Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Site plan exemption for two-family
Individually developed two-family dwellings.
- Site plan exemption for accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structures256 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.
- Site plan exemption for gradingGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume.10,000 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.
- Site plan exemption for single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
Individually developed single-family detached dwellings.
From the ordinance
all development in the city requires approval of a site plan in accordance with the procedures and standards in this division prior to the issuance of a zoning permit, building permit, or certificate of occupancy, or any land disturbance, with the following exceptions: (1) Individually developed single-family detached dwellings. (2) Individually developed two-family dwellings. (3) Accessory structures or improvements less than 256 square feet in area. (4) 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. (5) Repairs of a general nature to existing buildings with no land disturbance.