Except as otherwise provided in writing elsewhere in this Ordinance (e.g., Section 1.5.3, Activities Exempted from this Ordinance), any of the following activities shall be subject to the requirements in this Ordinance:
A. Any Construction. Any construction, reconstruction, erection, installation, placement, relocation, renovation, remodeling, demolition, or alteration in the size of a building or other structure on land.
B. New Uses or Changes in Use. The establishment of a new use of land or structure, a new open-air use of land, or any change in such use.
C. Changes in Intensity. Any change in the intensity of the use of land or a structure, such as:
1. An increase in the number of businesses, establishments, offices, dwelling units, or lodging units comprising the use;
2. An increase in the number of off-street parking spaces provided by the use;
3. An increase in the volume or characteristics of vehicular traffic generated by the use;
4. An increase in noise levels, thermal conditions, or emissions of waste materials associated with the use;
5. An increase in the minimum landscaping, screening, or buffering requirements associated with the use;
6. An increase in the number of off-street parking spaces;
7. An increase in the number of signs, sign face area, or sign height; or
8. An increase in the duration of a temporary or seasonal use.
D. Changes in Impervious Surface. Any land-disturbing activity that increases or changes the amount of impervious or partially impervious cover or that otherwise decreases the infiltration of precipitation or surface water runoff into the soil.
E. Alteration of Topography. An alteration of the natural topography of land, such as mining, grading, ditching, extracting earth materials, dredging, excavation, filling, or deposition of soil.
F. Removal of Required Vegetation. The removal of required vegetative cover, such as site clearing or the removal of protected existing trees.
G. Alteration of Watercourse. Any alteration of the channel, bank, shore, floodway, or floodplain of a watercourse, body of water, or wetland.
H. Division of Land. Any division of a parcel of land into two or more lots, building sites, or other divisions for the purpose of sale or building development (whether immediate or future) except where exempted by State law, and any division of land involving dedication of a new street or a change in existing streets.
(Ord. 2020-36, passed 12-2-2019)
1.5.3. Activities Exempted from this Ordinance
The following activities do not constitute development subject to this Ordinance, but may be subject to other provisions in the Town Code of Ordinances:
A. Inspection. The inspection, maintenance, or repair of an existing transportation facility (e.g., roadway, walkway, trail, railroad tracks, traffic control device, etc.) or an existing utility, stormwater management device, or public service facility (pipe, cable, valve, catch basin, outlet, ditch, basin, bulk refuse container pad, etc.), if no substantial engineering redesign is involved;
B. Maintenance. The ordinary maintenance and repair of existing structures, where no activities identified in Section 1.5.2, Development Subject to this Ordinance, or subject to State Building Code(s) requirements are involved;
C. Planting. The ordinary planting or maintenance of vegetative landscaping or gardens not otherwise required by this Ordinance;
D. Change in Ownership. A change in the ownership or form of ownership of any parcel or structure;
E. Changes in Title. The creation or termination of easements, covenants, condominium titles, or other rights in land or development, where no street right-of-way dedication in involved; or
F. Exempt Division of Land. Any division of land proposed as one of the activities specially listed as excluded from the definition of "subdivision" in Section 9.4, Definitions.
(Ord. 2020-36, passed 12-2-2019)