TL;DR (generated, confidence: high)

A simple site is a development project that meets all seven specific criteria: flat terrain, limited land disturbance, water setbacks, no large land divisions, no overlay zones, no contamination, and no offsite groundwater discharge.

Key points:

Ground slope must be less than 10% at the work location (simple site ↗)
Project must disturb less than 10,000 square feet of land (simple site ↗)
Site must be more than 50 feet away from any wetland or body of water (simple site ↗)
Project cannot divide land that is 10,000 square feet or larger (simple site ↗)
Site cannot be in Environmental, River, or Greenway overlay zones (simple site ↗)
Site must not have known contamination (simple site ↗)
Project cannot involve offsite groundwater discharge or dewatering (simple site ↗)

Entities: classification: simple site | property: ground slope · land disturbance | requirement: wetland setback | zone: Environmental overlay zone · River overlay zone · Greenway overlay zone | activity: groundwater dewatering

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Sites that are considered a simple site must meet all of these criteria:

The ground is mostly flat—less than a 10% slope where work will happen.
The project will disturb less than 10,000 square feet of land.
The site is more than 50 feet away from any wetland or body of water.
The project doesn’t involve dividing land that’s 10,000 square feet or larger.
The site isn’t in an Environmental, River, or Greenway overlay zone.
The site doesn’t have known contamination.
The project doesn’t involve pumping groundwater off the site (no dewatering with offsite discharge).