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SECTION 9230.324. Architectural Review. (a) Any application for permit for a building or structure in the L N District shall be accompanied by architectural drawings or sketches end plot plans, all to a workable scale, showing the elevation of the proposed building or structure, · proposed landscaping or other treatment of grounds around such building or structure, off-street parking and other physical features such as trees, 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 develop- ment of the City or to impair the desirability of investment or occupation in the neighborhood. In event the applicant is not satisfied withthe 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) ~he Planning Co~missionmay, upon approval of the City Council, establish an Architectural R~view Committee, which shall include a minimum of six (6) members consisting of the Directors of Plam~ing, ~uildi~ and Safety, Public ~orks, at least one (1) licensed architect, one (1) building contractor ar~ one (1) realtor. All members other th~n the aforementioned three city officials shall be appointed by the Phnning Commission. ~id committee shall review said plans, sketches and elevations, and recommend to the Commission approval or disapproval of same. All approvals shall be based on standards of good architectural design. Such standards shall be entitled "Drawings ~nd Illustrated Architectural Standards for Properties in the LN - Limited }~nuf~cturing District". Said standards shall be approved by the Planning Commission and City Council prior to their use by the Architectural Review Committee, and copies sh~ll be on file in the Departments of Planning and Building & S~fety. 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 Architectural Review Committee has been established the Planning Commission shall not render ~ decision approving or disapproving the application until a written recommendation has been filed with the Commission from said Committee. S~id written recommendation by the Architectural Review Committee shall be submitted to the Planning Commission within seven (7) days from initial receipt of said application by the Planning D~partment unless it is deemed necessary by the Committee that an extension of time is necessary to review said application. ?ae extension of time shall be mutually agreed upon by the applicant and the Committee. In no case shall said extension of time be for 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 appreved by the ~l~nning Commission or by the City Council in the event of appeal from the Planning Commission, and all buildings, structures and grounds shall be in accordance with the drawings, sketches and recommended modifications imposed bythe Commission or Council. SECTION 9230.325. BuildinE Height Limit. No structure shall exceed fifty (50) feet without specific ~pproval of a con- ditional use p~rmit requesting a specific height. SECTION 9230.326. Building Site Area. Each building site shall contain not less than fifteen thousand (15,OOO) square feet and have not less than 1OO feet of frontage on a public street measured at the setback line, -29-