Secondary and Cumulative Impacts Master Management Plan

Article 2: Administration

Section 2.5. Application-Specific Review Procedures

2.5.10. Riparian Buffer Development Review

June 2013

Morrisville, NC

Page 2-58

Unified Development Ordinance – Public Hearing Draft

application for Building Permit for construction of approved buildings and structures in the

Floodplain Overlay (FO) district, construction of approved site improvements, approved

alteration or relocation of watercourses, and other approved land disturbing activities in the

FO district.

Expiration of Approval

A Floodplain Development Permit shall expire if an application for a Building Permit (or

Certificate of Compliance/Occupancy, if a Building Permit is not required) for the approved

development is not submitted within two years after the date of the Construction Plan

Approval,

As-Built Elevation Certificate

Before a Certificate of Compliance/Occupancy may be approved for development subject

to the Floodplain Development Permit, the applicant shall submit a final, ―as-built‖ elevation

certificate prepared by, or under the direct supervision of, a professional land surveyor or

engineer to the Town Engineer for approval.

Inspections

Town staff and agents may inspect sites undergoing development authorized by a Floodplain

Development Permit to determine whether development activities conform to approved plans

and terms of the permit and comply with non-encroachment requirements.

Floodplain Development Permit Review Standards

An application for a Floodplain Development Permit shall be approved only if the Planning Director

determines that the proposed development complies with all applicable standards in Section 5.6,

Floodplain Management.

2.5.10.

Riparian Buffer Development Review

See Section 6.5, Riparian Buffer Development Review.

2.5.11.

Stormwater Management Permit

See Section 7.2, Administration and Procedures.

2.5.12.

Sign Permit

Applicability

General

The procedure and standards in this subsection apply to the review of applications for a Sign

Permit, which shall be required before the erection, installation, construction, alteration, or moving

of any sign unless exempted from this Ordinance signage regulations in accordance with

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below, or from the permit requirements in accordance with subsection 3 below.

Signs Exempt from Regulation

Signs exempt from the signage regulations of this Ordinance are listed in Section5.16.2.B,

Exemptions.

This subsection carries forward the sign permit procedures in Sections 2, 4, 5, and 8 of Article X of Part C of the current Zoning

Ordinance except for the lists of signs exempt from regulations and signs exempt from Sign Permits, which are revised and listed

in Section 5.16.2. The subsection otherwise modifies the current procedures only to provide that staff reviews and decides Sign

Permit applications, to simplify wording, and to conform to the format used for other development application reviews.