Extracted standards
12 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Maximum contour interval for existing topography2 ft
Existing topography with a maximum of two-foot contour intervals.
- Maximum contour interval for proposed topography on easements1 ft
Existing and proposed topography with a maximum of one foot contour intervals must be shown for all easements.
- Irrigation for retail commercial landscaping
Provisions for irrigation of all required landscaping (trees and shrubs) for retail commercial uses.
- Maximum proposed topography grade10 pct
Proposed topography cannot exceed a ten (10) percent grade.
- Site plan approval validity5 years
Approval of a site plan... shall expire five (5) years from the date of approval unless building permits have been obtained.
- Time to address conditionalConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote. approval comments180 days
Any site plan that is conditionally approved... must be completed and all comments addressed one hundred eighty (180) days following planning commission approval.
- Exemptions from site plan
Accessory buildings (with scaled sketch), single-family dwellings and single-family attached dwellings not exceeding 2 units (with engineered house location survey), family day homes, additions less than 10% of total square footage.
- Developments requiring site plan
Planned unit developments; developments with public improvements; new buildings and residential structures; additions to multifamily, commercial or industrial buildings (unless <10% of total square footage); religious assembly, schools, child care centers, hospitals, nursing homes, government offices; developments meeting VDOT review threshold.
- Maximum site plan scale (feet per inch)100 ft
Site plans shall be prepared to a scale of not more than one (1) inch equals one hundred (100) feet.
- Minimum site plan scale (feet per inch)50 ft
A scale of not less than one (1) inch equals fifty (50) feet, unless otherwise approved by the zoning administrator.
- Stormwater management permit threshold1 acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
A Virginia stormwater management permit... is required prior to the approval of a site plan, if the site disturbs more than one (1) acre.
- Traffic impact analysis required
A traffic impact analysis, in accordance with Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2222.1, as amended.
From the ordinance
Site plans shall be reviewed and approved, approved with conditions or disapproved by the planning commission.