A. No landowner or land operator shall receive any of the building, grading or other land development permits required for land disturbance activities without first meeting the requirements of this chapter prior to commencing the proposed activity. The permit application must be accompanied by the following in order that the permit application be considered: a grading, drainage, and erosion control plan, a stormwater management plan, and a permit review escrow as established in section 3-1-2 of this Code.
B. This section shall be applicable to all site development permit applications, unless eligible for an exemption or granted a waiver by the City under the specifications of this chapter. This chapter also applies to land development activities that are smaller than the minimum applicability criteria if such activities are part of a larger common plan of development that meets the following applicability criteria, even though multiple separate and distinct land development activities may take place at different times on different schedules. In addition, all plans must also be reviewed by local environmental protection officials to ensure that established water quality standards will be maintained during and after development of the site and that postconstruction runoff levels are consistent with any local and regional watershed plans.
C. To prevent the adverse impacts of stormwater runoff, the City has developed a set of performance standards that must be met at new development sites. These standards apply to any construction activity disturbing one acre or more of land.
D. No site development permit is required for the following activities:
1. Additions or modifications to existing single-family structures.
2. Developments that do not disturb more than one acre of land, provided they are not part of a larger common development plan.
3. Repairs to any stormwater treatment practice deemed necessary by the City Engineer or any emergency activity which is immediately necessary for the protection of life, property or natural resources.
E. When a development plan is submitted that qualifies as a redevelopment project as defined in section 9-7-2 of this chapter, decisions on permitting and on site stormwater requirements shall be governed by special stormwater sizing criteria found in the current Engineering Manual. These criteria are dependent on the amount of impervious area created by the redevelopment and its impact on water quality. Final authorization of all redevelopment projects will be determined after a review by the City.
F. The applicant shall file with the City a security as outlined in subsection 9-6-3F of this title.
G. The permit application shall follow the review and approval procedure outlined in subsection 9-6-3G of this title.
H. Permits issued under this section shall be valid from the date of issuance through the date the City notifies the permit holder that the site has passed the final inspection as required under the permit. (Prior Code § 4-5-3)