Beginning April 3, DPD will be requiring applicants to submit a more detailed site plan with their Address/Records Worksheet and Pre-Application Site Visit Request Forms. The goals of collecting an enhanced site plan are to allow DPD to collaborate with other city departments early in the application process, to provide timely and consistent decisions, and to assist the applicant in scoping and planning their projects more effectively.

The Pre-Application Site Plan should have the following details:

1. Address of project
2. Owner’s name
3. Legal description
4. North arrow
5. Identification of the drawing’s scale
6. Property lines and property dimensions
7. Location and dimensions of all parking areas, driveways and other paved areas
8. Location, size and shape of any structures presently on the site and those proposed for construction
9. Dimensions showing front, side and rear distances from buildings to property lines, distance between structures, porches and decks
10. Location of pedestrian path to each dwelling unit and the primary entrance to each building
11. Identification of the exact work to be done, including the changes that are proposed to the physical features of the site or existing structures (clearly distinguish existing from proposed features)
12. Building identifiers for sites with more than one building
13. Ground elevations and contour lines and contour intervals for new construction or additions on sloping sites or where earth grading is proposed
14. Identify top and bottom of slopes and dimensions from the building or structure with existing and proposed contour lines
15. Identify creeks, drainage ditches and surface water lines (shorelines)
16. Total street and/or alley pavement type and widths; or, if not improved, describe existing conditions
17. Curbs and sidewalks: type, location, dimensions
18. Street trees and other landscaping
19. All other elements between the pavement edge and property line (side sewers, electrical ducts, electrical vaults, electrical conduits, handholes, ditches, culverts, bus zones, street signs, etc.)
20. Size, location & specific species of all trees on sites that are undeveloped or being wholly redeveloped