The Town Board of the Town of Brownville, Jefferson County, New York,
does hereby ordain and enact the Town of Brownville Site Plan Review Law pursuant
to the authority and provisions of § 10 of the Municipal Home Rule
Law and §§ 130, Subdivision 21, and 274-a of the Town Law.
This chapter shall be known as the "Town of Brownville Site Plan Review
Law."
A.
Through site plan review, it is the intent of this chapter
to promote the health, safety and general welfare of the town. A clean, wholesome,
attractive environment is declared to be of importance to the health and safety
of the inhabitants of the town, and, in addition, such an environment is deemed
essential to the maintenance and continued development of the economy of the
town and the general welfare of its inhabitants.
B.
It is further the intent of this chapter to ensure the
optimum overall conservation, protection, preservation, development and use
of the natural and man-related resources of the town by regulating land use
activity within the town through review and approval of site plans. It is
not the intent of this chapter to prohibit, per se, any land use activity,
but to allow all land use activities which will meet the standards set forth
in this chapter.
C.
The Planning Board is hereby authorized to review and
approve or disapprove site plans for land uses within the town, as hereinafter
designated, pursuant to and in accordance with the standards and procedures
set forth in this chapter.
