Express review is for projects that do require plan review but can be reviewed and turned around in a relatively short period of time (approximately 1 week, depending on workload and staffing). Some examples include:
Interior Only Tenant Improvements
- Area of work is 2,500 square feet or less and prepared by a designer or architect
- The proposed work does not affect the structural system of the building
- The proposed work does not include a change of use
- No tenant separation walls are constructed or removed
- The proposed work occurs on only one level or one story
Residential Decks
- Refer to the Basic Decks Tip Sheet 5 for standard deck requirements.
- New deck space is located on only one level or one story
Ground Mounted Mechanical Units
- Site plan must show the location of the outdoor unit and required setbacks
Roof Mounted Mechanical Units
- Method of screening is clearly identified
- Mechanical units are 4’ or less above maximum height limit
- All rooftop appurtenances and screening combined is 10% or less of total area of building footprint
Single Family Alterations, Additions and Repairs
- Addition is no more than 500 square feet
- Alterations occur in no more than 50% of existing square footage
- Addition is only one level or one story
- Addition does not contain heated space
- Significant trees are not impacted by construction
- The existing roof line is not modified
- The proposed work involves only minor structural modifications, if any
Disqualifications from Express review
- Complex structural alterations
- Complex means of egress plan
- Change of use or occupancy
- Relationship to an approved Master Plan
- Relationship to a pending permit or a building under construction
- Exterior work on a building in the CBD, JBD, TL, NRH, RH, or in the LIT, PR, or RM zones in the Rose Hill Business District
- Changes to exterior lighting in the Rose Hill Business district
- Location in RSX 35, RS 35, and PLA 16 zones within the Bridle Trails Neighborhood located north of Bridle Trails State Park
- Location within 25 feet of a regulated slope or an area containing soft compressible soils
- Location within 100 feet of a wetland or stream