Legal Documents of Sweetwater

To ensure compliance with all city regulations, site plans are required for all new developments, modifications to existing developments, and/or redevelopments of all non-single-family and two-family residential uses. Such plans shall be approved by the planning commission prior to the issuance of a building permit.

In accordance with § 14-801, the planning commission may require a bond or some other form of surety for any and/or all improvements proposed on the submitted site plan.

All site plans shall be prepared and certified by a licensed engineer, landscape architect, architect, and/or surveyor, as may be appropriate and in accordance with state law regarding the practice of these professions. A site plan shall set forth the proposed development of the total land, tract, or parcel and shall meet the following site plan requirements.

1. Property street address.
2. Property tax map and parcel information.
3. Name and address of property owner(s).
4. Name and address of applicant(s).
5. Name, address, and stamp of professional who prepared the plan.
6. Current zoning classification and required building setback information.
7. Graphic scale. Drawings shall be at a scale of not less than one inch equals twenty feet (1" = 20') for small tracts and not less than one inch equals fifty feet (1" = 50') for large tracts,
8. North point, acreage of site, location map, and date of preparation.
9. A boundary survey of the property, including all rights-of-way, easements, and covenants.
10. Topographical data on five-foot (5') contours, or less, reflecting existing and finished grades.
11. The location and an identification of all significant physical features of the property based on readily available information, such as floodplains, wetlands, ponds, lakes, streams, springs, surface depressions or sinkholes, steep slopes, and historic, archaeological, or cultural sites.
12. Ingress and egress locations with widths, sight distance, and distances to nearby intersections and other driveways.
13. Locations and dimensions for all buildings, parking lots, parking spaces, loading zone areas, sidewalks, trash dumpsters, accessory structures, and outdoor storage areas.
14. Square footage of each proposed building.
15. Location of any ground or pylon sign. Sign permits are required from the city for each sign.
16. Location of all existing and proposed light poles.
17. A landscape plan per the landscape ordinance.
18. An erosion control plan.
19. For all sites, a certified plan for storm water drainage shall be included with the site plan. Such plan shall identify all easements, drainage structures including size/capacities, energy dissipaters, off-site drainage structures including size/capacities, and other pertinent information concerning the assumptions upon which the plan is based. The estimated storm water runoff based on a twenty-five (25) year storm event shall be calculated for pre-development and post-development. The rate of storm water runoff shall not be increased and detention/retention shall be accommodated on site.

20. Location, size, and layout of all existing and proposed utilities, including fire hydrants, with the required certificates of approval for such existing and/or proposed public utilities by the Sweetwater Utilities Board. The following certificates shall be included on the site plan.

    Certificate of Public Water

    I hereby certify that public water is currently available or has been installed as identified on this site plan, or that the developer has entered into an agreement for the needed public water improvements to be installed in an acceptable manner in accordance with the specifications of the Sweetwater Utilities Board standards.

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    Date	Signature - Sweetwater Utilities Board Representative

    Certificate of Public Sewer

    I hereby certify that public sewer is currently available or has been installed as identified on this site plan, or that the developer has entered into an agreement for the needed public sewer improvements to be installed in an acceptable manner in accordance with the specifications of the Sweetwater Utilities Board standards.

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    Date	Signature - Sweetwater Utilities Board Representative

    (as replaced by Ord. #985, Dec. 2020 Ch7_02-07-22)