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FOR NEW, EXPANDED, OR ALTERED SITE PLANS AND COMMERCIAL ALTERATIONS General Information Required for All Site Plan Submittals: 1) Affix a completed City of Raleigh Site Data sheet, and all conditions of approval from any commission, council, or Board of Adjustment action associated with the site, to the front cover sheet of site drawings. Also include: a) Cumulative expansion calculations, both for gross building square footage and /or vehicular surface area, since 1/1/87, b) Building uses and size, both existing and proposed, with calculations for building lot coverage, floor area ratio, and the number of stories in square feet per floor, c) Dwelling and/or rooming unit calculations, and project density and density transfers, d) Off-street parking calculations, and basis for determination, Vicinity map with public roads, north arrow, and zoning, to include any overlay districts (i.e. SHOD, historic, airport), Project property boundaries must be identified; show metes and bounds, adjoining property zoning and land use, tax map and parcel or PIN number must be shown on all plans, Indicate whether the development project is outside city limits and if the project is requesting connections to City utilities, the property owner must submit an annexation petition prior to plat recordation or permit issuance, A street address for all proposed buildings must be included in the title block of the plan. (include on each sheet of the plans), All easements, buffer areas, flood zones, lot lines and numbers, and road names (types, locations and treatments) must be identified. If required, show location of tree protection and/or silt fence and detail, All proposed improvements, such as roads, buildings, parking, and landscaped areas must be identified, When applicable, provide copies of cross-access agreements, landscape easements, and right-of-way encroachments, Minimum scale for site plans is 1" = 50'; include legend, detail drawings (sections, elevations, and perspectives of measures sufficient for construction as designed).
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Building, Structure and Outdoor Use Information Required for Site Plan Review: 1) Building elevations that show maximum height from natural and finished grade, buildings to be removed, and the specific requirements of the Unity of Development statement when applicable. If site requires compliance with the Unity of Development ordinance, please provide color renderings of building elevations and detail specifications of materials and colors to be used, Site plan must show all outdoor uses proposed, including but not limited to, accessory uses or structures, storage, water and wastewater facilities and cemeteries, Please indicate location of dumpster, recycling, service, loading, utility service, storage, and display areas. These areas must be screened, if visible, from any public right of way, All public utilities that serve a project shall be underground and originate from pad mounted or subterranean distribution points located off the public right of way per section 10-3059 of the Municipal Code, Provide a lighting plan per section 10-2089 of the municipal code, Fire lanes shall be installed in accordance with the public street requirements of Chapter 2, Section 6-2002 through 6-2013 of the Raleigh City Code. The general requirements designate that any building located more than 150' from a public road or which exceeds 30' in height and is set back more than 50' from a public road shall have a fire lane.
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Transportation and Engineering Information Required for All Site Plans: 1) Show existing and proposed streets adjoining the site, including right of way widths, street names, pavement width, surface material, curb and gutter or ditch sections, and existing or proposed public or private sidewalk location and material, 2) Indicate dimensions between vehicular surface area and outdoor living areas, 3) Adjacent public streets need to be fully illustrated and dimensioned, including right-of-way, travel lanes, medians, existing driveways, traffic control signs and markings, sidewalks, curb and gutter, ditches and berms, utility poles, cabinets or underground vaults, etc., 4) If applicable, areas and facilities to be provided for abutting or internal transit service should be identified and dimensioned cross-section and diagram of each floor of parking structure, 5) Internal traffic circulation details, 6) Driveway and access point locations, opposing driveways, and all off-site impediments to the proposed driveway, 7) Traffic control signs and markings for proposed driveways and internal traffic aisles should be shown and dimensioned, 8) Private street sign package, including typical sign details and plan view location, 9) Location of any off-site parking. (Off-site parking requires a legally recorded parking agreement), a) Required handicapped parking spaces and handicapped parking signage (per NCSBC Vol. 1-C) must be shown b) Show vehicular stacking space for drive-in facilities 10) Plan view of all improved, extended and widened streets, public or private, 11.) Show typical sections and pavement schedule for all roads being improved, Open Space and Landscaping Requirements for All Site Plans: 1) Landscape plans showing requirements of City Code Chapter 10, 2) Calculations for open space requirements shown in tabular form; open space area(s) shown in plan view, 3) Identify all protected areas including Conservation (Resource) Management Districts, natural resource buffer yards, conservation and greenway easements, 4) Identify all drainage structures or velocity control devices in all protected and buffer areas, 5) Show impervious surface coverage in Reservoir Watershed Protection and Metro-Park Overlay Districts, 6) Show all public access easements, including (greenways and conservation) on all plans. No structures or required landscaping is allowed in these areas without the approval of the City of Raleigh. 