A.
Before any permit shall be issued for a conditional
use, application shall be made to the Planning Board.
B.
The Planning Board shall grant or deny the application
after public hearing but within 95 days of submission of a complete
application to the administrative official or within such further
time as may be consented to by the applicant. Where a conditional
use application involves a site plan or subdivision, notice of the
hearing shall include reference to all matters being heard, and the
Planning Board shall review and approve or deny the subdivision or
site plan simultaneously with the conditional use application.
C.
Failure of the Planning Board to act within the required
time period shall constitute approval of the application.
A.
In reviewing the conditional use application, the
Planning Board shall review the number of employees or users of the
property and the requirements set forth in this chapter and shall
give due consideration to all reasonable elements which would affect
the public health, welfare, safety, comfort and convenience, such
as but not limited to the proposed use(s), the character of the area,
vehicular travel patterns and access, pedestrianways, landscaping,
lighting, signs, drainage, sewage treatment, potable water supply,
utilities and structural location(s) and orientation(s), and the Board
shall conduct a public hearing on the application.
B.
The uses for which conditional uses are granted shall
be deemed to be permitted uses in their respective districts, and
each conditional use shall be considered as an individual case.
C.
In all requests for approval of conditional uses,
the burden of proof shall be on the applicant.
All conditional uses shall require site plan
review and approval by the Planning Board.
[Added 3-25-2004 by Ord. No. 04-11]
A.
The storage of twenty-pound propane gas cylinders
for exchange is an approved conditional use only in the Neighborhood
Commercial Zone and the Highway Commercial Zone.
B.
The placement of exchange cabinets for twenty-pound
propane gas cylinders shall be governed by the following criteria:
(1)
Proposed locations must customarily have an outdoor
attendant in conjunction with the principal use being conducted on
the premise.
(2)
The storage unit for propane gas cylinders shall be
limited in size to store a maximum of 18 propane gas cylinders.
(3)
The storage unit must be located in a previously designated
pedestrian walkway or landscaped area as the unit shall not encroach
on any parking or loading area. Any features or amenities eliminated
as a result of the placement of the storage unit shall be replaced.
(4)
The storage unit shall be located on the side or front
facades of the principal building(s).
D.
Any proposed propane tank storage unit not meeting
all of the above shall require site plan review and approval by the
Planning Board.
E.
Construction standards.
(1)
Storage cabinets, dispensing devices and other equipment
shall meet all applicable federal, state and local safety regulation
and requirements.
(2)
All tanks, storage cabinets and equipment shall be
appropriately screened by a means approved by the Zoning Officer.
(3)
Bollards shall he installed to protect storage cabinets,
tanks and equipment from vehicular impact.
(4)
Storage cabinets shall be anchored to prevent displacement
by natural forces.
(5)
Propane tanks shall be protected from overexposure
to heat and sunlight. Such protection shall be in conformance with
any screening requirements established by the Zoning Officer.
F.
By virtue of application to the Zoning Officer for
the registration/licensing of a facility for the exchange only distribution
of propane gas cylinders, the applicant shall certify that the premises
at which the cylinders are to be received and exchanged has appropriate
insurance coverage and that those individuals involved with the handling
and distribution of propane cylinders to the public have been or shall
be properly trained by the propane gas supplier.
G.
Following approval of the application, a license shall
be issued by the Zoning Officer. Licenses shall expire annually on
June 30. No license shall be granted except upon payment of an annual
license fee of $100.
