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If the property or properties listed above have more than one owner, please check this box. In the case
of multiple owners, reverse side must be completed. Each additional owner will need to complete
and sign the reverse side of this application. We can only accept applications with original signatures.
SECTIONS A. THROUGH G. MUST BE SUBMITTED FOR A COMPLETE APPLICATION.
CITY OF GULFPORT
Urban Development - Planning Division
1410 24th Avenue
Gulfport, MS 39501
(228) 868-5710
APPLICATION FOR
GENERAL SUBDIVISION PLAN
FOR TOWNHOMES
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF REQUEST:
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OWNERSHIP AND CERTIFICATION:
I hereby certify that I have read and understand this application and that all information and attachments are true
and correct. I also certify that I agree to comply with all applicable city codes, ordinances and state laws.
Finally, I certify that I am the owner of the property involved in this request or have authorization to act as the
owner’s agent for the herein described request.
OWNER
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Printed Name Of Owner
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Mailing Address
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City State Zip code
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Home Phone Work/Cell Phone
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Email
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Signature Of Owner
AGENT
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Printed Name Of Agent
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Mailing Address
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City State Zip code
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Home Phone Work/Cell Phone
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Email
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Signature Of Agent
For Staff Use Only
Case File #:___________________
Date Received:________________
Receipt #:____________________
Received By:__________________
Zoning: ______________________
Ward: ________Flood:__________
Size:_________________________
Property Information
TAX PARCEL #
(If necessary, use separate sheet of paper)
Address of Property Involved:_______________________________________________________________
Lot(s)______________, Block(s)_______________, Subdivision___________________________________
General Location:_________________________________________________________________________
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This page must be completed if the property or properties involved have more than one owner. All
persons listed as owners to the property or properties listed on page one must complete and sign this part
of the application.
I hereby certify that I have read and understand this application and that all information and attachments
are true and correct. I also certify that I agree to comply with all applicable city codes, ordinances and
state laws. Finally, I certify that I am the owner of the property involved in this request or authorized to
act as the owner’s agent for herein described request.
NAME OF OWNER (PRINT)
ADDRESS (STREET, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
PHONE # (H) (W)
TAX PARCEL NUMBER(S) OWNED
SIGNATURE:
NAME OF OWNER (PRINT)
ADDRESS (STREET, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
PHONE # (H) (W)
TAX PARCEL NUMBER(S) OWNED
SIGNATURE:
NAME OF OWNER (PRINT)
ADDRESS (STREET, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
PHONE # (H) (W)
TAX PARCEL NUMBER(S) OWNED
SIGNATURE:
(Use additional forms as needed)
IN CASES OF MULTIPLE APPLICANTS, PLEASE IDENTIFY THE PERSON WHO WILL BE ACTING AS YOUR SPOKES
PERSON/AGENT FOR YOU:
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
1. Please be advised that failure to submit a complete
application, with all supporting documents, could delay
your hearing date. The Planning Commission will not
consider a request until all information is submitted and
accurate.
2. Please be advised that the application deadline dates
posted are designed to allow the staff time to review the
application and receive required comments from
coordinating agencies. The application is not considered
complete until all required information from the applicant
is available for review by the staff and coordinating
agencies.
3. Please see Page 6 of this application to determine the
deadline dates for filing your application.
Survey data. The boundary line of the
subdivision with length and bearing of lines;
section and corporation lines; contours at
intervals of one (1) foot, based on a datum plan
approved by the city engineer; where contours
will not provide adequate information for
drainage determinations, spot elevations in
sufficient number to show drainage conditions
shall be given.
Miscellaneous data. Present tract designation
according to the records of the county chancery
clerk; the title or name under which the
proposed subdivision is to b recorded, with
name and address of the owner and the
subdivider; notations giving scale, (true) north
arrow, datum, benchmarks, date, (sic) engineer
or land surveyor.
Streets. The name, right-of-way width and
location of streets and other public ways on and
adjacent to the track; the type, width and
elevation of surfacing; any legally established
centerline of elevations; walks, curbs, gutters,
culverts and similar features; the name, right-of-
way width and location of proposed streets,
with their approximate grades and gradients,
and similar data for alleys, if any.
Lots and blocks. Lot lines, lot numbers and
block letters, tabulation stating gross and net
acreage of the subdivision, acreage of existing
and proposed public areas within the tract,
number of residential lots, typical lot size and
lineal feet of proposed streets.
For Townhomes:
Minimum lot area shall be:
First two (2) dwelling units - 3,800 sq. ft
Each additional dwelling unit - 1,200 sq. ft.
Minimum lot width:
Fourteen (14) feet
Corner lots shall be determined based on the
minimum requirement as set forth in Sec IV
(D) (3) and (6) as set forth below:
(3) Corner building site: In any district, a
corner building site having to its rear a building
site facing toward the intersection or side street
shall have provide on the intersecting or side
street side of the corner building site a side yard
having a width equal at least to the depth of the
front yard required for a structure on the
building site to the rear of the corner building
site; provided, however, that this regulation
shall not be applied to reduce the buildable
width of the corner building site to less than
thirty (30) feet.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
A. Page one of this application, completed and signed.
B. Proof of ownership (Copy of deed or affidavit)
C. If applicable, notarized proof of authority to act as agent
for owner (board resolution, etc.)
D. The City of Gulfport Planning Division Staff will notify,
by letter, property owners adjacent to the requested action
identified in this application using the Land Roll database
from the County Tax Office. If you would like to have
additional persons or property owners notified, please
provide a list of additional persons to be notified.
