Site Plan Review

(a) Safe and convenient traffic movements, both within a site and in relation to access streets;

(b) Harmonious relationships between buildings, structures aid uses, both within a site and within adjacent sites;

(c) Conservation of natural amenities and resources; and

(d) Compliance with all other applicable regulations of this Zoning Code.

(a) All applications for site plan approval shall be in writing on an application form provided by the Planning and Community Development Department, together with the required number of blueline prints or drawings of the proposed site plan, any other applicable drawings, supporting information and the review fee as set from time to time by the City Commission.

(b) All requirements for site plan approval shall be filed with the Department at one time, as a complete single submittal.

(c) The petitioner shall submit three blueline prints or drawings of the proposed site plan with supporting information, if applicable, to the Department for its review and recommendation.

(a) Detached single-family housing;

(b) Two-family dwelling units;

(c) Agricultural uses; and

(d) Developments or uses requiring less than four off-street parking spaces.

(a) The title of the proposed project;

(b) The name of the owner, proprietor or project director;

(c) The location of the project, the street name and the address;

(d) The name of the architect, engineer or designer;

(e) The date drawn and subsequent revision dates;

(f) The scale of the drawing and the north directional arrow;

(g) Property line dimensions, including all easements, existing and proposed, right-of-ways and building set-back lines;

(h) The location of ingress and egress drives, both existing and proposed, to thorough-fares, showing traffic patterns into the site from the same, including ultimate pavement width, deceleration lanes and the like;

(i) On-site traffic circulation and parking areas, including the size of parking bays, the location of handicapped parking, aisles, surface materials and striping of the parking lot surface to delineate parking bays and individual spaces;

(j) The location on-site of customer and employee parking, the total number of parking spaces provided and the method of circulation;

(k) The location of loading berths, truck docks, truck wells, service drives and exterior parking lot lighting;

(l) The location and size of all existing public and private utilities proposed to service the project and the location of any public or private utility easements;

(m) The spatial relationship of buildings on the site, including pedestrian walkways, protective or retaining walls, fences, landscaped buffers, either existing or proposed, and the materials to be utilized, if required;

(n) The location of signs, either existing or proposed, and an indication of their size, height and design pursuant to City sign regulations;

(o) A landscaping plan of the site, including greenbelts or buffers if required, and the identification of all plant and landscape material to be utilized as to type, size and location;

(p) The location and proposed method of screening trash refuse receptacles;

(q) The final grading and stormwater drainage pattern;

(r) The topography, existing and proposed, including contours with a maximum of two-foot contours, or spot elevations sufficient to determine the topography of the site;

(s) The location of existing watercourses and drains, both open and closed;

(t) The location of buildings and drive cuts on adjacent parcels within fifty feet of the exterior property lines of the project site; and

(u) Any additional information as may be required of the applicant to property evaluate the proposed development.

(a) All elements of the site plan shall be harmoniously and efficiently organized in relation to topography, the size and type of the lot, the character of adjacent properties and the type and size of buildings.

(b) The landscape shall be preserved in its natural state, insofar as practical, by minimizing tree and soil removal and by topographic modifications which result in maximum harmony with adjacent areas.

(c) The site plan shall provide reasonable visual and sound privacy for all dwelling units located therein. Fences, walks, barriers and landscapings shall be used, as appropriate, for the protection and enhancement of property and for the privacy of its occupants.

(d) All buildings or groups of buildings shall be so arranged as to permit emergency vehicles access by some practical means to all sides.

(e) Every structure or dwelling unit shall have access to a public street, walkway or other area dedicated to common use.

(f) There shall be provided a pedestrian circulation system which is insulated as completely as is reasonably possible from the vehicular circulation system.

(g) The arrangement of public or common ways for vehicular and pedestrian circulation shall respect the pattern of existing or planned streets and pedestrian or bicycle pathways in the area. Streets and drives which are a part of an existing or planned street pattern which serves an adjacent development shall be of a width appropriate to the traffic volume they will carry and shall have a dedicated right of way equal to that specified by the County Road Commission and the City Engineer.

(h) In those instances where the Planning and Community Development Department and the Traffic Engineer find that an excessive number of ingress and/or egress points may occur with relation to major or secondary thoroughfares, thereby diminishing the carrying capacity of the thoroughfare, they shall require marginal access drives as follows: