(a) Prior to issuance of a building permit for new construction, reconstruction or enlargement of a building, or an occupancy permit for change in use or new occupancy of existing buildings in certain situations described below, a site plan prepared by a registered architect, engineer or community planner shall be submitted for approval of:
(1) Any use or development for which the submission of a site plan is required by any regulation of this Zoning Code.
(2) Any development, except one-family residential, for which off-street parking areas are provided as required in Section 1296.01.
(3) Any use or change of use in an RT, RML, RMH, MH, OS, B-1, B-2, B-3, B-4, I-1, I-2, TR, P, SP-1, SP-2 or FW District.
(4) Any use or change of use, except one-family residential, which lies contiguous to a thoroughfare having an existing or planned right of way of eighty-six feet or greater.
(5) All residentially related uses permitted in single-family districts, such as, but not limited to churches, schools and public facilities.
(6) New occupants of existing buildings when one or more of the following conditions exist:
A. Insufficient off-street parking.
B. Unpaved parking areas and/or access drives with respective acceleration/deceleration lanes.
C. Noncompliance with Chapter 1060 of these Codified Ordinances.
D. Lack of proper projection of the full proposed public rights of ways.
E. Other factors which may be determined to be detrimental to the health, safety and general welfare of the inhabitants of the Township of Clinton.
(b) Each site plan submitted to the Planning Commission in accordance with the regulations of this Zoning Code shall contain such information and be in such form as the Planning Commission prescribes in its Rules of Procedure.
(c) The following information shall be included on the site plan:
(1) A scale of not less than one inch equals fifty feet if the property is less than three acres, and one inch equals 100 feet if the property is three or more acres.
(2) Date, northpoint and scale.
(3) Dimensions of all lot lines and property lines showing the relationship of the subject property to abutting properties.
(4) The location of all existing and proposed structures on the property and all existing structures within 100 feet of the property.
(5) Existing site features such as, but not limited to, trees and drains.
(6) An area map or vicinity sketch showing the general location of the site in relation to section lines or thoroughfare intersections.
(7) The name, address, telephone number, seal and signature of the architect, planner, designer, engineer or person responsible for preparation of the site plan.
(8) The location and right-of-way widths of all abutting streets and alleys.
(9) The location of all existing and proposed drives and parking areas.
(10) The location and design dimensions of all points of ingress and egress to and from the site to adjacent thoroughfares. All such points shall comply with the requirements of the Macomb County Road Commission or, if applicable, the Michigan Department of Transportation. Where a site plan proposes access to a major or secondary thoroughfare, as contained in the Township Major Thoroughfare Plan the following regulations and the regulations of this subsection (c) shall be included:
A. The full projected right of way and the centerline of the thoroughfare as proposed in the Township Major Thoroughfare Plan.
B. A full paved lane width along the entire site frontage with acceleration and deceleration tapers and by-pass lanes designed in accordance with Macomb County Road Commission standards and provided at all points of access from the site to the thoroughfare unless waived by the Planning Commission and the Township Board.
(11) The location and design of storm water retention basins. When it is known that a storm water retention basin will be required on the site, the basin, when at all possible, shall be located and designed as an integral part of the overall site plan. The basin shall be designed with a maximum slope ratio of four to one, (four feet of horizontal distance for each one foot of vertical drop) and shall be landscaped and maintained in a clean and orderly manner. When retention basins are designed in conformity with these standards, they may be included as part of the open-space requirements of residential development. The Planning Commission and Township Board, after review of a proposed drain basin plan, may require the erection of a six-foot fence around the basin.
(12) The location of all trash and refuse disposal facilities. Such facilities shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 1060 of these Codified Ordinances.
(13) A five-foot wide concrete sidewalk or, at the discretion of the Planning Commission and the Township Board, a ten-foot minimum wide asphalt bicycle/pedestrian path, shall be located one foot from the property line on the side or sides of the roadway on all public streets, with the exception of the interior industrial subdivision streets.
(14) In all private residential developments, a five-foot wide sidewalk adjacent to all main service drives in order to provide interior pedestrian circulation. The locations of such sidewalks shall be approved by the Planning Commission.
(15) The location of all utility boxes and heating and cooling equipment and the measures utilized to conceal such equipment from public view.
(d) In process of reviewing the site plan, the Planning Commission shall consider:
(1) The location and design of driveways providing vehicular ingress and egress to and from the site, and acceleration, deceleration and by-pass lanes in relation to thoroughfares giving access to the site and in relation to pedestrian traffic; and
(2) The traffic circulation features within the site and the location of vehicular parking areas.
(e) The Planning Commission may make such requirements with respect to any matters as will assure:
(1) Safety and convenience of vehicular and pedestrian traffic both within the site and in relation to access thoroughfares.
(2) Satisfactory and harmonious relationships between the development on the site and the existing and prospective development of contiguous land and adjacent neighborhoods.
(f) The Planning Commission may further recommend to the Township Board landscaping, fences and walls in pursuance of these objectives, and the same shall be provided and maintained as a condition of the establishment and the continued maintenance of any use to which they are appurtenant.
(g) In those instances wherein the Planning Commission finds that an excessive number of ingress and/or egress points may occur with relation to major or secondary thoroughfares, thereby diminishing the carrying capacity of such thoroughfares, the Commission may recommend marginal access drives. For a narrow frontage, which will require a single outlet, the Planning Commission may recommend that money be placed in escrow with the Township so as to provide for a marginal service drive equal in length to the frontage of the property involved. Certificates of occupancy shall not be issued until the improvement is physically provided or moneys have been deposited with the Township Clerk.
(h) In order to assure compliance with improvements considered necessary in approving a site plan, a cash deposit, certified check or irrevocable bank letter of credit, in the amount specified in a the site plan bond rate schedule as adopted by the Township Board, shall be deposited with the Treasurer of the Township. The performance guarantee shall be required to be deposited prior to the issuance of any building permits. Refund of such cash bonds will be made only when all site improvements have been made in compliance with the approved site plan. request is made in writing by the individual or entity that posted such bond and after all site improvements have been made in compliance with the approved site plan or if the project has been abandoned. Request for refund may be made by an assignee of the individual or entity that posted the bond if adequate written verification of the assignment is timely furnished and timely application for refund is made pursuant to the requirements of this section. Failure to request refund of a cash bond within thirty-six months of posting will result in forfeiture of bond.
(i) Existing or proposed developments, which have had site plan review and approval as herein required, shall not be changed unless the proposed revisions are approved by the Planning Commission.
(j) Within eighteen months of the date of site plan approval, a permit shall be obtained from the Township Department of Building, or the site plan shall be invalid.
(Ord. 260. Passed 7-9-79; Ord. 260-A-37. Passed 2-8-82; Ord. 260-A-204. Passed 8-13-90; Ord. 260-A-239. Passed 8-23-93; Ord. 260-A-249. Passed 8-22-94; Ord. 260-A-265. Passed 9-7-95; Ord. 260-A-277. Passed 9-30-96; Ord. 260-A-314. Passed 8-10-98; Ord. 260-A-372. Passed 10-7-02; Ord. 369. Passed 5-14-07.)