Site development plans shall be required for the construction
of any building or structure on any land in the County and shall be
subject to review and approval per the items of this article and Chapter,
except that the provisions of this article shall not apply to:
A. Single-family dwellings, two-family dwellings, individual manufactured
homes and accessory buildings and structures to single-family dwellings,
two-family dwellings and individual manufactured homes.
B. Individual private piers, docks, boat ramps, boat houses, hunting
blinds, other private recreation facilities, shoreline stabilization
structures, tennis courts, swimming pools, and other buildings or
structures normally accessory to permitted principal residential,
recreational or conservation uses that may or may not be situated
on a lot having a single-family dwelling, two-family dwelling or individual
manufactured home.
C. A subdivision for single-family dwellings and/or individual manufactured
homes (excluding manufactured home parks, which shall submit a site
plan per the terms of Article 17) where a site development plan has
been submitted and approved in accordance with the existing subdivision,
erosion and sediment control and other land development ordinances
of the County and the standards of the Virginia Departments of Transportation
and Health.
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D. Wayside and roadside stands; signs.
E. Any farming, horticultural, silvicultural or forestal activity.
F. Any individual home occupation, general retail business or professional
office or activity and their accessory buildings containing less than
5,000 square feet in floor space. (Newly constructed developments
containing two or more businesses and all businesses providing fuel
service to the motoring public shall submit a site plan per the terms
of Article 17 regardless of the square footage of each proposed business
within the development or the business providing the fuel service.)
Every site development plan, as hereafter provided, shall contain
the following information:
A. Location of tract or parcel by vicinity map at a scale of not less
than one inch equals 2,000 feet, and landmarks sufficient to properly
identify the location of the property.
B. A boundary survey of the proposed site or a certified copy of a previously
recorded survey. If a boundary survey is required, a certificate or
plat signed by the engineer or surveyor setting forth the source and
title of the owner of the tract and the place of record of the last
instrument in the chain of title.
C. Existing and proposed streets and easements, their names, numbers
and widths; existing and proposed utilities of all types; water courses
and their names; owners, zoning and present use of adjoining tracts.
D. Location, type and size of ingress and egress to the site.
E. Location, type, size, floor area, number of floors and height of
all structures; fencing, screening, and retaining walls where required
under the provision of applicable ordinances; and proposed general
use for each building; if a multifamily residential building, townhouse
or patio house, the number, size and type of dwelling units shall
be shown.
F. All off-street parking and parking bays, loading spaces and walkways
indicating type of surfacing, size, angle of stalls, width of aisles
and a specific schedule showing the number of parking spaces provided
and the number required in accordance with this chapter.
G. All shoreline alteration, including dredging, filling, and bulkheading
as approved by the appropriate local, state and federal regulatory
agencies and commissions. Provision for disposition of spoils. Provision
for the prevention of saltwater intrusion. Provision for preservation
of the ecology of the area and prevention of damage to the groundwater
supply.
H. Existing and proposed water and sanitary sewer facilities indicating
all pipe sizes, types, and grades and where connection is to be made
to an existing or a proposed central water and sewer system.
I. Provision for the adequate disposition of natural and stormwater
in accordance with design criteria and construction standards of the
Commonwealth of Virginia and/or Mathews County in effect at the time
the site plan is submitted indicating location, sizes, types and grades
of ditches, catch basins and pipes, and connections to existing drainage
system.
J. Provisions and schedule for the adequate control of erosion and sedimentation
indicating proposed temporary and permanent control practices and
measures which shall be implemented during all phases of clearing,
grading and construction in keeping with the requirements of the Soil
Erosion and Sediment Control Ordinance of Mathews County.
K. As applicable, existing topography and finished grading in conformance
with the Mathews County Erosion and Sediment Control Ordinance and
Virginia Department of Transportation standards.
L. All dimensions shown per standard surveying industry practices.
M. If required by this chapter or the Zoning Administrator per terms
of this chapter, a landscape design plan.
N. Provisions for firefighting services and facilities, including emergency
services, if deemed appropriate.