The purpose of the generalized development plan requirement is to provide a concept of development related to a reclassification or conditional use permit in order to provide a basis for review of the proposed use of the subject parcel or lot.

(Ord. No. 094-29, § 28-1301, 8-9-94)

Applications for rezonings and conditional use permits shall be accompanied by a generalized development plan (GDP) in accordance with this article; the GDP shall become a part of the respective application.

(Ord. No. 094-29, § 28-1302, 8-9-94)

The director of planning may waive the requirement for the submission of a GDP if the application meets one of the following standards:

(1)

There will be less than two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet of total land disturbance on lots or parcels of less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet.

(2)

For single-family dwellings intended for the occupancy of the applicant and where there will be less than five thousand (5,000) square feet of land disturbance.

(3)

For specific items of information when, in the opinion of the director of planning, their application to the subject property does not serve the purpose and intent of this article.

(Ord. No. 094-29, § 28-1303, 8-9-94)

When a GDP involves engineering, architecture, urban land use planning or design, landscape architecture, or surveying, such work shall be performed by persons qualified and authorized to perform such professional work, in accordance with applicable provisions of the Code of Virginia.

(Ord. No. 094-29, § 28-1304, 8-9-94)

A GDP submitted with and as part of an application for reclassification or conditional use permit shall at a minimum include the following:

(1)

Date of drawing, true north arrow, scale, legend for all symbols used, name of the applicant, name of the owner, name of the development, the person preparing the drawing, match lines if applicable;

(2)

Boundaries of the area covered by the application, a vicinity map showing the general location of the proposed development, major roads and existing subdivisions at a scale of one inch equals two thousand (2,000) feet;

(3)

Approximate locations and identification of any easements and rights-of-way on or abutting the site;

(4)

Approximate location of each existing and proposed structure on the site and the number of stories, height, roof line, gross floor areas and location of building entrances and exits;

(5)

Identification and location of uses and structures on all abutting properties;

(6)

Approximate location of all existing and proposed parking and loading areas, outdoor trash storage, lighting facilities, and pedestrian walkways;

(7)

Approximate location, height and type of each existing and proposed wall, fence, and other types of screening;

(8)

Approximate location and description of all proposed landscaping;

(9)

Approximate location, height and dimensions of all proposed signage on site;

(10)

Approximate location of all existing drainage ways, floodplains and wetlands on site;

(11)

Approximate location of all common open space, recreational areas and bufferyards;

(12)

Where the site abuts any tidal water body or impoundments, the approximate high water line, low water line, top of bank and toe of slope; and

(13)

Approximate location and identification of all significant natural or noteworthy features including, but not limited to, historic and archeological sites, cemeteries, existing trees with a trunk diameter greater than six (6) inches DBH.

(Ord. No. 094-29, § 28-1305, 8-9-94)