HR Green Rate Fee Survey Report - Manual (Page 22)

Site Plan Review
Survey Results
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Site plans located outside the designated areas of overlays and additions to buildings that do not meet the sq footage
requirements for a site plan to be reviewed by P & Z
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If waivers to code are not needed, approval is administrative. Subdivisions still require Planning Commission and City
Commission action
29 Most reviews and approvals are done at the staff level.
30 Single and two family home development may receive in house administrative approval only
31 When P & Z and Council action not necessary
32 Administrative lot split or assemblage. Combining two lots into one or splitting one lot into two. Grading permits.
33 Minor revisions or additions to existing structures that do not exceed 30% of the floor area or 10,000 sq. ft. whichever is less
34 minor amendments, site plans for sites not in a planned district
35 If proposed use is correctly zoned and is a permitted use.
36 Non SUP or PD development
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Almost all site plans are approved administratively. P & Z Commission is involved in all multi-family residential, vehicle display
lots, parking lot extensions into residential zones, and all C3B, DR, and NPC zoning districts.
38 Small projects (less than 10%) that are permitted uses or conditional uses not adjacent to residential areas
39 Minor Changes to a Site Plan Area
40 If development is permitted under current zoning and no variances are requested.
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We just updated our Zoning Ordinance, where staff can now approve site plans if they comply with the preliminary site plan
(psp) which is approved by P&Z. The psp is valid for two years. the applicant can opt not to do the psp and go straight to the
site plan, but then this plan would go before P&Z
42 Depends on what action is required or the project under review
43 sites under an acre or are more than 200 feet from a residential area
44 Ministerial review
45 Subject only to administrative approval if use is permitted within zoning district and proposal does not require platting
46 All site plans are approved administratively as long as they meet the requirements
47 there are certain exceptions for minor site changes that can be approved administratively.
48 building permit
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Most site plans are approved administratively. The only ones requiring Planning and Zoning Commission approval are for
planned developments and specific use permits, or for nonresidential developments involving easement dedications without
an accompanying subdivision plat.
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All development plans are administrative unless they accompany companion items that require other agency approvals, such
as a rezoning.
52 Residential site plan review in existing residentially zoned districts
53 Proposals not involving zoning or special use changes, or the partial redevelopment of previously developed sites.
54 All reviews are conducted by departments in #6 above but do not require any Board approval
55 No building permit is issued until the Site Plan Committee approves the site plan.
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site plan review would ONLY go to planning commission or council IF there was a conditional use permit or a rezoning.
Otherwise most are staff review only - preliminary to a building permit issuance by the Building Official
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Tree and landscape location, parking space count interpretation, storm water detention basin approval, curb cut location, fire
hydrant locations, turning radius in parking lots and various other issues as they arise. Most site plan review items have to be
approved by City Council.
58 minor plats, landscaping, sidewalks,