All applications, petitions and appeals to the
Board shall be made on a form approved by the Board. (See Appendix.)
Any communication purporting to be an application may be deemed to
be incomplete and treated as a mere notice of intention to seek relief,
until such time as it is submitted on the approved form, and is accompanied
by all required fees, lists and other information required by these
rules. The Board reserves the right to reject any application that
is incomplete. The fact that an application is discussed at a scheduled
meeting shall not be deemed to be acceptance of an application.
Any administrative appeal must be filed with
the Town Clerk within 30 days of the date of the order or decision
being appealed from, specifying the grounds for appeal and containing
a copy of the order or decision appealed from.
Each application, petition or appeal which seeks
a permit for new construction shall be accompanied by a site plan
of at least 8.5 inches by 11 inches, drawn to scale, containing the
following information:
A. Property lines and boundaries;
B. Name and address of record owner;
C. Names and location of adjacent streets;
E. Zoning district and any zone lines in vicinity;
F. Existing and proposed buildings or additions including
number of stories and height of all structures;
G. Paved areas, existing and proposed parking or loading
spaces;
H. Existing utility lines including septic and underground
structures;
I. Locations of structures on adjoining property;
J. Lot area and dimensions, including setbacks where
new construction or additions are proposed;
K. Other information as required in the Zoning Bylaw
unique to the type of relief being sought (e.g. special permits, variances,
uses requiring site plan review, comprehensive permits may require
additional plans and data).
The Board shall vote only upon the specific
application, petition or appeal which is the subject of the relief
contained in the documents as filed and described in the notice of
public hearing. Any proposed modifications or amendments must be presented
at a public meeting or hearing on the matter. The Board shall determine
whether the proposed amendments are reasonably within the scope of
the original application and, if determined to exceed the scope of
the public notice, shall require that the applicant request an extension
of time to permit a new notice to parties in interest to be mailed,
published and posted at applicant's expense. Normally, modifications
or amendments to plans or proposed uses or structures which constitute
a decrease in degree or extent of a use or proposed construction shall
not require a new notice. Nothing herein shall be deemed to prohibit
a Board from imposing conditions upon the grant of a permit, which
may require alterations or amendments to plans.
The Board may, in its sole discretion, waive
strict compliance with any provision of these rules and regulations
where such waiver is consistent with public interest and the proper
performance of its duties, except in such cases where the requirements
sought to be waived are required by either a statute or the Zoning
Bylaw.
The Board may request further information, studies,
plans or other evidence which it deems reasonably necessary in order
to properly decide the matter pending before it. In cases where the
Board is required to render a decision within specific time limits
it may also require extensions of the time period within which it
must render and file its decision upon the matter. Failure to furnish
such information as is reasonably requested by the Board in a timely
fashion may constitute grounds for denial of the relief sought.