§ 40-345. Purpose and intent.

(a)

The Institutional Campus (IC) District provides opportunity for large public or private, nonprofit institutional uses, including college/university campuses, primary and secondary schools, medical facility complexes, recreational complexes, and similar campus-oriented institutions, to develop and function as holistic campus areas with unique needs and characteristics.

(b)

The IC district shall apply to public and private institutional uses in the following circumstances:

(1)

Total land area under the ownership, management, or control of a single legal entity and its ancillaries is equal to or greater than five acres, and individual parcels are contiguous, or proximate (when bisected by public streets or thoroughfares).

(2)

Multiple principal buildings are located on a single parcel, or on adjacent or proximate parcels, and support a common institutional purpose (i.e., education or recreation).

(3)

Total population of the legal entity's employees, students, members, or patrons is equal to or greater than 500. The Planning Commission may recommend that the City Council apply this district in other circumstances as deemed necessary and appropriate.

(c)

The primary intent of this division is to enable the City to plan for significant development anticipated within the IC District, and, in cooperation and coordination with the institutions within the IC district, ensure infrastructure, utilities, land use, transportation and public safety issues (and other issues that may arise) are adequately addressed. Given the holistic nature and significant scale of institutions within the IC district, development proposals and land uses must be considered in light of the cumulative effect on public facilities, infrastructure and services as well as public health, safety and welfare. Therefore, institutions within the IC district are required to create and maintain a future development plan consistent with the City comprehensive plan.

(d)

The future development plan is programmatic in nature, presenting anticipated needs for development or use of buildings and land within the district, as a holistic campus environment, over a ten year planning horizon. The future development plan provides input necessary for the City to maintain its comprehensive plan in accordance with state minimum standards and procedures.

(e)

The future development plan shall identify options for arrangements of buildings and spaces, and their respective uses, and may be updated and resubmitted at any time, to provide flexibility in its execution and to account for uncertainty within the planning horizon. The future development plan shall be updated, if necessary, when applications for development permits for new projects are submitted, and a development permit shall not be issued if the future development plan has not been reviewed and accepted by the City Council.

(Code 1997, § 40-410-1; Ord. of 2-6-2012, § 1(40-410-1))