(A) No permit for the construction, exterior alteration, occupancy or change in use of any building or land shall be given and no existing use shall be established or expanded in floor area except in conformity with a site plan approved by the Building Commissioner or an authorized designer. A site plan review shall also be required for the resumption of any use discontinued for more than 1 year or for the expansion of any existing use. Required approval includes proposals for commercial, residential, manufacturing, office, multiple dwelling residential developments, municipal, institutional, utility, fraternal or recreational purposes, in all zoning districts established under this section.
(B) A site plan shall include the following elements as determined by the Building Commissioner in order to properly evaluate a particular project in accordance with the development standards set forth by this chapter and specifically adopted by the Plan Commission:
(1) The name and address of the owner, developer, engineer, landscape architect and architect;
(2) The location of the project by public way, township and section;
(3) The legal description of the property including bearing notations and lengths;
(4) The date, scale of map and north arrow;
(5) The location, size, capacity and use of all existing and proposed structures and buildings to be placed on the site;
(6) The site layout of the project including the location, size, arrangement and capacity of the area to be used for yards, setbacks, buildings, vehicular access, parking, and loading and unloading;
(7) The existing and proposed sewage, water, gas, electricity and storm drainage facilities;
(8) The existing and proposed elevations of the building site with finished floor elevations of all proposed buildings and contours showing directions of storm water runoff and the limits of any regulated floodplain and floodway;
(9) The names and locations of all adjacent public streets including existing and proposed easements for future widening;
(10) The location, widths and names of utility or other easements;
(11) The layout, names widths and rights-of-ways of proposed streets;
(12) The description and use of adjacent property;
(13) The location, dimensions and design of all signage for the project;
(14) The location of all lighting for the project;
(15) A landscape plan showing all natural land features, trees, forest cover and water sources, and all proposed changes to those features including size and type of plant material and areas devoted to landscaping;
(16) The layouts of proposed lots with their numbers and dimensions;
(17) Land use density factors; and
(18) The outside storage and display area, if allowed.
(Prior Code, § 156.33)