For the purpose of assuring a sound, serviceable arrangement of the following structures and uses and insuring consistency with the Comprehensive Plan, as well as compliance with applicable requirements of this chapter and/or Chapter
73, Land Subdivision, site plans for the following major uses, whether proposed as special exception uses or permitted uses, shall be subject to review and recommendation by the Planning Commission. The site plan shall be approved, disapproved or approved subject to conditions by the Director of Planning.
A site plan is required for any development or land uses where the applicable district regulations require such a plan (Articles
X and
XI of this chapter) or for any of the following proposed uses or structures:
A. Any residential development involving uses
other than detached single-family residential units or structures,
including conversions of existing buildings.
B. Redevelopment of vacant properties or buildings
or changes in use of properties or buildings.
C. Uses subject to approval as special exception
uses by the Denton Board of Appeals.
D. Development which requires off-site improvements
involving the expenditure of public funds.
E. Any and all development or redevelopment
in the Critical Area buffer.
F. Construction or expansion of a single-family
dwelling and ordinary accessory structure, and related land use activities.
G. Commercial and industrial structures or
uses, including accessory structures.
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H. All signs except in conjunction with new
development.
Every site plan that is submitted
in accordance with this article shall contain the information shown
in Appendix I at the end of this chapter.
The following specific standards
will be met in the site plan, in addition to other requirements of
this chapter:
A. Lighting. Lighting emitting objectionable
glare or sky glow observable from surrounding properties or streets
will be shielded.
B. Public facilities. The Town and/or Health
Department shall certify that the proposed water and sewer facilities
are adequate to service the proposed development
C. Screening. The Planning Commission may
recommend requirement of screening the property lines and around,
and within, the parking areas. Minimum standards are:
(1)
Planting strips will be no less than
five feet wide planted with shrubs and/or trees, which are of a type
and spaced at intervals which may be expected to form a year-round
dense screen at least six feet high within three years; and
(2)
Opaque fencing may be used in lieu
of trees and shrubs, subject to approval of the Director of Planning.
D. Common areas. If the plan of development
includes common areas, property, and/or facilities, including, but
not limited to, stormwater management facilities, the Director of
Planning, as a condition of approval, shall establish such conditions
on the ownership, use, and maintenance of such lands or property as
he deems necessary to insure the preservation and maintenance of such
areas, property, and facilities for their intended purposes.
In furtherance of the purposes of
this chapter, and to assure public safety and general welfare, the
Town departments, and agencies charged with the responsibility for
the review and approval of site plans, shall require such of the following
improvements as fall within their respective responsibilities:
A. Designation of pedestrian walkways so that
individuals may walk on same from store to store or building to building
within the site and to adjacent sites.
B. The concurrence of the State Department
of Transportation with the location and design of vehicular entrances
and exits to and from state-maintained streets and highways.
C. Connection, wherever possible, of all walkways,
travel lanes, and driveways, with similar adjacent developments.
D. Screening, fences, landscaping, and buffer
areas as are required by the provisions of this section and other
ordinances of the Town.
E. Easements or rights-of-way for all facilities
to be publicly maintained. Such easements shall clearly be defined
for the purpose intended.
F. Outdoor lighting facilities as specified in Article
XXII, Outdoor Lighting, in this chapter
G. Adequate stormwater management facilities as specified by Chapter
106, Stormwater Management.
Approval of a site plan submitted
under the provisions of this article shall expire one year after the
date of such approval unless building permits have been obtained for
construction in accordance therewith. A single one-year extension
may be given upon written request by the applicant to the Director
of Planning made within 90 days before the expiration of the approved
site plan. The Director of Planning shall acknowledge the request
and shall forward the request within 45 days after receipt to the
Planning Commission for a recommendation regarding the requested extension.
Any site plan may be revised using
the same procedure as originally approved, and any requirements of
this article may be waived by the Planning Commission, or the Director
of Planning for minor modifications as specified in Subsection A,
in specific cases where such requirement is found to be unreasonable.
No such waiver shall be adverse to the purpose of this section. Approved
site plans may be modified as follows:
A. Minor modifications. The Director of Planning
may authorize minor adjustments in an approved plan as follows:
(1)
Minor modification of the size and
location of drainageways, sewers, roadways, plantings or other similar
features, in light of technical or engineering considerations.
(2)
Minor modifications of the bulk of
any proposed structure, provided that the modified dimensions comply
with all requirements of the applicable zoning district and do not
allow buildings closer to property lines or otherwise adversely affect
neighboring properties or the development authorized by the plan as
originally approved.
(3)
Any request for a modification of
any condition imposed in a site design plan approval which is deemed
by the Planning Director to be a minor modification.
B. Major modifications. Modifications to any
approved site design plan that the Director of Planning deems to be
a major modification may be approved only in accordance with the procedures
required for original plan approval, subject to waivers of plan submission
requirements by the Director of Planning.
No building permit shall be issued
for any structure in any area covered by the site plan that is required
under the provisions of this article except as it is in conformity
to such site plan which has been duly approved.