A zoning site plan review is a procedure designed to assist a developer in interpreting the Zoning Ordinance so that proposed developments will stand a better chance of not violating this Ordinance. Ultimate responsibility for compliance with this Ordinance rests with the land owner, developer, tenant, or person who is responsible for the building, structure, lot or use.

A zoning site plan review shall be required to be made in all cases on new construction, remodeling or refurbishing of existing structures, demolition and rebuilding on existing lots, and the change of occupancy or use of any structure, regardless of the district.

A Pre-Application meeting is required for all site plans. An application is made using Citizenserve. Instructions are located on the cityoffoley.org website.

Site plans that are not required to go to the Planning Commission will be reviewed and administratively approved by City Staff. A site plan approval will be valid for twelve (12) months but will expire after this date if no building permits have been obtained. The Planning Commission may extend the site plan approval by twelve (12) months if it is determined there is an extenuating circumstance.

Site plans meeting the following criteria require approval by the Planning Commission.

A.

Each phase of a Planned Development

B.

Duplexes

C.

Commercial developments where the total area exceeds one (1) acre.

D.

Commercial and Industrial developments where the total structure area exceeds ten thousand (10,000) square feet.

E.

Places of amusement over three (3) acres.

F.

Conditional Uses

G.

Place Types (Nodes, Neighborhoods, Corridors, Overlay Districts, and Special Use Districts).

Planning and Development Services and/or other City Staff will review the site plan and advise the applicant of changes that must be made in the plans so as to comply with applicable ordinances. Such changes shall be accomplished prior to the Planning Commission review.

Site plan review is a service to the applicant that is performed by municipal employees and officers in their official capacities. The failure of the reviewing officials to recognize or notice a violation or the incorrect interpretation of the reviewing officials at the site plan review stage shall not prevent or prohibit the City of Foley and these same officials from enforcing City Regulations against an applicant if a structure, lot, or use of land conflicts with this Ordinance.

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Site plan contents.

A.

Boundary survey including acreage and easements;

B.

Location of bordering rights-of-way;

C.

Ownership deeds;

D.

Written narrative describing the overall plan including estimated time to begin the project and phasing;

E.

Location, occupancy type, square footage, height, stories, structure, setbacks and garage setbacks, coverage of lot area, gross and net density of proposed structures;

F.

Parking spaces including number, size and ADA, sidewalks, loading dock if required, total percent of landscaping;

G.

Landscape plan (including street trees and Greenbelt Zones if applicable);

H.

Photometric plans;

I.

Architectural renderings/elevations for proposed buildings;

J.

Location of mechanical systems (including screening) and dumpster enclosure;

K.

Preliminary traffic analysis;

L.

Official letters of commitment for water, sewer, electric, gas and other utilities;

M.

Percentage of centralized open space with details regarding the proposed uses;

N.

Schematic with stormwater pond location and basic size;

O.

Location and size of proposed signage;

P.

The site plan shall be of a scale not to be greater than one (1) inch equals twenty (20) feet nor less than one (1) inch equals one hundred (100) feet and of such accuracy that one (1) can readily interpret the site plan, and shall include more than one (1) drawing where required for clarity.

(Ord. No. 19-2025, 10-7-19; Ord. No. 22-2004, 2-7-22; Ord. No. 22-2018, 5-2-22; Ord. No. 24-2021, § 1, 7-1-24; Ord. No. 25-2013, 5-5-25; Ord. No. 25-2041, 11-3-25; Ord. No. 25-2042, 12-1-25)