Section 11-400 - Site Plan Requirements

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• Exemption for additions up to 3,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  Additions to buildings where the total gross floor area of the proposed addition does not exceed 3,000 square feet or where additions are proposed to two or more buildings located on the same lot, the aggregate proposed additions do not exceed 3,000 square feet.

• Exemption for fewer than three dwelling unitsDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance.

  The contemporaneous development of fewer than three dwelling units.

• Exemption for new buildings up to 3,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.3,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  New buildings where the total gross floor area does not exceed 3,000 square feet; provided no part of any building is closer than 66 feet to other land that is used or zoned residential, there is no excess alteration of the grade as set forth in section 11-403(C), the site is not in a floodplain, and the site is not in excess of 10,000 square feet.

• Exemption for parking improvements up to 5 spaces5 spaces

  Improvements for off-street parking purposes when appurtenant only to existing buildings, where access will be provided by existing driveways, and where the improvements do not provide more than five parking spaces.

• Maximum grade change elsewhere3 ft

  or in excess of three feet elsewhere

• Maximum grade change within 10 feet of adjacent land2 ft

  alter the grade of any land in such a manner as to change existing contours in excess of two feet within ten feet of adjacent land

• Profile drawing required for buildings over 50 feet50 ft

  In the case of any proposed building over 50 feet in height, a profile (section) drawing showing the location and height of each building in the development, as well as each building on adjacent sites.

• Site plan required

  No permit shall be issued to erect or alter any building or structure or alter the grade of any land that is subject to this section 11-400 until a site plan has been submitted and approved.