Commercial Establishment Design Standards Checklist
1. Site Plan
All site plans shall be drawn to a sufficient scale to clearly delineate the Applicant’s
proposed use and development of the subject property. The site plan shall include the
following elements:
! Name of development;
! Name and addresses of owners, developers, engineers, surveyors, landscape
architects, and architects;
! Vicinity map;
! Date;
! Scale;
! North arrow;
! Property boundaries and total calculated area of land being developed computed either
to the nearest hundredth of an acre or nearest square foot;
! Building setback lines;
! Location, arrangement, and dimensions of proposed and existing buildings and
structures;
! Proposed stages of development, if applicable, and anticipated time required to develop
each stage;
! Location, arrangement, and dimensions of existing and proposed streets and driveways
and other public ways, including pavement width and rights-of-way, points of ingress and
egress and sight distances of all entrances to existing streets.
! Location, arrangement, and dimensions of existing and proposed parking areas,
including total number and size of proposed parking spaces, and location of existing and
proposed traffic islands;
! Location, arrangement, and dimensions of existing and proposed loading/unloading
areas and description of screening/enclosure type and materials;
! Location, arrangement, and dimensions of existing and proposed sidewalks and
crosswalks connecting public streets/sidewalks and building entrances (minimum 5-foot)
and along the full length of any building where it adjoins a parking lot (minimum 6-foot);
! Location of existing natural features, including tree masses, significant rock
outcroppings, streams, and flood plains;
! Location of existing and proposed trash collection areas and description of
screening/enclosure type and materials;
! Location of existing and proposed ground-mounted or roof-mounted equipment and
description of screening/enclosure type and materials;
! Location of existing and proposed outdoor storage areas and description of
screening/enclosure type and materials;
! Location of existing and proposed outdoor sales display areas and ancillary uses and
description of type and materials of screening/enclosure;
! Location of existing and proposed central features and community spaces, including bus
stops, customer drop-off/pick up points, patios, courtyards, window shopping areas,
plazas, etc.
! Location, arrangement, and type of existing and proposed exterior lighting (see #4,
Lighting Plan);
! Location, arrangement, and dimensions of existing and proposed signage (see #5,
Signage Plan);
