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Planning & Zoning Checklist for Permit Review
A. 1- and 2-Family Dwellings
Site Plans shall include:
- Address
- Legal description
- Lot lines with dimensions
- Names of adjacent streets and alleys
- Easements and setback lines
- Location of utilities (gas, electric, water sewer)
- Location, dimensions and height of proposed and existing structures
- Area of all garages, carports and structures with doors wider than 6 feet
- Distances from structures to property lines and between structures
- Location of driveways with dimensions and proposed surfacing material
B. All Other Projects
Zoning Code Analysis shall include:
- In which zoning district is the property located
- Identify permitted/conditional use and any zoning nonconformance
- Variances/exceptions granted - conditions
- Has tract been subdivided/lot split
- Is property within floodplain or in the environs (500 feet) of a listed historical site
- Proposed building height/within district height limits
- Setback analysis
- Front/rear/side yard setback required/proposed
- Is any setback based on average setback exception or street classification (yes or no)
- Intensity analysis:
- Area/Number of units
- District intensity limit
- Density analysis
- Percentage of lot coverage
- District density limit
Parking plan shall include:
- Basis for off-street parking requirement (occupancy load, number of employees, area of different use categories, etc.)
- Number of required/provided stalls
- Layout drawing with dimensions showing curb stops
- Aisle dimensions one-way/two-way travel direction arrows
- Parking stall detail and striping plan
- Sufficient grade/slope information to verify Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance
- Number of required/provided accessible parking stalls
- HC parking stall/sign detail
- Exterior lighting/screening detail
- Parking lot permit application submitted (yes/no)
Landscaping plan (does not require professional seal) shall include:
- Landscaping analysis and checklist (City standard form)
- Location of property lines, easements, sight triangles, 3-foot utility structure clearance buffers and 6-foot driveway clearance buffers
- Location of utilities, safety hazards, buildings, fences and similar features
- Location of proposed landscaping including berms and water sources
- Location of existing landscaping and removal/preservation notes
- Topographic / grading information (separate drawing)
- List of proposed landscaping type, species, size and City classification (tree, bush or shrub or grass / large, medium or small/preferred or other)
- Planting and seeding vs. building occupancy schedule
Sign plan shall include:
- Sign permit application
- District sign limits
- Location, type, size, number and area of existing/proposed signs
- Sign details
- Sign sub-contractor
Site Plan shall include:
- North arrow, title, address and scale (minimum 1 inch = 100 feet)
- Full legal description of property including tract area. A unified legal description shall be provided for multiple tracts described by metes and bounds
- Tract layout with property dimensions shown, and found property pins identified
- Label adjacent street and alley names
- Public rights-of-way, easements, setbacks and sight triangle with dimensions
- Streets and sidewalks with dimensions. For these and all other features required on the site plan, clearly distinguish between proposed and existing conditions
- Location of utilities
- Location of natural features such as ponds, tree clusters, etc.
- Location and dimension of proposed and existing structures and fences
- Distances from structures to property lines and between structures
- Driveways, parking/loading areas with dimensions and surfacing material
- A vicinity map showing the general arrangements of streets, use of land, utility mains, floodplain and historical boundaries and city limits within 250 feet of the project boundaries
- Locator map
Miscellaneous submittals shall include:
- Written authorization from affected property owners when off-site waste/borrow areas are used or for off-site construction, grading or access.
- Separate written requests for any exceptions providing specific justification for each.
- Written request for review by the Utility Advisor Board and 8 copies of site plan when new mains or easements are required.
- Written request for review by Site Plan Review committee and 3 copies of site plan if project includes:
- A request for a temporary paving exception, or
- Is in excess of $20,000 and:
- Is a commercial or industrial use within 100 feet of a residential district, or
- Includes a drive-in, -through, or exterior vehicular service or storage area
- Commercial projects shall include a traffic impact analysis and an internal traffic circulation plan making full use of shared entrances. A traffic study may be required if a proposed use will substantially change traffic patterns or create traffic congestion.
- Any necessary zoning, conditional use permit, variance or exception applications must be submitted in accordance with the Planning Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals application cut-off date.