18.96.020 Applicability and required review.
A. Applicability. The design standards and design guidelines in this chapter apply to all multiple-family dwellings in any zoning district.
B. Review Process. An applicant for multiple-family dwellings may elect to use either the objective or discretionary process. The objective process uses clear objective standards that do not require the use of discretionary decision-making. The discretionary process uses design guidelines that are more discretionary in nature and are intended to provide the applicant with more design flexibility.
1. Projects reviewed through the objective process will be evaluated through a Type II site development plan review, pursuant to Chapter 18.150 TMC, and shall comply with the design standards in TMC 18.96.030.
2. Projects reviewed through the discretionary process will be evaluated through a Type III site development plan review, pursuant to Chapter 18.150 TMC, and shall comply with the design guidelines in TMC 18.96.040.
3. A project can be reviewed using only one of the two review processes. For example, a project may not use some of the objective standards and some of the discretionary guidelines in one application. However, an applicant may request a variance to one or more of the objective standard(s) in TMC 18.96.030 under Chapter 18.160 TMC. [Ord. 966 § 3 (Exh. C), 2021.]