SITE PLAN REVIEW
DESCRIPTION
Site Plan Review is a process whereby documents and drawings specified in the zoning ordinance are reviewed to ensure that a development proposal complies with local, state, and federal regulations. The Site Plan is a plan, drawn to scale, showing the layout of proposed uses and structures.
The purpose of Site Plan Review is to promote the orderly development of the City, the stability of land values and investments and the general welfare and to help prevent the impairment or depreciation of land values and development by the erection of structures or additions or alterations thereto without proper attention to siting and appearance. Prior to the erection of any building or structure, in any zoning district in the City and any land use requiring special approval or any planned unit development, a site plan shall be submitted for review and approval. This review and approval shall be performed by the Chief Inspector or by the City Planning Commission as follows:
SITE PLAN REVIEW BY THE CHIEF INSPECTOR
Residential structures having four (4) or less dwelling units and accessory buildings, structures and uses thereto.
A change in the use of a structure or land which does not require additional parking and does not involve exterior structural alterations.
An accessory building containing less than 1,000 sq. ft.
An addition to an existing structure if such addition totals 25 percent or less of the floor area of the existing structure; and only if the exterior of the addition will be surfaced with material or materials which do not differ from material or materials on the existing structure.
SITE PLAN REVIEW BY THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
All other structures and uses of land or buildings shall be reviewed by the City Planning Commission.
SITE PLAN REVIEW PROCEDURE
SITE PLAN REVIEW CHECKLIST
SITE PLAN REVIEW FORM