7) Any alternate design request must include, at a minimum, lighting, signage, landscape and fencing details. 8) Show all trees located in the public right-of-way (the location of these will be confirmed by a City of Raleigh zoning inspector prior to the issuance of certification). 9) Clearly, identify/show all utility layers on landscape plans. (I.e. drainage pipe structures, gas, etc.). 10) All of the following MUST be clearly shown on the grading plan (on the same sheet): tree preservation areas, inventory of preserved trees, and tree protection fences. Tree protection must include a protected ground area around the tree, with a radius from the tree trunk of 6 inches per inch of tree circumference (measured at 4.5 feet above existing grade level), or 7 feet, whichever is greater. All existing trees must be specified by species and size (trunk diameter measured at 4.5 feet above existing grade level) within 10 feet of tree protection fences. 11) If grade changes are proposed within the tree protected ground area, a detailed tree preservation plan must be submitted that includes accepted arboricultural practices to mitigate tree root damage and preserve the tree(s)—see definition of Active Tree Preservation definition, Sec. 10-2002 (b).
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Conservation/Land Disturbance Considerations for All Site Plans: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) Show drainage areas entering site, and acreage within the project boundaries, Show existing and proposed grades on plans (plan and profile for roadway construction), Affix completed Financial Responsibility Form, Show existing/proposed topography, Show all floodplains, wetlands, FEMA and alluvial soils, Neuse buffer, indicate FEMA map and flood study numbers, Show backwater elevations for new stream crossings, Provide drainage calculations for proposed storm water system / retention. Required calculations: a) Ditches, Swales and Channels: Q10 velocities and capacity b) Dissipaters: Q10 velocities c) Storm culverts and inlets: Q10 and Q100 in natural drainageways and Q10 in all others d) FALLS BASIN: locations, dimensions, details, calculations and specification for watershed protection measures e) SWIFT CREEK: locations, dimensions, details, calculations and specification for watershed protection measures Permanent erosion controls including locations and dimensions of dissipaters, ditch linings, armoring, retaining walls, etc., Show stormwater network, including inlets, culverts, swales, ditches and channels (top elevation, invert elevation, pipe size and slope).
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Public Utilities for All Site Plans: Show existing and proposed water/sewer mains/services and sizes. Extend water main along entire frontage of property. Show sewer to all adjacent properties that can be served. There shall be a hydrant at each intersection. All parts of all buildings shall be within 300 feet of a hydrant. (See page 31 of PU Handbook for more details.) 5) Material of water main shall be D.I.P only. 6) No water mains allowed in easements. 7) No sharing of private water mains between two or more properties. 8) No trees or permanent structures allowed in sanitary sewer easements. 9) Easements exchanges/abandonment’s require council action and all requests must be submitted in writing to the Public Utilities Department c/o Barney Rogers, 10) Before a pump station is proposed on a site plan, the developer needs to set up a meeting with the Project Engineer(Barney Rogers) at 890-3400 to discuss alternatives to building a pump station Information Required for All Commercial Alterations: 1) Ensure that plans include, or have considered, all issues listed above under "general information". 2) Provide three copies of all project drawings drawn to scale with sufficient details to indicate the nature and character of work to be done. 3) An original City of Raleigh permit application (obtain from Kathy Michel - 890-3775) must be completed in its entirety, including a tenant suite number if applicable, for each project to be submitted for permit review. 4) All plans must be dated and signed by the designer. Professionals seals, with signature and date when applicable to the project, this must appear on each sheet of the drawings. 5) If the work involves only a portion of a building, a key plan must be provided showing the entire building with the area of new construction highlighted. 1) 2) 3) 4)
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