(A) Site plan required. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the development of any new use, the construction of any new structures, or the redevelopment of any existing site that does not meet the standard for minor site modifications of § 154.406(A) shall require site plan approval by the Planning Commission prior to construction and/or occupancy pursuant to this subchapter. For example, site plan review is required for any of the following activities.
(1) Any development that would, if approved, provide for the establishment of more than one principal use on a parcel, such as a single-family site condominium or similar project where a single parcel is developed to include two or more sites for detached single-family dwellings.
(2) Development of non-single-family residential uses in single-family districts.
(3) Any use or construction for which submission of a site plan is required by any provision of these regulations.
(4) Establishment of any regulated use.
(B) Site plan not required. Notwithstanding the provisions of division (A) of this section, site plan approval by the Planning Commission is not required for the following activities.
(1) Construction, moving, relocating or structurally altering a single or two-family home, including any customarily incidental accessory structures.
(2) Excavating, filling, or otherwise removing soil, provided that the activity is normally and customarily incidental to single-family uses described in this section for which site plan approval is not required.
(3) A change in the ownership of land or a structure.
(4) A change in the use of a structure to a similar use allowed by right in the zoning district in which it is located, provided that no modification to the site is proposed or required by the standards of the regulations, and that the site maintains full and continuing compliance with these regulations.
(Ord. 92-005, passed 2-17-92; Am. Ord. 96-006, passed 7-1-96; Am. Ord. 20-003, passed 7-6-20)
Penalty, see § 154.999