A.
General. If allowed by the Planning Board, a preliminary
development plan of a development may be submitted by the applicant
at his/her expense to the Planning Board. The preliminary development
plan is for the purpose of discussion prior to final engineering and
shall be accepted and acted on in the same manner as a preliminary
plan under the Subdivision Rules and Regulations.[1] It may consist of paper copies sufficient in number to provide one copy for each official or agency required by Subsection B below.
B.
Filing procedure. The preliminary development plan
shall be filed as described in Section 3.0 of the PRC, using the form
designated by the Planning Board for such purpose. Certified copies
shall be transmitted to the Planning Board, the Engineering Department,
the Water Commissioners, the Board of Health, the Conservation Commission,
the Right-To-Know Coordinator, the Hazardous Waste Coordinator and
any other officials or agencies as required in the PRC. The Planning
Board shall hold an information meeting on the preliminary development
plan. The applicant shall publish a notice of this meeting and availability
of the plan for public review in a newspaper of general circulation
at least two weeks before the meeting. This notice shall include the
time, date and location of the meeting.
C.
Contents of the preliminary development plan shall
be as follows:
(1)
Site rationale: a statement indicating how the development on the proposed site is compatible with the objectives of Article 16 of the Zoning Bylaw.
(2)
A site plan including:
(a)
Development name, boundaries, North point, date,
scale (one inch equals 40 feet preferred), legend, the annotation
"Preliminary Plan" and a locus map.
(b)
Names and addresses of record owner, developer
and professional advisors or designers.
(c)
Names of all abutters as determined from the
most recent local tax list.
(d)
Existing and proposed lines of streets, ways,
easements and public areas relevant to the site.
(e)
Existing and proposed systems of wastewater
disposal and stormwater management, including easements therefor,
and relevant natural drainageways.
(f)
Existing and proposed lot lines, with each lot
numbered.
(g)
Plan view of all roadways and drives and of
all areas to be paved.
(h)
Complete information on drainage systems and
wastewater disposal systems.
(i)
All other information necessary to show the
nature and location of the development.
(3)
Site coverage summary: a statement providing the following
information in summary form:
(a)
The total area of the site.
(b)
The area and proportion of the total site occupied
by each land use in both the existing and proposed condition.
(c)
An estimate of the total upland lot area as defined in § 198-1504, with a description of the methods of computation and a list of dates when the data was gathered.
(d)
Area and proportion of the total site occupied
by impermeable surfaces in both the existing and proposed condition.
(e)
The total number of dwelling units and the density
of dwelling units per upland acre of the site in both the existing
and proposed condition.
(f)
The type of construction and materials of construction.
(4)
Information as set forth in § 198-1606.2.1.2
and 1606.2.1.5.
(5)
Any additional information required under sections of the Zoning Bylaws other than Article 16 of the Zoning Bylaw, insofar as such sections pertain to the specific type of development proposed.
(6)
Any additional information required under other sections
of the Planning Board regulations, insofar as such sections pertain
to the specific type of development proposed.
(7)
Any additional information specifically required by
the Planning Board.
The requirements for content and filing procedures shall be generally as described in § 300-14 above, modified according to directions issued by the Planning Board in its review of the preliminary development plan and further modified by providing documents and plans intended for recording with the Registry of Deeds in a form suitable for submission to the Registry.
