§ 38-1391.1. Development within BVN district.

(a)

Planned development required. In order to ensure quality development and maintain the desired characteristics of the BVN district, all new development and redevelopment within the BVN district shall be designated as planned development (PD), except as noted in subsection (b) below. The PD development plans shall follow the criteria and procedures set forth in divisions 1 through 5, article VIII, chapter 38, unless otherwise specified herein.

In addition, all projects occurring in the BVN district, but outside of an activity center land use classification, shall establish a building architectural design concept or set of design guidelines as part of the planned development process. Architectural design concept (for a single building) or design guidelines (for a multiple building complex) shall address, at a minimum, the following mass, facades (primary and secondary as defined by the Orange County Commercial Building Architectural Standards and Guidelines for Commercial Buildings and Projects), finish material, colors, roof forms, and signs. The planning manager or his/her designee shall review for architectural and/or project design content and guidelines.

(b)

Exceptions. The following development types shall not be required to be a planned development within the BVN district:

(1)

Residential uses. Single-family residential developments that are four (4) units or less.

(2)

Nonresidential uses.

a.

Freestanding professional office buildings that have either a gross floor area (GFA) of less than thirty-five hundred (3,500) square feet ("s.f.") or are one-half (0.5) acre in land size (residential conversion).

b.

Freestanding houses of worship, government institutions, and utility facilities that have either a building GFA of less than five thousand (5,000) s.f. or are one-half (0.5) acre in land size.

(3)

Redevelopment. Redevelopment of existing structures where there is neither an increase in GFA nor an increase in land size. If a change of use occurs subsequent to redevelopment, the new development shall comply with the BVN district requirements, unless it is excepted pursuant to (b)(1) or (2) above.

(Ord. No. 2001-04, § 1, 2-13-01; Ord. No. 2016-19 , § 32, 9-13-16)