§ 27-273. Submittal requirements.

(a)

The Conceptual Site Plan shall be submitted to the Planning Board by the owner of the property (or his authorized representative).

(b)

The Conceptual Site Plan shall be prepared by an engineer, architect, landscape architect, or urban planner.

(c)

Upon filing the Plan, the applicant shall pay to the Planning Board a fee to help defray the costs related to processing the Plan. The scale of fees shall be determined by the Planning Board. A reduction in the fee may be permitted by the Planning Board if it finds that payment of the full amount will cause an undue hardship upon the applicant.

(d)

If more than one (1) drawing is used, all drawings shall be at the same scale (where feasible).

(e)

A Conceptual Site Plan shall include the following:

(1)

Location map, north arrow, and scale;

(2)

Boundaries of the property, using bearings and distances (in feet) around the periphery;

(3)

Zoning categories of the subject property and all adjacent properties;

(4)

General locations and types of major improvements that are within fifty (50) feet of the subject property, and a general description of all land uses on adjacent properties;

(5)

Existing topography, at not more than two (2) foot contour intervals;

(6)

An approved Natural Resource Inventory (NRI);

(7)

Street names, right-of-way and pavement widths of existing streets and interchanges within and adjacent to the site; and

(8)

Existing rights-of-way and easements (such as railroad, utility, water, sewer, access, and storm drainage);

(9)

Existing site and environmental features as shown on the approved NRI;

(10)

A Type 1 Tree Conservation Plan prepared in conformance with Division 2 of Subtitle 25 and the Woodland and Wildlife Habitat Conservation Technical Manual or a Standard Letter of Exemption;

(11)

Proposed system of internal streets, including right-of-way widths;

(12)

Proposed lot lines and the land use proposed for each lot;

(13)

General locations of areas of the site where buildings and parking lots are proposed to be located, and the general orientation of buildings on individual lots; and

(14)

A stormwater concept plan approved or submitted for review pursuant to Section 4-322 of this Code;

(15)

A statement of justification describing how the proposed design preserves and restores the regulated environmental features to the fullest extent possible.

(f)

The submittal requirements in (e), above, may be modified in accordance with Section 27-277.

(g)

A Plan shall be considered submitted on the date the Planning Director determines that the applicant has filed a complete Plan in accordance with the requirements of this Section.

(h)

This Section shall not apply to:

(1)

All stadium wayfinding signs located within parking areas at a stadium.

(CB-54-1986; CB-75-1989; CB-84-1990; CB-47-1996; CB-28-2010; CB-34-2011; CB-54-2012; CB-83-2015)

Editor's note— Section 3 of CB-28-2010 provides that a development project for which all required development applications have been approved by the Planning Board, Zoning Hearing Examiner, or District Council, and appeal periods have not expired as of September 1, 2010, is grandfathered; or a development project that has an approved preliminary plan of subdivision, but has not completed subsequent processes such as final plat or site plan as of September 1, 2010, is grandfathered for that portion of the project covered by the preliminary plan.

Section 3 of CB-34-2011 provides that a development project for which all required development applications have been approved by the Planning Board, Zoning Hearing Examiner, or District Council, notwithstanding any appeal period, is grandfathered regarding the provisions of CB-28-2010 that became effective on September 1, 2010, or any subsequent revisions in conformance with the grandfathered approval; or a development project that has an approved preliminary plan of subdivision, notwithstanding any further development review requirements including record plats is grandfathered regarding the provisions of CB-28-2010 that became effective on September 1, 2010, or any subsequent revisions in conformance with the grandfathered approval for that portion of the project covered by the preliminary plan.