14.49.070 Criteria for Establishing Specific Development Plan Overlay Zones.
Adoption of an SDP Overlay zone shall conform to the following standards and procedures:
(1) A Specific Development Plan zone shall be adopted by ordinance after approval of an amendment to the General Plan Chapter 6, Urban Growth and Land Use, adopting a Specific Development Plan for a given area; except that only a land use zone change shall be required when the specific area plan is consistent with the General Plan. General Plan amendments shall comply with the procedures set forth in Chapter 15.17, Provo City Code; except that applications for Specific Development Plan General Plan amendments may be made at any time.
(2) In order to approve an SDP Overlay zone the following findings shall be made:
(a) The zone is necessary to provide land use or design standards tailored to a specific geographic area and development program that cannot otherwise be provided through conventional zoning.
(b) The zone provides equal or greater compatibility with surrounding land uses than what would likely occur with conventional zoning.
(c) The zone provides equal or greater protection to sensitive lands than what would likely occur with conventional zoning.
(d) The zone avoids incompatible development on lands subject to natural hazards.
(e) The zone promotes efficient land use by allowing housing and commercial development at densities that are appropriate for the area, and more or less equal to densities that would be allowed with conventional zoning.
(f) The zone provides more or less equal or greater opportunities for alternative modes of transportation, such as walking, bicycling, transit, than what would likely occur with conventional zoning by:
(i) Encouraging or requiring significant mixed use development where appropriate.
(ii) Providing a master plan with direct and convenient pedestrian and bicycle connections between all land uses; and
(iii) Providing for transit service where applicable.
(3) Except as set forth in the following Subsections, the design standards of Chapter 14.34.280(3), Provo City Code, shall apply to all development. In addition, each SDP Overlay zone shall provide development design standards that are more or less equal to or greater than the standards that would be required with conventional zoning.
(a) If the design standards of an SDP and Chapter 14.34.280(3) conflict, SDP Overlay zone standards shall prevail.
(b) When an SDP Overlay zone is proposed in a corridor where specific design guidelines have been adopted under 14.34.290, the standards contained in 14.34.290 shall prevail.