Required for the following applications:

  • Administrative Zoning District Line Corrections
  • Buffer Modification Map Amendments
  • Critical Area Reclassifications
  • Growth Allocations
  • Rezonings
  • Special Exceptions
  • Variances to the following:
    • Related to the Critical Area Program (e.g. Buffers) 
    • New single family dwelling 
    • Disturbance of 5,000 square feet or greater 
    • Environmentally Sensitive Areas (tidal wetlands, bogs, streams, steep slopes, and their associated buffers)


The Letter of Explanation must outline the specifics of the proposed application and the relief requested.

In accordance with the contents of administrative site plan in Article 18-16-201(d).