10-7-6 Preliminary Project Plan
Unofficial copy. It may be out of date. Not legal or zoning advice. Zoning rules change, and only the city or county can say for sure what is allowed on a property. Confirm with the city or county planning department before you buy, sign or build.
The official River Heights code is at https://riverheights.gov/river-heights-city-code/.
Text pulled 2026-10-19 from this source.
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A. The preliminary project plan shall be professionally prepared and shall include the following:
1. The property boundaries of the proposed parking area. Include approximate total acreage of the property and the parking area to be developed, if different;
2. The names of the owner, developer, if other than the owner, and the engineer or designer of the parking area improvements;
3. Boundaries of adjacent properties and names of adjacent property owners;
4. Location, width and names of existing streets within three hundred feet (300') of the parking area and of all previously platted streets or other public ways, railroad and utilities rights of way, parks and other public open space;
5. Location of all existing buildings and structures on the site, including an indication of the proposed uses;
6. The location of all parking spaces, driveways, and points of vehicular ingress and egress;
7. A contour map showing existing topography and natural drainage channels and the proposed conceptual storm and surface water drainage system;
8. A conceptual landscaping plan complying with the landscaping chapter of the zoning ordinance (10-15) and the landscaping requirements below. Show planting materials to be used together with the location of fences, walls, trees, hedges, and decorative materials, etc.;
9. A map showing flood hazard areas, if any, including the 100-year recurrence interval flood; or where such data is not available, the maximum flood of record;
10. A map showing potential geographical hazards, e.g., earthquake fault lines;
11. Location and description of existing and proposed underground and abovegrade utilities;
12. Present zoning; and
13. Date of preparation, scale of drawing and north arrow.
B. If development of the parking area is planned to occur in phases, the preliminary project plan shall show the entire area for which all final drawings approvals will be requested. The preliminary project plan will be a guide but will have no official standing or approval. It may be amended or modified from time to time by the owner or its agent. Only approved final drawings shall have official standing which shall permit the owner to proceed with construction.
10-7-5 Project Review And Approval Process · 10-7-7 Final Drawings