(A) Under certain conditions the Commission or Department may allow the submission of a conceptual development plan with a map amendment request.
(B) Required plan information shall be as follows (unless certain items are waived by the Department):
(1) All plans shall be done by using an engineering drafting scale and shall be a minimum of 18 inches by 24 inches. The plan’s scale shall be approved by the Department upon submission but typically should be one inch equals 100 feet or less;
(2) The title block shall be placed on the bottom right corner of the sheet and shall contain the plan name, preceded by the words “Conceptual Development Plan For (name of development)” with a written and graphic scale, north arrow, the name and address of the developer and plan preparer and the development address;
(3) The boundary of the subject property, its record plat designation (if available) and a record plat name or owner’s name(s) of all adjoining property;
(4) A vicinity sketch, oriented in the same direction as the design scheme;
(5) Zoning classification of all abutting properties, including those across any street, railroad or public way;
(6) Location and arrangement of existing and proposed driveways, general location of proposed walkways and parking areas;
(7) Location of any proposed or existing streets within or abutting the subject property;
(8) Size, location, floor area and use of proposed and/or existing buildings and signs;
(9) General location of screening, landscape buffering, parking areas, recreational and other open space areas;
(10) Floodplains, storm water retention/detention areas and any other designated environmentally sensitive or geologic hazard areas;
(11) A note relating to a review of the local FIRM determining the property’s inclusion in or exclusion from a special flood hazard area;
(12) Proposed and existing easements for utilities or other purposes;
(13) Areas of existing trees including those located along fence rows and drainage areas;
(14) A statistical summary of all pertinent site data (this information should be listed in acreage, square footage and/or percentage of the site as applicable), including site area, zoning, proposed use, maximum building coverage and floor area, parking and open space, and number of freestanding signs;
(15) An owner certification as follows: “I (we) do hereby certify that I am (we are) the only owner(s) of the property shown herein and do adopt this as my (our) development concept for the property.” _______________ Owner signature _____________ Date; and
(16) A Commission certification to be signed by the Planning Commission Chair as follows: “I do hereby certify that this conceptual development plan meets the requirements set by the City of Elizabethtown and is approved.” _______________ Commission Chair or Department Director _____________ Date.
(C) Approval of the conceptual development plan allows the applicant to begin preparation of plats, utility and other improvement plans, and a final development plan. Before any building construction can commence, a final development plan shall be submitted and approved.
(D) Conceptual development plan - expiration: Any approved conceptual development plan shall become invalid if no preliminary plat, record plat, development plan or master plan is filed within two years of plan approval. To be reconsidered, a new conceptual development plan shall be resubmitted for approval.
(Ord. 06-2008, passed 6-16-2008, § 3.8; Ord. 20-2011, passed 10-17-2011)