8-4C-3: APPLICABILITY:
   A.   This article shall apply to all development, redeveloped property or land disturbing activities within the city of Waterloo meeting the criteria stated below:
      1.   Land disturbing activity exceeding forty three thousand five hundred sixty (43,560) square feet or more in area on land previously vacant of buildings or largely free of previous land disturbing activity; or
      2.   Land disturbing activity creating five thousand (5,000) square feet or more in area of impervious surface; or
      3.   Land disturbing activity that is smaller than the minimum area criteria set forth in this subsection, if such activities are part of a larger common plan of development that may or may not take place at the same time; or
      4.   Construction of new parking and storage areas or the expansion, reconstruction or hard surfacing of existing parking lots or storage areas. The addition of granular material to the existing footprint of a granular surfaced parking lot or storage area shall not be considered reconstruction under this article.
   B.   Activities exempt from this article:
      1.   Development or redevelopment of property within the central business district, as defined in the current city of Waterloo zoning ordinance.
      2.   Any additions or modifications to existing single-family dwellings provided that said additions and/or modifications do not create a dwelling with impervious surfaces greater than five thousand (5,000) square feet.
      3.   Any logging activity consistent with an approved timber management plan.
      4.   Any agricultural activity consistent with an approved soil conservation plan.
   C.   No owner or developer of land subject to this article shall receive any building permits without first meeting the requirements of this article prior to commencing the proposed activity. (Ord. 5030, 2-21-2011)