[Added 4-12-1988 by Ord. No. 89-1988]
In reviewing any plan, the reviewing board shall determine that the application complies with the following standards, in addition to such other requirements as are otherwise set forth in this code and, if applicable, the criteria of the environmental impact statement provisions of §
160-91F:
A. The design and layout of buildings and parking areas shall be reviewed
so as to provide an aesthetically pleasing design and efficient arrangement.
Particular attention shall be to safety and fire protection, impact
on surrounding development and contiguous and adjacent buildings and
land.
B. Adequate lighting shall be provided to ensure the safe movement of
persons and vehicles and for security purposes. Lighting shall be
arranged so as to minimize glare and reflection on adjacent properties.
C. Buffering shall be located around the perimeter of the site to minimize
vehicle headlights, noise, lights from structures and the movement
of people and vehicles and to shield activities from adjacent properties
when appropriate. Buffering may consist of fencing, evergreens, shrubs,
bushes, deciduous trees or combinations thereof as needed to achieve
these objectives.
D. Landscaping shall be provided as part of the overall site plan design
and integrated into building arrangements, topography, parking and
buffering requirements. Landscaping plans shall minimize clearing
and shall emphasize the retention of natural vegetation.
E. Signs shall be designed to be aesthetically pleasing, harmonious
with other signs on the site and located so as to achieve their purpose
without constituting hazards to vehicles or pedestrians.
F. Adverse environmental impacts during construction of the project,
as well as operation of the project, shall be avoided with particular
emphasis upon air and water pollution. Increases in sedimentation
or siltation shall be avoided to the maximum extent practical during
construction and operation.
G. To the maximum extent practical, every project must protect water
quality, preserve existing trees and vegetation, protect watercourses,
protect air resources and protect aquifers and wildlife habitats.
H. Projects must be designed to avoid, to the maximum extent practical,
harm to the natural environment and to ensure the protection of natural
resources. Projects must not appreciably result in any such harm,
including degradation of water quality or the raising of flood levels.
Prior to approval of any planned development, the municipal
agency reviewing the plan shall find the following facts and conclusions:
A. That departure by the proposed development from regulations otherwise
applicable to subject property conforms to those standards for planned
developments.
B. That the proposals for maintenance and conservation of the common
open space are reliable and the amount, location and purpose of the
common open space are adequate.
C. That provisions of the physical design of the proposed development
for public services, control over vehicular and pedestrian traffic
and the amenities of light and air, recreational and visual enjoyment
are adequate.
[Amended 9-11-1990 by Ord. No. 08-1990]
A public hearing shall be held on all applications for site plan approval including uses which, on the submitted complete application for preliminary approval, show five or more off-street parking spaces or the need for a soil erosion and sedimentation control plan as required by N.J.S.A. 4:24-39 et seq. In the Pinelands Area, notice of hearings on development applications shall be given to the Pinelands Commission in accordance with Article
XIII.