Article III, Site Plan
Extracted standards
30 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Commission review for building > 30,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (unless 85% warehouse/office/industrial)30,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A single building or group of buildings which contain a total floor area that exceeds 30,000 square feet which are not predominantly to be used as a warehouse, distribution center, office, or for other industrial or manufacturing purpose. The term predominantly shall be defined as 85 percent of the total square feet of the building or more.
- Commission review for multi-familyMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. development of 10+ units10 units
A multi-family development of ten or more units which is not subject to a binding legislatively approved master plan;
- Commission review for shopping center
A shopping center;
- Conceptual plan comments within 21 calendar days21 days
The planning division shall transmit comments to the applicant within 21 calendar days of submittal of a conceptual plan which meets all applicable submittal criteria.
- Final approval valid for 5 years5 years
Final approval of a site plan submitted under the terms of this article shall be valid from the date of approval for a period of five years.
- Inset map scale no less than 1 inch = 2000 feet2,000 feet
Vicinity and location of site by an inset map at a scale no less than one inch equal to 2,000 feet;
- Natural resource inventory not required if addition < 1000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.1,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The proposed project is an addition to an existing structure that is less than 1,000 square feet, or no changes to the building footprints are proposed.
- Natural resource inventory not required if disturbance < 2500 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.2,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Land disturbance on the project area is less than 2,500 square feet.
- Phase I archaeological study not required if addition < 1000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.1,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The proposed project is an addition to an existing structure that is less than 1,000 square feet or, no changes to the building footprints are proposed.
- Phase I archaeological study not required if disturbance < 2500 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.2,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Land disturbance on the project area is less than 2,500 square feet.
- Preliminary approval valid for 1 year1 year
Preliminary approval of a site plan shall be valid for a period of one year.
- Site plans available for public review 5 working days before preliminary approval5 working days
All site plans shall be kept on file in the planning division and will be available for review by all interested persons during normal business hours for no less than five working days prior to receiving preliminary approval.
- Review criteria: intensity of land use, design, etc.
The planning director, zoning administrator, the planning commission, or its designee shall review and consider site plans with respect to: (1) Intensity of land use including developable acreage, density and adequate provisions for open space and recreational facilities...
- First revised plan review within 30 days30 days
Ten copies of a revised site plan shall be submitted to the planning director or his designee who shall, within 30 days, review the second submittal of plans for compliance with applicable county regulations
- Subsequent revised plan review within 21 days21 days
The planning director or his designee shall review each subsequent submittal of revised plans within 21 days.
- Site plan required for 3+ single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. dwellings on same parcel3 dwellings
Three or more single-family dwellings on the same parcel; or
- Site plan required for apartmentsMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive.
Apartments; except for the addition of individual private decks and fences accessory thereto;
- Site plan required for campgrounds
Campgrounds;
- Site plan required for commercial or industrial buildings
Commercial or industrial buildings or developments;
- Site plan required for docks, marinas, wharves, piers, bulkheads
Docks, marinas, wharves, piers, bulkheads and the like or any overwater structures, except private overwater piers and boat houses accessory to a single-family dwelling;
- Site plan required for hospitals or nursing homes
Hospitals or nursing homes;
- Site plan required for manufactured homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. parks
Manufactured home parks;
- Site plan required for multi-familyMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. dwellings with 4+ units4 units
Multi-family dwellings with a combined total of four units or more; except for the addition of individual private decks and fences accessory thereto;
- Site plan required for off-street parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. areas (except single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.)
Off-street parking areas or any additions to existing off-street parking areas except for single-family residences.
- Site plan required for places of public assembly
Places of public assembly, such as houses of worship, temples, synagogues, cemeteries, and public meeting halls;
- Site plan required for public parks or recreation facilities
Public parks or recreation facilities;
- Site plan required for public utilitiesPublic utilitiesInfrastructure serving the wider area — substations, pump stations, towers.
Public utilities, public service or transportation uses, transmission mains, buildings, generating, purification or treatment plants, water storage tanks, pumping or regulator stations, telephone exchange, transformer or substations, or power transmission lines;
- Site plan required for schools or public buildings
Schools or public buildings;
- Site plan required for wireless communications facilities
Wireless communications facilities;
- Trees to be removed with DBH >= 12 inches must be shown12 inches
size and type of trees to be removed having a minimum diameter breast height of 12 inches;
From the ordinance
Site plans shall be required for the following major uses and additions and expansions thereto: (1) Multi-family dwellings with a combined total of four units or more; ...