A. Site Plan Defined: "Site plan" is defined as a plot plan of the entire area to be developed and shows location and size of buildings, the area of the land under consideration, street names and widths, parking area size, and all other items required on the attached site plan checklist.
B. Site Plan Required: A site plan is required for all PUDs, all new multi-family residential buildings consisting of sixteen (16) or more living units, all new public, commercial and industrial buildings including churches, and all exterior additions to existing public, commercial, and industrial buildings, including churches.
C. Site Plan Applications:
1. Goals: The goal in requiring site plans is to beautify and improve the quality of life in the town and to ensure compliance with the town subdivision regulations and zoning ordinance 1 .
2. Objectives: The site plan requirements and procedures for the town are designed to meet the following objectives:
a. To ensure compliance with parking, setback, minimum lot and area, and all other requirements of the zoning ordinance and subdivision regulations, and all drainage, safety, Wardwell water and sewer district, natural hazards, traffic and easement provisions required by town rules, regulations and plans;
b. To provide a smooth transition between adjoining properties;
c. To facilitate the review of new developments by appropriate government agencies of the town;
d. To streamline the development application, review and approval processes.
D. Site Plan Procedures:
1. Persons submitting site plans are required to discuss their proposals and the site plan application with the town engineer prior to submitting an application for review. A landscaping plan and site plan must be approved prior to issuance of any building permit. An approved landscaping plan must be forwarded to the building official prior to his issuing any building permits.
2. After the required owner/staff meeting, a complete site plan application must be submitted to the town engineer, consisting of:
a. The original and two (2) copies of the site plan application form.
b. Four (4) copies of a site plan containing all information required on the attached site plan checklist.
c. For those sites having a total land area of ten thousand (10,000) square feet and over, a drainage plan showing how surface drainage will be taken care of and what effect the surface drainage will have on the area under consideration and all abutting areas.
d. For commercial and industrial sites having a land area of ten thousand (10,000) square feet and over and for residential sites consisting of twenty (20) or more units, a traffic study which provides:
(1) The estimated traffic generated from the proposal and its effects;
(2) Two (2) copies of a complete analysis showing how traffic is generated from the development and how the traffic will be taken care of by the existing road network;
(3) Identification of any private and/or public roadways proposed and the widths of these roadways; any necessary widening of roadways; and the recommended geometric design of roadways; or
(4) If, in the opinion of the town engineer and zoning and planning, a traffic study is not needed due to the proposed land use, this requirement may be waived.
e. Natural hazards shall be defined and proper action shall be taken to alleviate the problems.
f. Buffering measures for the areas of transition between all multi-family, townhouse and condominium dwellings adjacent to single-family dwellings and for all PUD, commercial, industrial and multi-family developments.
3. The procedure for submittal, approval or denial and appeal for PUD site plans is set forth in chapter 8 of this title, including all amendments and/or revisions.
4. Site plan applications for new public, commercial and industrial buildings, including churches, and all exterior additions to existing public, commercial and industrial buildings, including churches, and multi-family developments of sixteen (16) or more units, must be approved by zoning and planning and follow the procedure outlined below. Applications must be submitted to the town hall by five o'clock (5:00) P.M. at least fifteen (15) working days prior to the zoning and planning meeting at which the application is to be considered.
a. Within fifteen (15) working days of submittal, the town engineer will review the application for conformance with the complete site plan application requirements. If the application does not conform to these requirements, the application will be returned to the owner within the fifteen (15) day period. The town engineer will notify the owner first by telephone, and then in writing, if the application is determined to be incomplete. Written notification shall include the reasons upon which the determination was made and shall list items needed for the site plan, the drainage study and/or the traffic study to be complete. If the application is complete, it shall be officially accepted and the date of acceptance noted on all copies.
b. An application which is determined to be incomplete shall not be placed on the zoning and planning agenda at which it was originally intended to be considered. An application that is returned must be resubmitted in complete and accurate form at least fifteen (15) working days prior to the zoning and planning meeting at which the application is to be considered. The application will be reviewed in compliance with requirements as stated in the above procedures.
