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A proposed binding site plan shall be considered under the zoning and other land use control ordinances in effect on the land at the time a fully completed application is filed with the Department. A complete application for binding site plan approval shall consist of:

A. A completed application form provided by the Department, signed by all property owners or their authorized agents, with supporting documents as required below and which contains sufficient information to determine compliance with adopted rules and regulations including but not limited to Chapter 43.21C RCW, SEPA, as implemented by Chapter 197-11 WAC; surface water management; roads standards; fire code; City environmental procedures; zoning; shoreline management; administrative rules adopted to implement any such code or ordinance provision; Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department rules and regulations; and City approved utility comprehensive plans;

B. Six full-size and six 11-inch-by-17-inch reductions of an approved commercial site development permit, or a proposed site plan prepared by a professional land surveyor, licensed in the state of Washington, in a form prescribed by the Director. At a minimum, the proposed site plan shall include:

1. The location and size of all proposed units or lots;

2. Proposed and existing structures including elevations and floor plans as known (plans which show building envelopes rather than footprints must address post-construction treatment of unoccupied areas of the building envelopes);

3. All proposed or existing uses;

4. The location of proposed or existing open space including any required landscaped areas;

5. The location and identification of critical areas;

6. The layout of an internal vehicular and pedestrian circulation system, including proposed ingress and egress for vehicles;

7. The number and location of proposed or existing parking spaces on and off the site;

8. A drainage plan which will accommodate the maximum proposed square footage of impervious surface and the maximum proposed square footage of impervious surface exposed to vehicular use, subject to the requirements of City’s Surface Water Design Manual or other City surface water design standards;

9. The location and size of utility trunk lines and service laterals serving the site;

10. The location and size of water bodies and drainage features, both natural and manmade;

11. A grading plan showing proposed clearing and tree retention and the existing and proposed topography, detailed to five-foot contours, unless smaller contour intervals are otherwise required by the City Code or rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;

12. A layout of sewers and the proposed water distribution system;

13. Proposed easements and access; and

C. A completed environmental checklist, if required by the State Environmental Policy Act and implementing ordinances;

D. A downstream drainage analysis or any other requirement specified in the City’s Surface Water Design Manual, Site Development Regulations or surface water policy ordinance;

E. All covenants, easements, maintenance agreements or other documents regarding mutual use of parking and access;

F. Copies of all easements, deed restrictions or other encumbrances restricting the use of the site;

G. A phasing plan and time schedule, if the site is intended to be developed in phases or if all building permits will not be submitted within three years;

H. Documentation of the date and method of segregation for the subject property (original tract) verifying that the lot or lots were not created in violation of the short subdivision or subdivision laws in effect at the time of creation;

I. A list of any other development permits or permit applications having been filed for the same site; and

J. The payment of fees;

K. The Community Development Director may waive specific submittal requirements determined to be unnecessary for review of the application. [Ord. 591 § 59, 2015; Ord. 60 § 1, 1996.]