A. Site plan approval shall be required for any nonresidential and multi-family development, prior to the issuance of a building permit for the following development situations:
1. Any new principal structures;
2. An existing principal structure is proposed to be expanded more than twenty five percent (25%) of the gross area of the existing structure;
3. Any new or modified building and/or site improvements for a zoning lot which has previously received site plan approval under this chapter. Reapproval of the plan is required for components of the plan which depart from the approved site plan. The extent of required documentation of any proposed changes to be incorporated in the submittal for reapproval shall be determined by the director of public health and safety;
4. Any new or modified off street parking or loading area improvements;
5. A site plan shall not be required solely because of a change in the use except where such change of use results in increased off street parking requirements that cannot currently be met on the site;
6. In accordance with section 9-2-4 of this title, no building or structure which has been damaged by fire, explosion, act of God or the public enemy, to the extent of more than fifty percent (50%) of its value, shall be restored except in conformity with the regulations of the district in which it is located;
7. Addition of a residential dwelling unit to an existing commercial structure (where allowed) involving the addition of all or part of an additional vertical story.
B. Upon recommendations by the Planning and Zoning Commission, site plans may be approved by the Village Council in accordance with the procedural provisions of this chapter. Any application for site plan approval which is accompanied by an application for a variance, conditional use, or zoning map amendment shall not be acted upon by the village council until after a public hearing and recommendation before the Planning and Zoning Commission, to the Village Council. (Ord. O-44-02, 8-12-2002; amd. Ord. O-24-05, 6-13-2005; Ord. O-27-19, 8-26-2019; Ord. O-20-22, 5-9-2022)