Environment & Sustainability | Low Impact Development
areas and critical area buffers within the site density calculations required under SDC 21.04.030.H.
b. The applicant shall identify the proposed techniques and incentives at the time of the first permit application for the primary proposal; c. When the primary proposal requires a public hearing under this chapter or SDC 21.02.060 or Chapter 21.09 SDC the public hearing on the primary proposal shall serve as the hearing on the LID approaches proposed, and the reviewing authority shall make a consolidated decision on the proposed development and use of techniques and the resulting incentives; d. When the primary proposal does not require a public hearing under this chapter or SDC 21.02.060 or Chapter 21.09 SDC, the LID approach proposal shall be subject to the decision criteria for conditional use permits outlined in SDC 21.09.070 and to the procedures set forth in Chapter 21.09 SDC; e. All notices required by SDC 21.09.010 for the proposed development shall include a brief description of the proposed LID approaches and associated incentives; f. A notice on title and conditions on the face of final plat or equivalent recorded document shall be required documenting the use of LID approaches and identifying limitations on future development; and g. A maintenance plan shall be prepared and distributed to all property owner(s) that addresses structural and drainage maintenance, vegetation management, establishment and appropriate long-term irrigation. The applicant shall obtain written agreement from all property owners to comply with the maintenance plan
3. Recognition – 24 Technique Points Required. The applicant may request that the City generate a featured LID development article in the City newsletter covering the development which has earned the technique points. Technique points used for this incentive may be reused to obtain additional incentives. 4. Increased Signage – 12 Technique Points Required. The applicant may increase the allowed signage pursuant to SDC 21.06.050 by:
a. Adding one additional monument sign; or
b. Increasing the size of the allowed sign by 10 percent.
5. Attached Housing – 12 Technique Points Required. One hundred percent of the lots within a proposed residential development may be designed to accommodate attached housing consistent with SDC 21.02.030D.
E. Review
1. Process. The use of preferred LID approaches or full LID design shall be reviewed concurrently with a primary proposal to consider the proposed site plan and methods used to earn the incentives as follows: a. For the purpose of this section, a “primary proposal” is defined as a proposed subdivision, binding site plan, conditional use permit, or commercial site development permit;
130 | Title 21: Sammamish Development Code
Effective | January 1, 2022
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