of high density multifamily dwelling units (i.e., more than 850 units).
3. An increase in the acreage permitted for light commercial development (i.e., more than 20 acres).
4. A major amendment to the external boundaries of the medium density or high density planning areas.
5. A reduction in required open space (i.e., below 153 acres). (Ord. 5397 § 1, 2000; Ord. 5092 § 1, 1998.)