(a) Any person seeking approval of residential, industrial, commercial, office and industrial purposes, including land development proposals for non-agricultural uses and public infrastructure uses, shall develop, and submit to the City Engineer for review and approval a Site Development Plan prepared by a professional engineer licensed by the State of Ohio as detailed below.
(b) Site Development Plan Requirements.
(1) Site Plan Map that shows the location of existing features and proposed improvements on the site including:
A. Total area of the site and the area of the site that is expected to be disturbed (i.e., grubbing, clearing, excavation, filling, or grading, including off-site borrow areas).
B. Area of land not to be disturbed shall be shown.
C. Surface water locations, including known springs, wetlands, streams, lakes, water wells, etc., on or within 200 feet of the site, including the boundaries of stream channels and first subsequent named receiving water(s).
D. The general directions of surface water flow and 100-year floodway and floodplain when applicable.
E. All existing and proposed improvements, including but not limited to buildings, retaining walls, sidewalks, streets, parking lots, driveways, utilities and storm water basins, drainage impoundments, channels, and outlets, etc.
(2) A description of the nature and type of the earth-disturbing/construction activity (e.g., residential, commercial, highway, etc.).
(3) A photocopy of the appropriate soil survey sheet found in the USDA Soil Survey of Lorain/Erie County with location of site identified.
(4) An estimate of the impervious area and percent imperviousness created by the earth-disturbing activity.
(c) Site Development Plan Submission, Review and Action.
(1) Submission of a Site Development Plan by an applicant as prepared by a professional engineer seeking approval initiates the review process.
(2) The City Engineer shall review the Site Development Plan.
(3) Review of the Site Development Plan shall be completed within seven working days of submittal.
(4) Following the plan review the City Engineer shall either:
A. Approve the Site Development Plan.
B. Conditionally approve the Site Development Plan pending additional information and/or the incorporation of required changes; or
C. Reject the plan and request a revised plan be submitted addressing noted items.
(Ord. 2007-102. Passed 3-3-08.)
(5) An engineer review deposit fee of five hundred dollars ($500.00), plus two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for each revised plan submitted shall be paid upon submission of site development plans for review to cover all costs associated with such review. Any additional costs for review of revised plans, above the initial review fee, will be billed to the builder/developer.
(Ord. 2009-7. Passed 3-16-09; Ord. 2011-47. Passed 8-1-11; Ord. 2022-23. Passed 5-9-22.)