A special administrative permit (SAP) application and a specified number of copies
each of a site plan, landscape plan, and elevation drawings of each exterior façade
shall be submitted, as applicable, and approved by the director of the bureau of planning
prior to an applicant filing for a building permit. All exterior demolition, new construction
(including additions to existing buildings), modifications of outdoor dining, or any
construction which results in increased lot coverage, modification of the building
footprint, or modification of building façades that alters the configuration of openings,
shall be subject to said SAP approval. Before making an application for a special
administrative permit, a pre-application conference between the applicant and the
director of the bureau of planning or the director's designee is required to discuss
the application and relevant requirements of these regulations. Said pre-application
conference shall be held within 14 days of the request date by the applicant, unless
a longer period is mutually agreed upon. All applications for a SAP shall be processed
in accordance with the standards and procedures applicable to said SAP applications
contained in Chapter 25 of Part 16 except as otherwise modified by this Chapter 18.
Where regulations require the approval of a SAP for other purposes so specified, processing
by the director of the bureau of planning shall, without additional application, include
consideration of other special administrative permits. Where such regulations require
special exception or special use permit action, the special administrative permit
for building permit purposes shall not be issued until the necessary approval has
been obtained for such special exception or special use permit.
The director of the bureau of planning may exempt certain classes of applications
for special administrative permits from detailed review requirements as set forth
upon written findings that generally within these districts, the actions proposed
are of such a character or scale as to make detailed reviews and approval by the planning
director unnecessary. Where applications for special administrative permits are determined
by reference to such findings to be thus exempted, the permit shall be issued if otherwise
lawful.
