§ 17.84.140. Standards for crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED).

The City of Benbrook has a goal of promoting public safety through implementation of principles of crime prevention through environmental design. Every application for a site plan or plot plan for projects in the "D" multiple family, "E" commercial, "F" commercial, "HC" highway corridor, "G" commerce, "H" industrial, "MU" mixed use or "PD" planned development district shall be reviewed by a City of Benbrook CPTED review team made up of one law enforcement officer and one CPTED-trained planner or building inspector prior to approval. The applicant must respond to all suggestions and concerns noted by the CPTED team prior to consideration and approval and only the planning and zoning commission may grant waivers to the recommendations of the CPTED team.

The applicant is encouraged to consider the following principles and guidelines in the design of his/her project to assist in the creation and maintenance of developments that decrease the opportunity for crime and increases the perception of safety. The CPTED review shall encompass, but not be limited to the following principles:

A.

Provision of Natural Surveillance:

1.

The placement and design of physical features to maximize visibility. This will include building orientation, windows, entrances and exits, parking lots, walkways, guard gates, landscape trees and shrubs, fences and walls, signage and any other physical obstructions.

2.

The placement of persons and/or activities to maximize surveillance possibilities.

3.

Lighting that provides for nighttime illumination of parking lots, walkways, entrances and exits.

B.

Provision of natural access control:

1.

The use of sidewalks, pavement, lighting and landscaping to clearly guide the public to and from entrances and exits.

2.

The use of fences, walls or landscaping to prevent and/or discourage public access to or from dark and/or unmonitored areas.

C.

Provision of Territorial Enforcement: The use of pavement treatments, landscaping, art, signage, screening and fences to define and outline ownership of property.

D.

Maintenance: The use of low-maintenance landscaping and lighting treatments to facilitate CPTED principles of natural surveillance, natural access control and territorial reinforcement. All exterior lighting fixtures shall be maintained in an operative state and landscaping shall be maintained to present a healthy and orderly appearance and shall be kept free from refuse and debris.

(Ord. No. 1344, § 1, 10-18-2012)