(A) A completed application form for a zoning permit, including minor site plan applications, shall be submitted to the Planning Director or his or her designee.
(B) Each lot to be used for the proposed use shall be listed on the permit application.
(C) The Planning Director or his or her designee shall issue the zoning permit unless he or she finds, after reviewing the application and consulting with the applicant as provided in § 155.280, that:
(1) The requested permit is not within his or her jurisdiction according to the table of permissible uses;
(2) The application is incomplete;
(3) If completed as proposed in the application, the development will not comply with one or more requirements of this chapter (not including those requirements concerning which variance has been granted or those the applicant is not required to comply with under the circumstances specified in nonconforming situations); or
(4) All lots involved in the proposed development are not listed on the permit application.
(D) Drainage plans for all major and minor site plans as well as development in the O-I, B-l, B-2, B-3, B-4, I-1 and I-2 Zoning Districts must be approved by the City Engineer prior to issuance of a zoning permit. Development of any parcel of land one acre or more in size, regardless of actual amount of land disturbance, will require the design and installation of detention and/or retention facilities as approved by the City Engineer. The City Engineer may require either a written description of the proposed drainage improvements or detailed drainage plans prepared by a licensed engineer.
(E) A separate zoning permit is required for any expansion onto an additional lot, adjacent or otherwise.
(2009 Code, § 155.261) (Ord. passed 10-27-1992; Ord. 96-03-01, passed 3-25-1996; Ord. 2021-Z-19, passed 6-22-2021)