(A) General. The Board of County Commissioners and the County Planning Board have the right and responsibility to review and require revisions to any proposed development plan. The purpose of this review is to relieve demonstrable adverse impacts of the development upon public safety, health, or welfare; to determine that adequate and sustainable utilities and services are available for the development; protect public investments in roads, drainage facilities, sewage facilities, public water supplies; to conserve the value of buildings; and to assure that the regulations of the county are upheld.
(B) Development plan required. Prior to the commencement of any construction, including clearing and grading, of a new manufactured home park or the expansion of an existing mobile home park or manufactured home park, a development plan shall be prepared in accordance with the requirements of this chapter, reviewed and approved. No permits of any kind shall be issued on a lot until a development plan is approved.
(C) Two-step plan submittal, review and approval process, or optional 3-step process.
(1) General process. The submittal, review and approval process shall include:
(a) A conceptual development plan will be prepared and submitted for public comment. This step is optional; however, a conceptual plan shall be prepared if the developer chooses to exercise this option;
(b) A preliminary development plan will be prepared, submitted, reviewed by a Technical Review Committee, reviewed by the Planning Board, commented on by the public, and will receive preliminary approval/denial by the Planning Board; and
(c) A final development plan with all certifications and approvals will submitted, reviewed by the Planning Director and, when complete, will be forwarded to the Board of Commissioners for final action.
(2) Conceptual development plan (optional).
(a) Prior to the preparation, review and approval of a development plan, a conceptual plan may be submitted. The purpose of this submittal is to obtain comments from the Planning Board and the public, particularly neighboring properties, regarding the development of a proposed manufactured home park. This step is optional; however, a conceptual plan shall be prepared if the developer chooses to exercise this option. A pre-application conference is recommended for developers prior to beginning a project. Various departments have information, requirements and insight necessary to a successful project.
(b) The conceptual plan shall be of sufficient detail to enable the public to determine the basic design of the park. It shall include:
1. A boundary of the property to be developed;
2. Location of proposed entrances and street locations;
3. Proposed number and size of lots;
4. Total acreage in the park;
5. Location of any proposed common areas or structures;
6. Location of any natural or manmade bodies of water;
7. Tax map, block and parcel number; and
8. Vicinity map showing the location of the development in relationship to major highways and state route (S.R.) roads.
(3) Preliminary development plan.
(a) The developer shall prepare a preliminary development plan in accordance with this chapter and submit 14 copies. Plans may be submitted in a digital form with the permission of the Planning Director. The proposed development plan shall be prepared by a registered land surveyor or other qualified design professional. Plans shall contain all required information. Any plan that is incomplete, as determined by the Planning Department, shall not be forwarded for review by the Technical Review Committee and shall be returned to the owner for necessary revisions. The development plan must be received at least 10 days prior to the next regularly scheduled meeting of the County Technical Review Committee. All fees shall be due and payable when the development plan is submitted according to the schedule of fees.
(b) The development plan submitted shall be drawn at a scale of 50 feet to 1 inch or larger, and shall be 24 inches by 36 inches in dimension (development may require more than 1 sheet).
(c) The following items shall be required for a complete submittal:
1. The name of the proposed development, the names and address of the owner or owners, and the engineer or surveyor, with registration number;
2. Date of preparation and subsequent revisions, scale (drawn and written), and accurate north arrow;
3. Boundaries of the tract shown with all bearings, distances and including curve data, if applicable. Ties to State Coordinate System shall be shown;
4. A legal description of the property, including ties to the State Coordinate System, and the calculated area of the site in square feet and/or acres;
5. Tax map, block and parcel number;
6. The location of all state boundaries, county boundaries, municipal boundaries and any extra-territorial jurisdictional (ETJ) boundaries within 200 feet of the proposed development site shall be shown on the development plan;
7. Development plan showing existing and proposed (public or private) streets shown with names and street numbers, driveways, recreation areas, parking spaces or areas (including location and dimension), service buildings, water courses, rock outcroppings, easements, mobile home spaces location, dimension and area), and structures (location and dimension);
8. Location of existing shrubs, and trees, generally; and proposed landscape areas or stormwater retention areas (may be shown on a separate plan);
9. Location of all existing fire hydrants within 300 feet of property and all public water or sewer lines within 300 feet of the property;
10. Vicinity map showing the location of the development in relationship to major highways and state route (S.R.) roads;
11. Names of adjoining property owners and present use of the adjoining property;
12. Name, address and telephone number of the utility companies serving the project;
13. Any existing or proposed utility system for gas, surface water drainage, street lights, electrical power, cable, telephone, water supply, fire hydrants, solid waste disposal and sewage disposal facilities;
14. The location, system design, distribution lines and capacity of water system;
15. The location, system design, distribution lines and capacity of sewage disposal system. If septic tanks are to be used, a septic tank permit application may be submitted for each lot. Submittal of permit applications early in the project will help to avoid delays in site evaluations;
16. Proposed method of solid waste storage, collection and disposal plans. Designation of refuse collection area(s) with dimensions;
17. Proposed finished elevations for paved areas and retention areas with arrows indicating direction of surface flow;
18. Location of light poles;
19. Location, height and type of material for fences, walls and the like;
20. Location and specifications for mail delivery;
21. The maximum width and length of manufactured home which can be accommodated on each individual lot. Show all required setback lines;
22. The location, dimension, composition and numbering system for each manufactured home lot marker;
23. The location, dimension, lighting and composition of a sign identifying the name of the manufactured home park and the address of the park;
24. Land contours with vertical intervals of not less than 2 feet for all manufactured home parks. Location of any floodplain or watershed boundaries within 100 feet; and
25. A preliminary soils report prepared by a registered soil scientist. It is recommended that flagging done by the soil scientist should be left in place until site evaluation is completed by the Public Health Department.
(4) Final development plan. The developer shall submit a final development plan which shall include all items in division (C)(3)(c) of this section. It shall also include approval of the solid waste system, water system and wastewater system. It shall include all revisions or additions required during the preliminary development plan approval.
(Ord. 3 § 5.2, passed 9-14-1998)