No permit for the construction or expansion of any building shall be issued until a building site is established by a lot which is a part of an approved plat filed in the plat records of the appropriate county. All platted lots must contact, through fee simple ownership, a dedicated street or a private street.

(Ord. No. 91500-A-165)

1.

Purpose. The intent of the site plan review and approval procedure is to promote safe, efficient and harmonious use of land, vehicular and pedestrian circulation, parking and loading, lighting, screening, landscaping, and other aspects of site development which contribute to the general welfare.

2.

Applicability. A site plan shall be submitted to the planning and zoning commission for its approval prior to issuance of a building permit for any of the following types of construction:

(A)

Any townhouse project or multi-family residential development.

(B)

Any park or subdivision for manufactured homes or recreational vehicles.

(C)

Any non-residential project.

3.

Site plan components. A site plan shall be accurate, legible, drawn to scale with dimensions, and shall show:

(A)

Location map, distance to the nearest cross street, north arrow, scale, and title block.

(B)

Boundaries of the property.

(C)

Location and size of existing buildings, and location, size, materials list, and architectural elevations of proposed buildings.

(D)

Proposed occupancy.

(E)

Parking layout and driveways.

(F)

Means of ingress and egress.

(G)

Loading areas.

(H)

Fire lanes.

(I)

Landscaping and plant list.

(J)

Screening.

(K)

Public and private sidewalks.

(L)

Refuse facilities and manner of screening.

(M)

Lighting facilities, security lighting, screening and glare shades.

(N)

Adjoining streets and alleys, including curbs, medians and storm drains.

(O)

Drainage, electric, telephone, gas, cable television and other utility easements.

(P)

Zoning districts on and adjacent to the property.

(Q)

Computations of building area for each occupancy, site area and parking and landscaping ratios.

(R)

Sign locations, descriptions and elevations.

(S)

Topography with a contour interval of two feet or less, and minimum finished floor elevations, both referenced to mean sea level datum.

(T)

Tree Survey and Mitigation Plan, in compliance with Article 12-34-2-1 of the Code of Ordinances as amended, as applicable.

(U)

Other information, including building elevations and samples of exterior color selections.

(V)

Preliminary Engineering, on a separate exhibit which includes existing and proposed water lines, sanitary sewer lines, and storm drainage.

4.

Expiration. Site plan approval shall be valid for two years following the most recent date of approval.

5.

Compliance with approved site plan. Within a development subject to site plan review under the terms of this section, the building official shall not issue a building permit after the expiration date of the approved site plan, shall issue a building permit only for construction which complies with all the provisions and conditions of the most recent approved site plan, and shall not issue a certificate of occupancy until all provisions and conditions of the approved site plan have been met.

6.

Amendment. The director of planning is authorized, at any time prior to the expiration of site plan approval, to approve minor amendments of an approved site plan to correct distances and dimensions; to adjust building configuration and placement; to realign driveways and parking layout; to adjust open space, landscaping and screening; and to change utility and service locations; provided that no such minor amendments shall substantially change the original plan. Proposed amendments which the director of planning is not authorized to approve, or has disapproved, shall follow the same procedure as the original submission.

(Ord. No. 91500-A-165; Ord. No. 91500-A-318, § 13, 3-19-02; Ord. No. 91500-A-620, § 1, 4-9-13)