The Planning Board is the special permit granting authority for the flexible residential development special permit (FRD) found in Article
X of the Town of Salisbury Zoning Bylaw. The FRD Bylaw allows the Planning Board to adopt rules
and regulations to implement the provisions of the bylaw, including
but not limited to specifying the content and number of required plans,
application procedures, filing and review fees, design criteria, development
standards, and other general requirements consistent with the bylaw.
In any case where the rules and regulations found below conflict with
the actual Zoning Bylaw, the Zoning Bylaw governs.
The sketch plan, submitted as part of the FRD special permit plan under §
300-49 of the FRD Bylaw, shall follow the quality standards and include the components listed below:
A. The sketch plan shall be prepared by a certified landscape architect or qualified design team and shall identify the primary conservation areas, secondary conservation areas, general features of the land, approximate configurations of the lots, open space, and roadways, and shall also include the information listed in the Subdivision Rules and Regulations to the extent applicable. The proposed development as identified on the sketch plan shall reflect and incorporate the four-step design process set forth in §
300-48 of the Town of Salisbury's Zoning Bylaw and the design standards set forth in §§
465-18 and
465-19 below.
B. The sketch plan shall include the following:
(1) The subdivision name, boundaries, North point, date,
legend, title "Sketch Plan," and scale.
(2) The names of the record owner and the applicant, and
the name of the landscape architect and/or qualified design team that
prepared the plan.
(3) The names, approximate location, and widths of adjacent
streets.
(4) The proposed topography of the land shown at a contour
interval no greater than five feet. Elevations shall be referred to
mean sea level.
(5) The location of existing landscape features, including forests, farm fields, meadows, wetlands, riverfront areas, water bodies, archaeological and historic structures/remains or points of interest, rock outcrops, boulder fields, stone walls, cliffs, high points, major long views, forest glades, major tree groupings, noteworthy tree specimens, and habitats of endangered or threatened wildlife, as identified as primary and secondary resources according to §
300-48A the FRD in the Salisbury Zoning Bylaw. Proposals for all site features to be preserved, demolished, or moved shall be noted on the sketch plan.
(6) All on-site local, state, and federal regulatory resource
boundaries and buffer zones shall be clearly identified and all wetland
flag locations shall be numbered and placed upon the sketch plan.
(7) Lines showing proposed private residential lots, as located during step four, §
300-48D of the Salisbury Zoning Bylaw, with approximate areas and frontage dimensions.
(8) All existing and proposed features and amenities,
including trails, recreation areas, pedestrian and bicycle paths,
community buildings, and off-street parking areas, shall be shown
on the plan and described in a brief narrative explanation where appropriate.
(9) The existing and proposed lines of streets, ways,
common driveways, easements and any parcel of land intended to be
dedicated for public use or to be reserved by deed covenant for use
of all property owners in the subdivision, or parcels of land or lots
to be used for any purpose other than private residential, shall be
so designated within the subdivision in a general manner.
(11)
Official soil percolation tests for the purpose
of locating wastewater treatment options are not required for the
special permit plan. However, a narrative explanation shall be prepared
by a certified professional engineer detailing the proposed wastewater
systems that will be utilized by the development and its likely impacts
on site and to any abutting parcels of land. For example, the narrative
will specify whether individual on-site or off-site systems, shared
systems, alternative to Title V systems, or any combination of these
or other methods will be utilized.
(12)
A narrative explanation prepared by a certified
professional engineer proposing systems for stormwater drainage and
its likely impacts on site and to any abutting parcels of land. For
example, the narrative will specify whether soft or hard engineering
methods will be used and the number of any detention/retention basins
or infiltrating catch basins; it is not intended to include specific
pipe sizes. Any information needed to justify this proposal should
be included in the narrative. The approximate location of any stormwater
management detention/retention basins shall be shown on the plan and
accompanied by a conceptual landscaping plan.
(13)
A narrative explanation prepared by a certified
professional engineer, detailing the proposed drinking water supply
system.
(14)
A narrative explanation of the proposed quality,
quantity, use and ownership of the open space. Open space parcels
shall be clearly shown on the plan.
(15)
All proposed landscaped and buffer areas shall
be noted on the plan and generally explained in a narrative.
(16)
A list of all legal documents necessary for
implementation of the proposed development, including any individual
deed restrictions, conservation restrictions, land transfers, and
master deeds, with an accompanying narrative explaining their general
purpose.
(17)
A narrative indicating all requested waivers,
reductions, and/or modifications as permitted under the FRD of the
Salisbury Zoning Bylaw.