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SECTION 923Oe160. CD (Civic Development District). SECTION 9230.161. Purpose. The Civic Development District is hereby authorized and may be established by the City Council for the purpose of encouraging, securing and maintaining the orderly and harmonious appearance, attractiveness and aesthetic development of struc- tures and grounds in order that the most appropriate use and value thereof be deter- mined and protected and that the public health, safety and general welfare be SECTION 9230.162. Ubs Permitted. (a) Official and public uses of property and related activities such as Civic Center buildings, auditoriums, and similar public structures. (b) Ail uses permitted in the P District provided multiple family dwellings and apartments shall be subject to Section 9230.102, and Section 9230.104 of the R3H District. (c) Accessory commercial uses in conjunction with the above provided that such uses shall be traditionally incidental to and secondary to uses permitted in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section. SECTION 9230.163. Submission of Development Pl.ans. Architectural Review. (a) .lny application for permit for a building or structure in the CD District shall be accompanied by architectural dra~vings or sketches and plot plans, all to a workable scale, showing the elevation of the proposed building or structure, signs, proposed landscaping or other treatment of grounds around such building or struc- ture, off-street parking and other physical features such as tre~s, hydrants, poles~ etc., and said plans shall be filed with the Planning Department. (b) Upon receipt of said application by the Planning Department the same shall be referred to the Planning Commission who shall consider said plans in an endeavor to provide that such buildings or structures and grounds be in keeping with the neighborhood and such as not to be detrimental to the harmonious development of the City or to impair the desirability of investment or occupation in the neighborhood. In event the applicant is not satisfied ~ith the action of the Planning Commission, he may, within thirty (30) days, appeal in writing to the City Council and said Council shall render its decision within thirty (30) days. (c) The Planning Commission may, upon approval of the City Council, establish an ~rchitectural Review Committee, which sh~ll include a minimum of six (6) members consisting of the Directors of Planning, Building and Safety, Public ~?orks, at least one (1) licensed architect, one (1) building contractor and one (1) realtor. Ail members other than the aforementioned three city officials shall be a~pointed by the Planning Connission. Said committee shall review said plans, sketches and elevations, and recommend to the Commission approval or disapproval of the same. Ail approvals shall be based on standards of good architectural design. Such stan- dards shall be entitled "Drawings and Illustrated Architectural Standards for properties in the C D (Civic ~evelopmen~) District". Said standards shall be approved by the Planning Commission and City Co~ncil prior to their use by the Architectural Review Committee, and shall be on file in the Departments of Planning and Building and Safety. Furthermore the "Drawings and Illustrated Architectural Standards" shall show desirable architectural standards but are not designs which must be copied in order to secure approval of plans. (d) If the aforementioned ~rchitectural Review Committee has been established, %be Planning Comm4ssion shall not render a decision approving or disapproving the apDlication until a written recommendation has been filed ~ith the Commission from said Committee. Said written recommendation by the ~rchitectural Review Committee shall be submitted to the Flanning Commission within seven (7) days from initial receipt of said application by the Planning Department unless it is deemed necessary by the Committee that an extension of time is necessary to review said application. The extension of time shall be mutually agreed upon by the applicant and the Committee. In no case shall said extension of time be f$r a period to exceed thirty (30) days from initial receipt of the application. (e) No permit shall be issued in any case hereinabove mentioned until such drawings and sketches have been approved by the Planning Commission or by the Cit~ Council in the event of appeal from the Planning Commission, and all buildings, structures and grounds shall be in accordance with the drav~ings, sketches and recommended modifications imposed by the Corz~ission or 'Council~ SECTION 9230.164. Yards, Building height, Off-Street Parking~ The same as permitted in the C3 District, except us may be modified by the Plarming Commission and City Council in their approval of plans, sketches and elevations as provided in Section 9230.143 of this District.