16.24.120 Submittal requirements | Lacey Municipal Code

16.24.120 Submittal requirements.

The development application shall contain the following items:

A. Application Narrative. Four copies required.

1. Project site address;

2. Project description;

3. List of requested adjustments, if any;

4. List of submittals provided;

5. For all multifamily projects or mixed-use projects with multifamily development, provide a description of compliance with crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) techniques.

B. Plans. Four copies of the set of plans are required. The license stamps of the architect and landscape architect shall be on each appropriate plan page.

1. Vicinity Plan. A vicinity plan is required containing the following information (one inch equals five hundred feet or larger):

a. Site boundaries;

b. Site address;

c. Woodland District Neighborhood designation;

d. Plan showing project location within the Woodland District;

e. Names of adjacent streets with street and through connection designation (Refer to Figure 16.24.050-1 Regulating Plan, Street Types); and

f. Names and descriptions of frontage types required and proposed.

2. Site Plan. A site plan is required containing the following information (one inch equals twenty feet or larger):

a. Site address;

b. Woodland District Neighborhood designation;

c. Names of adjacent streets;

d. Location of adjacent buildings on abutting properties;

e. Site dimensions;

f. Existing grade and finished grade (maximum two-foot contours);

g. Location and dimensions of existing and proposed site circulation for automobiles and pedestrians. Indicate location of site ingress and egress and patterns of on-site automobile circulation with directional arrows. Clearly identify any requested adjustments to development standards (refer to LMC 16.24.050, Streets, through connections and connection spacing);

h. Location and dimensions of existing and proposed structure(s), accessory structures with appropriate setbacks;

i. Location of trees as determined by the Lacey tree protection professional;

j. Location, dimensions, and nature of any proposed easements or dedications; and

k. Location, dimensions, and description of common open space and recreation areas (refer to LMC 16.24.040, General standards required for all development).

3. Landscaping Plan. The landscaping plan shall contain the following information (one inch equals twenty feet or larger):

a. Survey of existing trees; trees to be retained; and trees to be removed;

b. Existing plant material and soil to be retained;

c. Proposed plant material to be placed on site. The type, size, number and spacing on plantings must be illustrated (refer to LMC 16.24.040, General standards required for all development);

d. Surface parking location and design (refer to Chapter 16.72 LMC);

e. Bicycle parking location and design (refer to Chapter 16.72 LMC);

f. Loading and service area location and design (refer to Chapter 16.80 LMC);

g. Screening and buffering: general; perimeter fencing and walls; parking structures; and surface parking lots (refer to Chapter 16.80 LMC);

h. All areas where soils are to be amended (refer to the current City of Lacey Stormwater Design Manual);

i. Locations where plant and soil materials will be stored during construction;

j. Timeline for site preparation and installation of plant materials.

4. Building Form and Massing. Submit complete elevations (one-eighth inch equals one foot or larger) of all proposed construction and related elevations of existing structures (if any) within twenty-five feet of the site. Elevations shall include the following information:

a. Dimensioned elevations of building showing:

(1) Required building setbacks (if any) (refer to LMC 16.24.060, Building, form, siting and site design);

(2) Required ground floor height (refer to LMC 16.24.060, Building, form, siting and site design);

(3) Required weather protection (refer to LMC 16.24.060, Building, form, siting and site design);

(4) Required ground floor transparency (refer to LMC 16.24.060, Building, form, siting and site design);

(5) Required weather protection for required building entrance(s) (refer to LMC 16.24.060, Building, form, siting and site design);

(6) Pedestrian protection--sidewalk (refer to LMC 16.24.060, Building, form, siting and site design);

(7) Minimum, maximum, and proposed podium height (refer to LMC 16.24.060, Building, form, siting and site design); and

(8) Maximum building height and required building stepbacks (if any) (refer to LMC 16.24.060, Building, form, siting and site design);

b. Elevations should show the type and color of exterior materials;

c. Location and elevations of exterior lighting for site and buildings; and

d. Perspective drawings, photographs, color renderings or other graphics which accurately represent the proposed project.

5. Sections. Submit a minimum of two site and building cross section profiles (one-eighth inch equals one foot or larger) with the following information:

a. Scale;

b. Building(s) details;

c. Landscaping against the building when installed;

d. Lighting fixtures and standards; and

e. Signs.

6. Roof Plan. The roof plan shall contain the following information (one inch equals twenty feet or larger):

a. Extent of the project site and location of new and existing buildings;

b. Extent and location of new roof(s);

c. Extent and location of building tower(s) (if any);

d. Dimensions and area of floor plate for proposed building tower(s). If more than one tower, show clear dimensions between towers (refer to LMC 16.24.060, Building, form, siting and site design).

1. The applicant shall certify that the professional services of the appropriate professionals have been utilized in the planning process for development.

2. Appropriate professionals shall include, but not be limited to, the following to provide the elements of the planning process set out in this section:

a. An urban planner with Form-Based Codes Institute certification, or Congress for the New Urbanism accreditation, or holding full membership in the American Institute of Certified Planners, or a professional planner with prior experience representing clients before the site plan review committee, planning commission, or city council;

b. An architect licensed by the state of Washington or holding full membership in the American Institute of Architects;

c. A landscape architect registered by the state of Washington.

3. One of the professional consultants chosen by the applicant from either subsection (C)(2)(a), (C)(2)(b) or (c) of this section shall be designated to be responsible for conferring with the planning staff with respect to the concept and details of the plan.

4. The selection of the professional coordinator of the design team will not limit the owner of the development in consulting with the planning staff. (Ord. 1496 §67, 2016; Ord. 1487 §3 (part), 2016).