Site & Landscape Plans

Review and approval of the concept, preliminary, and final site and landscape plans for zoning compliance as well as amendments to previously approved and existing site plans.

Approved by: Planning Commission.

Fee Schedule

Note: all fees include a $30 zoning sign and advertising fee when required.

View the Site and Landscape Plan Application (PDF).

Residential

  • Concept Plan: $580
  • Preliminary Plan: $1,230
  • Final Plan: $1,080 + $10 per dwelling unit

Non-Residential

  • Concept Plan: $680
  • Preliminary Plan: $1,530
  • Final Plan: $1,230 + $30 per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area

Mixed-Use & Others Except M-X-T Zone

  • Concept Plan: $580
  • Preliminary Plan: $1,230
  • Final Plan: $1,230 plus $30 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area

Amended Site Plans

  • Residential: $630
  • Non-Residential: $1,530
  • Mixed-Use, M-X-T Zone and all others: $2,030


Public Art Provided or Funded by Private Development

Development projects in the City are required to either provide or fund public art, and shall be satisfied by utilizing one (1) or more of the following:

 

Funding and installation of public art at any of the following locations:

  1. On the project development site
  2. On other private property within the same Ward as the project site.
  3. On City property within the same Ward as the project site, provided that such placement is approved by the City

All Development Projects not otherwise providing for the funding and installation of public art, as set forth above, shall instead pay a fee-in-lieu.  Any such fee-in-lieu for this purpose shall be placed in the City of Laurel Arts Council Fund to be used toward a public art project to be located within the Ward of the City in which the development project is located. 


The following constitutes the minimum amount of expenditure should the developer/builder choose to fund a public art project, or the fee-in-lieu should the developer/builder choose that option, as set forth above: 


Development Type

Cost per dwelling unit (DU)/gross floor area (GFA)

Single-family detached, semi-detached, townhouse

  • First one hundred (100) DU’s: $75.00 per DU
  • Above the first one hundred (100) units: $50.00 per DU

Multi-family

  • First one hundred (100) DU’s: $100.00 per DU
  • Above the first one hundred (100) DU’s: $50.00 per DU

Commercial (incl. parking structures)

  • First one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet of GFA: $0.30 per square foot
  • Second one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet of GFA: $0.20 per square foot
  • Beyond two hundred thousand (200,000) square feet of GFA: $0.15 per square foot


The following development projects are excluded from the requirements of this section:

  • New residential development consisting of no more than thirty (30) dwelling units.
  • New residential development consisting of more than 30 dwelling units, of which at least 25% are affordable units, as defined in Article III of the Laurel City Code. 
  • New construction or renovation of houses of worship and their accessory uses on the same site. 
  • New construction or renovation of eleemosynary institutions and their accessory uses on the same site. 
  • Renovation or reconstruction projects caused by vandalism, civil disobedience, or acts of God, including, but not limited to, fire, flood, earthquake, explosion or extreme weather. 
  • New construction of parking structures that are accessory to a primary use on the site.
  • Renovation and/or expansion of existing residential, commercial, or industrial development.