E. Specification requirements.
The general plan will be submitted in six black line copies in a
sheet size no larger than 18 by 24 inches and one copy no
larger than 11 by 17 inches. Where necessary, the plan may
be on several sheets accompanied by an index sheet showing
the entire subdivision. Two electronic versions of the general
plan shall also be provided with the application in the form of
an AutoCad .DWG file or .DXF 16-bit file.
The general plan shall contain the following information:
Location map. A diagram showing the location of the
proposed subdivision.
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(6) Major street right-of-way: Front yard depth, and
in the case of a corner building site side yard width
shall be measured from the future street right-of-way
of a major street established on the Plan for
Circulation (Major Street Plan), a part of the Master
Plan for the City of Gulfport.
Nonresidential sites. Sites to be reserved or dedicated
for parks, recreation areas, schools or other public
uses; sites, if any for multi-family dwellings, shopping
centers, churches, industry or other non-public uses
exclusive of single-family dwellings.
Utilities. The location, size and invert elevation of
sanitary and storm sewers; the location an size of
water mains; the location of gas lines, fire hydrants,
approximate locations of utility poles and streetlights;
if water mains are not on or adjacent to the tract, the
direction and distance to, and the size of, the nearest
ones, showing invert elevation of sewers; the location
of proposed utilities, if not shown elsewhere.
Easements. The location, width and purpose of
existing and proposed easements.
Building setback lines for townhomes. Minimum
building setback lines.
Minimum front yard setback:
The same as required for each zoning district except
where the development contains units located on
both sides of a street constructed by developer to the
city’s specifications. In this case, the minimum
front yard setback shall be ten (10) feet.
Minimum side yard setback: None for townhouses
except that on corner lots the minimum side yard on
the corner side shall be as described in corner
building site above -Sec IV (D) (3) & (6). Also, the
minimum side yard required for the townhouse unit
located at the end of a row of townhouses shall be
eight (8) feet from the exterior lot line.
Minimum rear yard setback: See Section III. Yards
required for townhouses. Shall comply with district
regulations.
Maximum height. The maximum height measured
from the foundation to the lower floor of the
uppermost habitable level shall not exceed twenty
(20) feet in R-1, R-2 and R-O districts. In all other
zoning districts the maximum height is established in
Section III, District Regulations.
Maximum lot coverage. A townhouse dwelling
including accessory structures shall not occupy more
than seventy-five (75) percent of the lot area.
Townhouses shall be constructed up to side lot lines
without side yards and no windows, doors or other
openings shall face a side lot line except that the
outside wall of end units may contain such
openings.
Adjoining land. The approximate direction and
gradient of the ground slope, including any
levees or embankments; the character and
location of buildings, railroads, power lines,
towers and other nearby residential land uses or
adverse influences; and names of recorded
subdivision plats of adjoining platted land by
record name, date and number and the names of
Record owners of adjoining unsubdivided land.
Other existing conditions. The locations of
watercourses, marshes, wooded areas, insolated
preservable trees one (1) foot or more in
diameter, buildings or structures and other
significant features on the tract.
Proposed public improvements. Highway or
other major public improvements planned by
public authorities for future construction on or
near the tract.
Flood zone designations. The location of all
flood zone designations as shown on the latest
Flood Insurance Rate Map.
Street names. Street names must be provided on
the General Plan and shall be coordinated with
the City’s E-911 representative. Street names
shall conform to E-911 policies.
Parking spaces. Minimum off-street parking
spaces shall be as required in section IV, except
where a townhouse lot is less than eighteen (18)
feet in width the required parking spaces may be
designed so as to allow vehicles to be parked in a
vertical line and each space shall be at least eight
(8) feet wide and eighteen (18) feet long.
The maximum length of a row of townhouses
shall not exceed two hundred twenty-five (225)
feet. When an end unit of row houses does not
side on a street, an open space or court of at least
twenty (2) feet in width shall be provided
between it and the adjacent row of townhouses.
However, where two (2) rows of townhouses
which together are less than two hundred twenty-
five (225) feet in length and immediately
adjacent to each other, this open space between
the ends of the two (2) buildings may be reduced
to a minimum of fifteen (15) feet.
Modifications Requested: Identify any variations from
the subdivision regulations and state what is preventing
you from meeting the standards or requirements of the
regulations.
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Cash or check payable to the City of Gulfport in the
amount of $175.00 plus $5.00 for each lot.
F. Attendant items: The general subdivision plan shall
be accompanied by the following items:
Protective covenants. A draft of the protective
covenants whereby the subdivider proposed to
regulate land use in the subdivision and otherwise
protect the proposed development.
Engineering plans. Profiles showing existing ground
surface and proposed street grades, including
extensions for a reasonable distance beyond the limits
of the proposed subdivision; typical cross sections of
the proposed grading, roadway and sidewalk; and
preliminary plan of sanitary and storm water sewers
with grades and sizes indicated. All elevations shall
be based on a datum plan that is mean gulf level.
Subsurface conditions report. A report on the
location and results of tests made to ascertain
subsurface soil and groundwater conditions;
depth groundwater, unless tests pits are dry at a
depth of five (5) feet; location and results of soil
percolation tests if individual sewerage disposal
systems are proposed.
G. Cash or check made payable to the City of Gulfport
in the amount of $175.00 plus $5.00 per lot.
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