The Planning Board and the City Planner are authorized as provided
in this chapter to review and act on site plans. Site plan review
is required for the following:
A. Construction of:
(1)
Nonresidential structures, including accessory uses or structures,
having a total floor area of more than 1,000 square feet.
(2)
Multifamily dwellings; provided, however, that multifamily dwellings
of 15 units or more shall be subject to both site plan review and
subdivision review.
(3)
A private road or private road network.
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B. Expansion of:
(1)
Nonresidential structures, including accessory structures, by
more than 1,000 square feet of ground floor area within any five-year
period.
(2)
Multifamily dwellings, by the addition of one or more units
within an existing structure or expansion of the structure to accommodate
new units.
C. Conversion of single-family or two-family dwellings to multifamily
use.
D. Changing the siding or roofing materials of the street-facing facade
of a nonresidential or multifamily structure or accessory structure
by more than 25% of the surface area of the siding or roof.
E. Proposals to pave, strip, or grade more than 10,000 square feet within
any five-year period.
F. Proposals for earth removal of more than 10,000 square feet or 100
cubic yards within any five-year period.
G. Construction or expansion of boat building and repair facilities,
marinas, piers, docks, boat houses, and port facilities.
H. The addition of a drive-up window.
I. Proposals to construct buildings taller than 35 feet high.
J. Site location of development. Site developments needing approval
under 38 M.R.S.A. §§ 481 through 488, as permitted
under 38 M.R.S.A. § 489-A, shall be reviewed under this
chapter.
K. Site developments requiring stormwater permits pursuant to 38 M.R.S.A.
§ 420-D shall, to the extent permitted under 38 M.R.S.A.
§ 489-A, be reviewed under the procedures of this chapter;
and they shall meet and comply with those rules promulgated by the
Maine Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to 38 M.R.S.A.
§ 420-D, specifically Chapters 500, 501, and 502 Rules.
The City Planner is authorized to review and act on minor site
plans. The following qualify to be reviewed as a minor site plan:
A. Nonresidential structures or additions of less than 6,000 square
feet;
B. Nonresidential structures in an approved industrial park, including
accessory structures, having a total floor area of not more than 30,000
square feet.
C. Private road or private road network applications.
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No building permit, plumbing permit, or certificate of occupancy
shall be issued for a subject site until a site plan has been approved
and signed by the Planning Board, or, in the case of minor site plans,
approved and signed by the City Planner.