A. 
Minor plan review shall consist of two stages, preliminary and final. If a street creation or extension is involved, or a request for variances and/or special use permits are submitted pursuant to a unified development review application, in the minor land development or subdivision project, a public hearing is required.
B. 
The Administrative Officer may combine the approval stages, providing that requirements for both stages have been met by the applicant to the satisfaction of the Administrative Officer.
C. 
An application for any stage of a minor land development or subdivision project shall be certified complete or incomplete by the Administrative Officer within a twenty-five-day period from the date of its submission so long as a completed checklist of the requirements for submission (see § 200-21) are provided as part of the submission. If no street creation or extension is required, and/or unified development review is not requested, and a completed checklist of the requirements for submission are provided as part of the submission, such application shall be certified, in writing, complete or incomplete by the Administrative Officer within 15 days. The running of the time period set forth in this section will be deemed stopped upon the issuance of a certificate of incompleteness of the application by the Administrative Officer and will recommence upon the resubmission of a corrected application by the applicant. However, in no event will the Administrative Officer be required to certify a corrected submission as complete or incomplete less than 10 days after its resubmission.
Any applicant requesting approval of a proposed minor subdivision or land development project, as defined in these regulations, shall first submit to the Administrative Officer a completed application form and those items as required for a preliminary plan in Attachment 2[1] or Attachment 3[2], respectively, of these regulations and pay the required fee.
[1]
Editor's Note: Attachment 2 is included at the end of this chapter.
[2]
Editor's Note: Attachment 3 is included at the end of this chapter.
A. 
Applications requesting relief from the Zoning Ordinance.
(1) 
Applications under this article which require relief which qualifies only as a modification shall proceed by filing an application under this article and a request for a modification to the Zoning Enforcement Officer. If such modification is granted, the application shall then proceed to be reviewed by the Administrative Officer pursuant to the applicable requirements of this article. If the modification is denied or an objection is received, such application shall proceed under unified development review.
(2) 
Applications under this article which require relief from the literal provisions of the Zoning Ordinance in the form of a variance or special use permit, shall be reviewed by the Planning Board under unified development review, and a request for review shall accompany the preliminary plan application.
B. 
Any application involving a street creation or extension shall be reviewed by the Planning Board and require a public hearing.
C. 
Other applications. The Administrative Officer shall review and grant, grant with conditions or deny all other applications under this section. The Administrative Officer may utilize the technical review committee for initial review and recommendation.
A. 
If no street creation or extension or unified development review is required, the Administrative Officer shall review the application, consider any requested waivers and/or modifications in accordance with § 200-38 and approve, deny or approve with conditions the preliminary plan within 65 days of certification of completeness, or within such further time as is agreed to by the applicant and the Administrative Officer.
B. 
If a street extension or creation is required and/or the application is reviewed under unified development review, the Planning Board shall hold a public hearing prior to approval according to the requirements in § 200-14, and shall review the application, consider any requested waivers and/or modifications in accordance with § 200-38 and approve, deny or approve with conditions the preliminary plan within 95 days of certification of completeness, or within such further time as is agreed to by the applicant and the Board.
C. 
Failure of the permitting authority to act within the period prescribed shall constitute approval of the preliminary plan, and a certificate of the Administrative Officer as to the failure of the permitting authority to act within the required time, and the resulting approval, shall be issued on request of the applicant.
D. 
The Planning Board may reassign a proposed minor project to major review only when the Board is unable to make the positive findings required in § 200-36 of these regulations.
E. 
The written decision of the permitting authority shall be recorded in the land evidence records within 35 days after the date of decision. A copy of the recorded decision shall be mailed within one business day of recording, to the applicant and to any objector who has filed a written request for notice with the Administrative Officer.
Following the decision of the permitting authority on the preliminary plan, the applicant requesting approval of a proposed minor subdivision or land development project shall submit to the Administrative Officer those items as required for a final plan in Attachment 2 or Attachment 3, respectively, of these regulations and pay the required fee.
A. 
The Administrative Officer shall review the application, consider any requested waivers and/or modifications in accordance with § 200-38, approve agreements with the developer for the completion of all required improvements specified in Article X, and approve, approve with conditions, deny, or refer the application to the Planning Board based upon a finding there is a major change pursuant to § 200-41D for final plan as submitted within 25 days of certification of completeness.
B. 
Failure of the Administrative Officer to act within the period prescribed shall constitute approval of the final plan, and a certificate of the Administrative Officer as to the failure of the Administrative Officer to act within the required time, and the resulting approval, shall be issued on request of the applicant.
C. 
The Administrative Officer shall report their actions to the Planning Board at its next regular meeting, to be made part of the record.
D. 
The written decision of the Administrative Officer shall be recorded in the land evidence records within 35 days after the date of decision. A copy of the recorded decision shall be mailed within one business day of recording, to the applicant and to any objector who has filed a written request for notice with the Administrative Officer.
Approval of a minor land development or subdivision plan, either at the preliminary or final stage, shall expire one year from the date of approval, unless within such period either a final plan is submitted for review and approval by the permitting authority, or a final plat or approved land development project plan is submitted for signature and recording as specified in § 200-40 of these regulations, respectively. The validity of said approval may be extended for a longer period, not to exceed six months, for good cause shown, if requested by the applicant in writing and approved by the Planning Board.