All departments, officials and public employees of this jurisdiction
who are vested with the duty or authority to issue permits or licenses
shall conform to the provisions of this chapter. They shall issue
permits for uses, buildings or purposes only when they are in harmony
with the provisions of this chapter.
Pursuant to Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2286(A)(8), no building permit shall be issued involving construction or exterior modifications to a building until a site plan has been issued in accordance with Article
II. Site plans are required and shall be submitted for all new structures, all renovated structures and all additions to existing structures, with the following exceptions:
For relatively minor developments, requirements of this subsection
may be waived by the Zoning Administrator or his authorized agent
provided that the intent of this chapter may not be circumvented.
Otherwise, every site plan prepared as hereinafter provided and submitted
in accordance with this article shall contain the following information:
A. A boundary survey of the tract.
B. A certificate, signed by the surveyor or engineer, setting forth
the source of title of the owner of the tract and the place of record
of the last instrument in the chain of title.
C. All existing and proposed streets and easements, their names, numbers
and widths, existing and proposed utilities, owners, zoning and present
use of adjoining property.
D. Location, type and size of vehicular entrances to the site.
E. Locations, types, sizes and heights of fencing, retaining walls and
screen planting where required.
F. All off-street parking, 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 Article
XII.
G. Number of floors, floor area, height and location of each building
and proposed general use for each building. If a multifamily residential
building, the number, size and type of dwelling units.
H. All existing and proposed water and sanitary sewer facilities, indicating
all pipe sizes, types and grades and where connection is to be made.
I. Provisions for the adequate disposition of natural and stormwater,
indicating locations, sizes, types and grades of ditches, catch basins
and pipes and connections to existing drainage system.
J. Existing topography, with a maximum of two-foot contour intervals.
Where existing ground is on a slope of less than 2%, either one-foot
contours or spot elevations where necessary, but not more than 50
feet apart in both directions.
K. Proposed finished grading by contours, supplemented where necessary
by spot elevations.
L. A landscape plan if requested by the Zoning Administrator, his authorized
agent or the Planning Commission.
All site plans which are appropriately submitted and which conform
to the standards and requirements set forth in this article shall
be forwarded to the Planning Commission for approval. In compliance
with Code of Virginia § 15.2-2261, an approved final site
plan shall be valid for a period of not less than five years from
the date of approval.
A. Public notice.
[Amended 3-21-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-04; 7-1-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-05]
(1)
Planning staff shall give written notice to those persons who
own property, any portion of which abuts the subject property, and
all property which is across the street from any portion of the subject
property as determined by the City's real property tax records. This
notice shall give the date, time and place of the Planning Commission
meeting at which the site plan is being reviewed, identify the property
which is the subject of the application and give a brief description
of the proposed action. This notice shall be mailed a minimum of 10
days prior to the date of the meeting of the Planning Commission at
which the site plan is first considered. The list of property owners
and the contents of the notice shall be approved by the Zoning Administrator
prior to mailing.
(2)
Planning staff shall also place a sign provided by the City
on the subject property which indicates that this action is pending.
This sign shall be located to be clearly visible from the street.
B. Pursuant to Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2259, the site plan
shall be approved within 60 days after it has been officially submitted
for approval if it is found to be adequate with respect to:
(1)
Locations and design of vehicular entrances and exits in relation
to streets giving access to the site and in relation to pedestrian
traffic.
(2)
Locations and adequacy of automobile parking areas.
(3)
Adequate provision for traffic circulation and control within
the site and provision for access to adjoining property.
(4)
Compliance with the requirements for setback and screening.
(5)
Adequacy of drainage, water supply, fire protection and sanitary
sewer facilities.
(6)
Compliance with applicable established design criteria, construction
standards and specifications for all improvements.
(7)
Approval by the City Health Officer or his agents if septic
tank and other sewage disposal facilities other than sanitary sewers
are involved.
(8)
Adequacy of proposed landscaping for softening the harsh visual
effects of parking lots and for providing screening between the development
and the street and surrounding lots.
C. Approval of a site plan submitted under the provisions of this article
shall expire five years after the date of such approval unless building
permits have been obtained for construction in accordance therewith.
D. No 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 in conformity with such site plan which has been duly approved.
Any person aggrieved by any decision of the Zoning Administrator
may, within 30 days of such decision, appeal to the City Board of
Zoning Appeals. Any applicant or adjoining property owner who is aggrieved
by the decision of the Board of Zoning Appeals may appeal to and have
a determination made by the Circuit Court.