Extracted standards
10 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure site plan exemption256 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Accessory structures or improvements less than 256 square feet in area.
- Topography contour interval5 ft
Topography of the project area with contour intervals of five feet or less.
- Final site plan approval period60 days
The final site plan shall be approved or disapproved within 60 days after it has been officially submitted for approval.
- Final site plan expiration5 years
Approval of a final site plan submitted under the provisions of this article shall expire five years after the date of such approval unless building permits have been obtained for construction in accordance therewith.
- Land disturbance site plan exemption10,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Filling and grading operations where the area of land disturbance is less than 10,000 square feet where no impervious structures, surfaces or improvements will be installed and no clearing undertaken.
- Preliminary site plan lapse period12 months
If no final site plan is submitted within 12 months of the approved preliminary site plan and construction has not begun within the time period approved by the Town Council, the preliminary site plan approved shall lapse and be of no further effect.
- Site plan detail distance from property line50 ft
Such information shall be provided for the site itself and for an area within 50 feet of any property line of the site.
- Slope treatment threshold10 pct
Proposed treatment of slopes in excess of 10% to prevent soil erosion and excessive runoff.
- Traffic impact study trigger100 trips per hour
A proposed use that generates 100 or more trips during the peak hour for that use shall be required to submit a full traffic impact study.
- Tree caliper threshold for site plan8 inches
The location of all trees existing on the site prior to construction with a caliper of eight inches or greater.
From the ordinance
No building permit or zoning permit shall be issued involving construction or exterior modifications to a structure until a final site plan has been issued... with exceptions: accessory structures less than 256 sq ft, filling/grading less than 10,000 sq ft, etc.