If the application is for under five (5) acres, submission of the application and preliminary site plan shall be made to the Building Department, which will then submit the application to the Community Development, Fire, Water Distribution, Engineering and Wastewater Departments.
If the application is for over five (5) acres, submission shall be made to the Planning Commission. The following regulations shall apply in either case:
A. The names, addresses and telephone numbers of all property owners included in the development.
B. A legal description and map showing the boundaries of the proposed development, including total acreage.
C. The general layout of the site showing proposed public and private roadways, lots, service roads, and open space area(s); areas to be used for single household detached homes, recreation and open space. The location of proposed buildings (other than single household homes), parking lots and proposed density per acre must also be indicated.
D. Public and private streets must meet subdivision requirements relative to maximum length. (Refer to Chapter 1115, Design Standards, of the City of Elyria Subdivision Regulations.) Street widths for private, undedicated streets shall not be less than twenty-two (22) feet in width with cul-de-sacs having a minimum of forty-four (44) foot paved radius. All T-type streets shall have an inside turning radius of not less than thirty (30) degrees. The design of proposed streets shall provide for both the continuation of existing streets and access to adjacent, unplatted lands so that the entire area will be serviced with a coordinated street system. Islands or planters in any public street are subject to approval by the Planning Commission.
The site plan must be designed to permit adequate access by fire, police, and ambulance vehicles.
E. Open spaces may include picnic shelters, maintenance buildings, offices, restroom facilities and other related recreational structures not to exceed six hundred (600) square feet each; park facilities; playground equipment; walking and/or jogging paths and bicycle trails; outdoor fields; wetlands, woodlands, lakes or ponds; environmentally sensitive areas; historic lands; interesting geographic terrain features; or other open areas.
Recreational uses may include, but not be limited to, swimming pools, tennis courts, golf courses, volleyball courts, playing fields, horseback riding, canoeing and roller-blading.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)