Activity/Use
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Improvement
Location Permit
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Agricultural buildings or structures
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Sketch plan
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Single family detached and two family dwellings
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Sketch plan
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Multiple family dwellings
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Site plan
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Non residential building
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Site plan
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Mixed-use building or development
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Master Development Plan
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Establishment of a new special exception use (see Article 17)
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Site plan
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Planned Unit Development (see Article 25)
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Site plan
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Private road
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Site plan
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Construction solely on the building interior that does not increase usable floor area
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Exempt
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Cosmetic (non-structural) changes to any structure including the replacement of windows
in existing openings, re-roofing, the installation of siding material, and repainting
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Exempt
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Wireless communication facility
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Site plan
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Change in use to an existing building to a similar or less intensive use, as determined
by the enforcement official based upon the classification of uses in the district
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Exempt
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Change in use to an existing building to a more intensive use, as determined by the
enforcement official
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Sketch plan
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Temporary uses, buildings, structures, and seasonal events
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Sketch plan
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Temporary storage/accessory structures
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Sketch plan
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Accessory commercial or industrial outdoor storage
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Site plan
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New parking lot/loading area or change in driveway access for a non-residential use
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Site plan
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Expanding an existing parking lot or paving an existing gravel parking lot
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Site plan
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Resurfacing of existing parking lot without increasing number of spaces
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Exempt
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Residential driveways and sidewalks that are located entirely on private property
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Sketch plan
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Construction, relocation or erection of signs, retaining walls, fences, walls, waste
receptacle, sidewalks, antennas, lights, poles, cooling/heating or other mechanical
equipment for any nonresidential use
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Sketch plan
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All fences (landscaping, privacy or security) and all retaining walls except on farms
and lots in the Agricultural District
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Sketch plan
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Residential TV towers, satellite dishes, and other similar structures
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Exempt
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Modifications to comply with accessibility requirements
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Exempt
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Mineral extraction
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Site plan
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Alteration of the existing grade in excess of two (2) feet relative to the grade at
the property lines of adjoining property owners in Subdivisions, and/or in R-1, R-2,
R-3, LR, MH Zoning Districts
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Sketch plan
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Private ponds
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Sketch plan
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All uses on the La Porte and Michigan City airport properties
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Exempt See Article 11
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