19.17.060 Application.

(A) Application.

(1) Application for a specific plan shall be filed with the community development department on forms prescribed by the planning commission, along with any plans, maps, or additional information required by the community development director. The application shall include, in part, a description of the proposed land use pattern, circulation and other improvements, phasing, requested modifications to development standards, financing of infrastructure improvements, and all other information required by state law for specific plans.

(2) The text and diagrams of the proposed specific plan shall be organized in a manner that clearly states the goals of the specific plan and sets forth regulations in a format readily usable by both professionals and lay persons who may have a role in implementing the specific plan.

(B) Preparation. Specific plans shall be prepared by the affected property owners in close cooperation with the city. Where property owners are unable or unwilling to prepare such specific plans, the city may prepare the specific plans in close cooperation with the affected property owners. The

city's costs of preparing or reviewing and adopting the specific plans and related environmental documents shall be recovered from the property owners benefiting by the specific plan, as provided for by state law.