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(1) Application. The land division associated with a pad lot development is a Type II administrative decision with notice and the Planning Director is the approving authority. Final plat for pad lot development is a Type I ministerial action which complies with the requirements established at the time of tentative plat approval, and the requirements set forth in Section 10.162(2) through (5).

(2) Application for Pad Lot Development Tentative Plat. The application for each proposed pad lot development tentative plat shall be filed with the Planning Department.

(3) Form of Tentative Plat and Accompanying Data. The tentative plat shall comply with the requirements of 10.202(3).

(4) Pad Lot Development Tentative Plat Approval Criteria. The Planning Director shall not approve any tentative plat for a pad lot development unless the Director can determine that the proposed land division, together with the provisions for its design and improvement, meet the following:

(a) Is consistent with the standards as outlined in Section 10.703 and as required in the underlying zoning district.

(b) Is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, any other specific plans applicable to the proposed land division, including Neighborhood Circulation Plans, and all applicable development standards set forth in Articles IV and V of Chapter 10;

(c) Will not prevent development of the remainder of the property under the same ownership, if any, or of adjoining land or of access thereto, in accordance with this chapter;

(d) Bears a name that has been approved by the approving authority and does not use a word which is the same as, similar to, or pronounced the same as a word in the name of any other subdivision in the City of Medford; except for the words “town,” “city,” “place,” “court,” “addition,” or similar words; unless the land platted is contiguous to and platted by the same applicant that platted the land division bearing that name; or unless the applicant files and records the consent of the party who platted the land division bearing that name and the block numbers continue those of the plat of the same name last filed;

(e) If it includes the creation of streets or alleys, that such streets or alleys are laid out to be consistent with existing and planned streets and alleys and with the plats of land divisions already approved for adjoining property, unless the approving authority determines it is in the public interest to modify the street pattern;

(f) If it has streets or alleys that are proposed to be held for private use, that they are distinguished from the public streets or alleys on the tentative plat, and reservations or restrictions relating to the private streets or alleys are set forth;

(g) Will not cause an unmitigated land use conflict between the land partition and adjoining agricultural lands within the EFU (Exclusive Farm Use) zoning district.

(5) Expiration of Pad Lot Development Tentative Plat Approval. Approval of a tentative pad lot development plat application shall take effect fourteen calendar days following the date the notice of decision is mailed, unless appealed, in which case the decision is effective when all appeals are decided. The approval shall expire two years from the effective date. If a request for an extension of a tentative pad lot development plat application approval is filed with the Planning Department within two years from the date of the Planning Director’s decision, an extension not to exceed one additional year shall be granted.

[Added Sec. 7, Ord. No. 2020-136, Nov. 5, 2020; Amd. Sec. 6, Ord. No. 2022-60, Jun. 16, 2022.]