119-12 - Tier I Submission Requirements

LAST AMENDED
2/2/2011


For all #developments#, #enlargements# or #site alterations# on #Tier I sites#, the following materials shall be submitted to the
Department of Buildings. However, the submission requirements set forth herein shall not apply to an #enlargement# of an
existing #residential building#, provided that such #enlargement# does not increase the #lot coverage# of said #building#. No
building permit shall be issued until the Department of Buildings determines that the requirements of the #Special Hillsides
Preservation District# have been met.

(a)    A survey map prepared by a licensed surveyor showing topography at two-foot contour intervals and indicating the
        existing slope of the land, as it occurs, in categories of 10–14 percent, 15–19 percent, 20–24 percent, 25 percent and
        greater; the location of existing #buildings or other structures#, patios, decks, swimming pools, walkways, driveways and
        #private roads#, including sidewalks and other impervious surfaces; and the location, #caliper# and species of all trees of
        six-inch #caliper# or more on the #zoning lot# and in the sidewalk area of the adjacent #streets#.

(b)    A site plan prepared by a registered architect or professional engineer indicating the location of all existing #buildings or
       other structures#; the location of all proposed #buildings or other structures#; the location of existing and proposed
        patios, decks, swimming pools, walkways, driveways and #private roads#, including sidewalks and other impervious
        surfaces; the location of any #steep slopes#, #steep slope buffer# areas and the #staging area#; and the location, #caliper#
        and species of all trees of six-inch #caliper# or more on the #zoning lot# and in the sidewalk area of the adjacent
        #streets#. The site plan shall identify those trees proposed to be removed and those trees proposed to be preserved,
        indicating, for the latter, the #critical root zone#.

(c)    A tree-planting plan, prepared by a registered landscape architect, indicating the location and species of all new plantings,
        and indicating the location of and the #critical root zone# around all trees proposed for preservation.