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An Ordinance to Amend Sections 5.22.3 (Storm Water Management and Soil Erosion) and 5.29.6 (Site Plans) of Chapter 55 (Unified Development Code) of Title V of the Code of the City of Ann Arbor (ORD-21-37)
Memorandum
The amendments revise the site plan approval thresholds, clarify required review process, reduce time or approval process improve usability and more effectively communicate types of projects and the corresponding process and/or authority requirements for the benefit of the residents, city officials and the development community. The amendments also update storm water requirements to ensure consistency of requirements for all projects residential or commercial and require storm water management for projects that no longer require site plan review and approval.
This is offered by the Planning Commission in response to Council Resolution R-20-260 which asked Planning Commission and the City Administrator to Evaluate Section 5.29.6 Site Plans of Chapter 55 - Unified Development Code and propose Amendments to Adjust Site Plan Authority Thresholds and Improve the Communication of Requirements.
Summary: On July 6, 2020, City Council passed Resolution R-20-260 directing the Planning Commission to evaluate and make recommendations to the Unified Development Code to facilitate small and modest sized projects, and to improve the communication of UDC standards. The proposed amendments replace 5.29.6 Site Plans with new paragraphs and text that clarify procedures, requirements, and process through the addition of a table and supplemental text. With changes to the site plan section it was determined that corresponding changes must occur to the Storm Water Management and Soil Erosion Section of Code. These changes were required due to the primary trigger for Storm water being the requirement of a site plan.
Planning Staff met with an Advisory Committee of the development community in the summer of 2020. A summary of these meetings was presented to t...
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