3.7.3 Types of Site Plans

The approving authority is the Planning Director or designee.

1. The approving authority is the Governing Body.

2. Criteria:

a. The request is for approval pursuant to a standard established in the Ordinance that requires Governing Body approval; or

b. Involves the requirement of a major or transportation special use permit; or

c. Is located in a Watershed Protection Overlay Critical Area (A), as defined in Sec. 4.11, Watershed Protection Overlay, with impervious surface that exceeds the maximum permitted by the Low Density Option under Sec. 8.7, Watershed Protection Overlay Standards.

1. The Planning Director, or designee, is authorized to approve minor changes to the approved site plan, resulting from field conditions and which result in an equivalent or better performance.

2. Significant changes to the approved site plan, such as but not limited to a change in access points, relocation of buildings or parking areas, relocation of stormwater facilities, and changes of use that require different development standards, shall be resubmitted for site plan approval as a new site plan application.

3. Changes to an approved, valid site plan required as a result of an update to the applicable Flood Insurance Rate Map(s) (FIRM) or other detailed flood data pursuant to paragraph 8.4.2, Applicability, shall be submitted as a site plan amendment.

4. A site plan amendment request shall clearly identify the elements for which approval is sought in both text and graphic form. Only those elements so identified shall be reviewed and considered for approval. If any element of an approved plan is changed but not identified, the amendment request shall be denied in its entirety or, if already approved, the amendment shall be deemed null and void in its entirety.

5. Site plan amendments to plans approved under the 1994 Merged Zoning Ordinance, as amended, shall follow approval procedures of this paragraph 3.7.3C.