c. The town engineer will notify the owner, in writing, at least five (5) calendar days prior to the zoning and planning meeting at which the application will be considered. In addition, a meeting will be scheduled between the owner and the town engineer to discuss the staff's written comments to zoning and planning.
d. The application will then be considered by zoning and planning at its meeting. The town engineer review comments will be submitted at the zoning and planning meeting. The owner will be given the opportunity to discuss the site plan with zoning and planning and other comments regarding the site plan may be made.
e. Zoning and planning shall then take one of the following actions:
Approve,
Approve with contingencies,
Deny, or
Table discussion of the application.
f. If the site plan application is approved or approved with contingencies, the owner shall be required to sign a site plan agreement stating terms of approval and his willingness to comply with those terms. If the application is tabled, it shall be considered at the next regularly scheduled zoning and planning meeting and a decision to approve, approve with contingencies or deny shall be made. Appeal of decisions may be made in writing to the town council within ten (10) calendar days of the zoning and planning meeting at which the decision is made.
g. The town council may consider the appeal at the next regularly scheduled town council meeting to be held after receipt of the written appeal. Within fifteen (15) working days of the town council meeting at which the appeal was heard, the town council should make a final determination upon the appeal.
E. Site Plan Checklist:
1. Prepared By: Site plans must be prepared by one of the following: architect, engineer, licensed civil engineer, land surveyor, planner or a drafting technician.
2. Checklist: All items on the following checklist must be addressed on a site plan or documented as to why they are unnecessary. If the town engineer determines sound technical and/or planning principles do not permit the deletions, he will notify the owner. All proposed items addressed on the checklist must be included on the finished physical development exactly as designated on the approved site plan:
1.
| Legal description and common address(es) of the proposed site. |
2. | Title block stating name of project, designer and address and telephone number of designer. |
3. | Names of all abutting property owners. |
4. | Surrounding land uses and zoning on all abutting sides, including those lands separated from the land under consideration by a street, alley or other roadway. |
5. | Current zoning of the land under consideration and proposed zoning, if applicable. |
6. | North arrow, scale of site plan at a scale of one inch equals ten feet (1" = 10') or a multiple thereof, and date site plan was prepared. |
7. | Land area dimensions. |
8. | Dimensions of all setbacks and heights of all proposed buildings. |
9. | Location and dimensions of all proposed off street loading dock areas, including street access and traffic flow to those areas. |
10. | Location of all trash receptacles. |
11. | Dimensions and locations of all advertising signs and fences. |
12. | Any screening or screening devices used to minimize or eliminate areas that tend to be unsightly. |
13. | Location of existing and proposed exterior lighting, heights of poles, size and number of fixtures and lumens of each. |
14. | Names and widths of all adjacent streets, dimensions and location of all public and private roadways, streets or driveways, both paved and unpaved, including rights of way, pavement width and proposed uses of rights of way. |
15. | Location and dimensions of existing and proposed curb cuts and sidewalks. |
16. | Off street parking spaces, locations and dimensions, layout, traffic control, compact and handicapped parking spaces, including all surface markings such as directional arrows. Parking areas must be completed in compliance with chapter 4 of this title prior to final building inspections and issuance of a certificate of occupancy. |
17. | Location of all wheel stops, bumper guards and curbing warranted by topography or traffic and pedestrian circulation. |
18. | Types of ground or yard surfacing throughout, grass, paving, gravel, etc. |
19. | Existing and proposed utilities, utility rights of way and easements. |
20. | General notes to include a summary of: |
a. Total land area in acres or square feet. | |
b. Total building area in square feet. | |
c. Percentage of land covered by buildings. | |
d. Building height(s). | |
e. Number of stories and square footage per story of leasable space. | |
f. Total number of parking spaces. | |
g. Square footage of parking area(s). | |
h. Percentage of site covered by parking. | |
i. Square footage of all landscaped areas. | |
j. Percentage of site covered by landscaping. | |
21. | Numbering of items on the site plan to correspond to items on this checklist. |
22. | Existing and proposed contours. |
23. | Elevations of the building(s) to be constructed. |
24. | Traffic study. |
25. | Drainage plan. |
(Ord. 2012-1, 4-17-2012)
Notes
| 1 | 1. See title 9 of this code and this title. |