The site plan for a minor site plan application should be 24 inches by 36 inches in size and folded whenever possible to 8.5 inches by 11 inches. Ten copies of the minor site plan application shall be provided. The site plan shall be clearly and legibly drawn, and signed and sealed by a licensed New Jersey professional engineer, land surveyor, professional planner, or registered architect, and shall be at a scale of not less than one inch equals 30 feet. All distances shall be in feet and decimals of a foot to the nearest hundredth of a foot, and all bearings shall be given to the nearest 10 seconds. The site plan shall be designed in compliance with the provision on design standards in this chapter (Article
XXIX, §§
51-183 through
51-199) and the elements identified among the Site Plan Checklist and shall show or be accompanied by the following information:
A. Basic elements of minor site plan: first page.
(1) Project name and short narrative description of development, including
impact on surrounding uses.
(2) Property address, block, lot, case number in title box.
(3) Revision box and date of each revision.
(4) Standard scale and North arrow (preferably on each site plan page).
(5) Size of property (include feet and acreage) and use of land and structures
indicated.
(6) Key map showing the location of the subject property with reference
to surrounded areas and existing street intersections, at a scale
of not smaller than 100 feet to the inch (hatched location of property).
(7) Property dimensions (depth, width, and frontage).
(8) Zoning information map, identifying the zoning district in which
the parcel is located, together with zone boundaries included within
the boundaries of the parcel and within 100 feet therefrom.
(9) Zoning schedule analysis table (zoning district designation, required
and proposed dimensions, parking requirements, variance requests).
(10)
Business hours and number of employees noted, if applicable.
(11)
Description of trucking activities on site, if applicable.
(12)
Name and address of applicant and record owner. If the owner
of the premises is a corporation, the name and address of the president
and secretary shall be submitted with the application.
(13)
Name and address and license number and seal of person preparing
the site plan.
(14)
Signature block (required signatures for Board Chairperson,
Board Secretary, Director of Public Works and City Clerk).
(15)
Evidence of compliance with any state requirements, if applicable.
B. Existing features on subject property: second to third page.
(1) Signed and sealed survey of the entire subject property (second page
only).
(2) Location and use of any existing buildings on the site and all other
structures, including walls, fences, culverts and bridges, within
100 feet of the boundaries of the site, including setbacks and lot
lines, with spot elevations of such buildings and structures. Structures
to be removed shall be indicated by dashed lines; structures to remain
shall be indicated by solid lines.
(3) Adjacent roads/driveways/streams/rivers/waterways/floodplains/floodways.
(4) Easements (access/utility).
(5) Location of any existing sanitary sewer, water and storm drainage
structures, whether publicly or privately owned, with pipe sizes,
grades and direction of flow shown. Also include sufficient spot elevations
or contours to determine the flow of drainage water.
(6) Existing utility lines and connections. If any existing utility lines
are underground, the estimated location of said utility lines shall
be shown.
(7) Existing vegetation, topography and landscaping.
(8) Fences and refuse area details.
(9) Existing lighting, traffic circulation, and pedestrian walkways.
Identify the location, direction of illumination, power and hours
of operation of existing outdoor lighting.
(10)
Spot elevations for property, if deemed necessary and applicable.
(11)
Other site improvements (i.e., signs, parking meters, streetlighting).
(12)
Photographs of existing property and adjacent property frontages
within 200 feet of each side of the site (separate page). The site
plan application shall also include digital photographs in formats
acceptable to the Planning Board.
C. Proposed modifications or site improvements. Must show the following,
including dimensions: fourth page and beyond.
(1) Full site layout of proposed structures (including planned streets,
road orientation, dedications, demolitions, additions, alterations).
Identify the proposed use or uses of land and buildings, together
with the floor spaces of all structures on the lot.
(2) Signage plan with details (include height and width dimensions, lettering
and location).
(3) Roads, driveways, parking areas and locations, and circulation (ingress
and egress access), showing, in particular, the size and location
of driveways and curb cuts; walkways; the proposed travel channels,
if any; acceleration and deceleration lanes, if any; additional width,
if any; and other means of controlling vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
Identify access for firefighting equipment. Identify the location
and design of any off-street parking areas or loading areas, showing
size and location of bays, aisles and barriers.
(4) Grading, drainage, lighting plan with isolux lines (details, location,
direction, power and hours of operation of proposed outdoor lighting,
all shown on same sheet), if applicable.
(5) Location of any proposed sanitary sewer, water and storm drainage
structures, whether publicly or privately owned, with pipe size, grades
and direction of flow shown. Also include sufficient spot elevations
or contours to determine the flow of drainage water.
(6) Landscaping plan with schedule if proposing new screening, landscaping
and planting on the subject property.
(7) Soil erosion and sedimentation plan (separate page), if applicable.
(8) Fences and refuse area details (include location, height, materials,
colors and narrative of waste disposal methods, the location and type
of garbage and refuse disposal facilities, and maneuvering areas).
(9) Interior floor plans (include room square footages); building elevation
drawings showing alterations or site improvements (include existing
grade, height above existing grade, finish grade, materials and colors)
(separate pages).
(10)
Notation of cell tower location additions at subject property,
if applicable.
D. The application for a minor site plan shall include such other information
or data as may be required by the Planning Board for determination
that the details of the site plan are in accordance with the standards
of all ordinances of the City of East Orange.
The Administrative Officer shall have the power to waive submission
of any of the above items which are not applicable to a particular
application; except that, in the case of engineering requirements,
the waiver must be approved by the Director of Public Works. Any waiver
requests for site plan review requirements that are not applicable
to a particular application must be made by the applicant in a separate
letter to the Administrative Officer with detailed reasons for the
waiver. Applicants seeking waiver of engineering requirements must
provide the Director of Public Works with a detailed letter with reasons
requesting a waiver.