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Chesapeake, Virginia · General provision

Article 18 - Development Site Plans

All Chesapeake districts0

Extracted standards

20 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Environmental

  • Environmental permits statement required

    Final site plan shall contain statement that all required environmental permits will be obtained in a timely manner.

  • Phase I environmental site assessment required

    Phase I environmental site assessment required for land disturbance for residential, assembly, day care, group home, recreation, school, library, or similar use where exposure to contaminated soil/water poses threat.

Other

  • Maximum contour interval10 ft

    Existing topography at a maximum of ten (10) foot contour intervals.

  • Boundary line accuracy1,000 ft

    Boundary, setback and zoning lines: one foot per one thousand (1:1,000) feet.

  • Existing structures accuracy5 ft

    Existing structures, utilities and other topographic features: within five (5) feet.

  • Proposed structures accuracy5 ft

    Proposed structures, roads, parking lots and other improvements: within five (5) feet.

  • Existing intersections within 500 ft500 ft

    Existing intersections located within five hundred (500) feet of the property.

  • Existing structures within 25 ft25 ft

    Existing structures and roads, including roadway entrances, located within twenty-five (25) feet of the property line.

  • Expansion threshold for site plan25 pct

    Expansion exceeds twenty-five (25) percent of gross floor area of existing building or area occupied by use.

  • Building permit plans for sites without site plan

    For sites without site plan, application shall include plans drawn to scale by licensed engineer, architect or land surveyor, showing dimensions, locations, floodplain info, elevations, etc.

  • Final site plan prepared by licensed professional

    Final site plans shall be prepared by a professional engineer, or land surveyor with a 3(b) license, licensed to practice in Virginia.

  • Initial review timeline40 days

    The designated agent shall act on a plan within forty (40) days after it has been officially submitted.

  • Resubmission review timeline30 days

    The designated agent shall act on a plan that was previously disapproved within thirty (30) days after it has been officially resubmitted.

  • Third resubmission review timeline16 days

    The designated agent's review shall be completed within sixteen (16) days after the plan has been officially resubmitted.

  • Minimum plan scale100 ft

    General layout design on a scale of at least one (1) inch to one hundred (100) feet.

  • Exemptions from site plan requirement

    Exempt: single-family detached or two-family dwelling on existing lot, accessory structures to single/two-family, agricultural activity, change/expansion under 25% GFA, temporary uses under 1 year, fill deposit under conditions.

  • Site plan required

    A preliminary and final site plan shall be required for any construction, use, change in use or other development in all zoning districts.

  • Temporary use duration limit1 year

    Any permitted use of a temporary nature for a period not to exceed one (1) year.

Overlay

From the ordinance

A preliminary and final site plan shall be required for any construction, use, change in use or other development in all zoning districts.
Article 18 - Development Site Plans