Redevelopment projects; and

New disturbance necessary to protect public health, safety or welfare, such as necessary linear development with no feasible alternative; to provide an environmental benefit, such as remediation of a contaminated site; to reduce and/or stabilize steep slopes; to prevent hardship on the property owner peculiar to the property; or to prevent hardship, provided the hardship was not created by the property owner, that would not permit a minimum economically viable use of the property based upon reasonable investment; disturbance associated with improvements to a structure within the existing foundation footprint; disturbance associated with municipal projects and improvements on municipal property; and disturbance on occupied single family residential properties.

The applicant shall demonstrate through site plans depicting proposed development and topography that new disturbance is not located in areas with a 20% or greater slope.