An application for site plan review and approval under this article shall be prepared by qualified professionals, including a registered professional engineer and, where required by state law, a registered architect and/or registered landscape architect, and shall include the following items and information:
A. Waiver. Waiver of the submittal requirements may be requested as follows:
(1) Staff. The applicant may request waiver of certain of the submittal requirements by application to the City Planner. If granted, the City Planner shall list specifically what requirements have been waived and transmit it to the reviewing agencies with the application as per §
440-1504. Should any agency or, at its next meeting, the SPRC object to the elimination of any requirement, the applicant shall be responsible for providing the additional requested information. In order to provide the full time period for review, the applicant shall extend the time period within which the public hearing and the decision are required to be made by the number of days between the day the original application was received and the day the additional information was received.
(2) Site Plan Review Committee. Prior to application, the applicant may request waiver of certain of the submittal requirements by application to the SPRC. The SPRC may publish in its rules and regulations standard waivers which may be granted to applicants meeting a prescribed set of standards.
B. Site plan. A site plan containing the following shall be submitted at the time of application:
(1) A title block containing the name of the project, type of project, legend, scale (one inch equals 40 feet), North arrow, name and address of owner or applicant, name and address of engineer/architect, date of plan, zoning district and legal description of the site.
(2) Registered professional engineer's and registered land surveyor's stamp.
(3) A locus plan, showing site and its relationship to City of Taunton.
(4) Site data including:
(b) All lot lines and dimensions, including road frontage, width and depth.
(c) Statement respecting the datum used for all elevations (USGS or City datum requires a permanent benchmark be established on the site and its elevation noted on the plot plan).
(d) Easements and other restrictions pertaining to the lot.
(e) Overlaying districts (including local historic district, floodplain district, special flood hazard district, groundwater supply district, etc.).
(f) Rivers, streams, intermittent streams, brooks, creeks, lake houses, and ponds.
(g) Wetlands (marshes, swamps, bogs and wet meadows).
(h) Existing vegetative cover.
(i) Existing and proposed ground elevations (at two-foot contours).
(j) Existing buildings and other structures.
(k) All names of abutters and owners of land within 300 feet as determined from the most recent tax list.
(5) Project data, including:
(a) Proposed buildings by type (i.e., apartment, row house, recreation building, etc.) with all dimensions including interior square footage.
(d) Lot coverage by buildings.
(f) Distance between buildings on same parcel.
(6) Transportation data, including:
(a) Paved and other impervious areas.
(b) Number and location of parking spaces.
(d) An internal circulation plan, including width and location of parking aisles and interior roads.
(e) Names, widths and elevations of exterior roads.
(f) Existing and proposed curb cuts and their widths.
(g) Distance between curb cuts and nearest intersections.
(7) A landscaping plan, including:
(a) All areas devoted to open space.
(c) Trees, shrubs, and ground cover (including number, size, species and location).
(8) A drainage plan, including:
(a) Number and location of perk tests along roadway and in detention and retention areas.
(b) Complete soil logs, including depth to water table.
(c) Two-foot topo lines, extending 100 feet from site.
(d) Man-made and natural features, including streams, wetlands, rock outcrops, septic systems, wells, etc. (these features should be shown on site and extending 100 feet from site).
(e) Maps showing subwatershed (also displaying land use, soils and topography).
(f) On-site drainage patterns should be displayed for pre and post development (including detention and retention areas and location of storm drains).
(g) Travel time on site and subwatershed should be displayed for peak flow pre and post development.
(h) Design capacity and peak capacity calculations.
(i) A plan for the control of erosion and sedimentation caused by the proposed construction.
(9) Handicapped requirements, including:
(a) Number and dimension of handicapped parking spaces.
(b) Handicapped ramps (including elevation ratio).
(c) Curb cuts for handicapped access.
(11) Utilities, including:
(a) Proposed and existing waterlines.
(b) Proposed and existing electric lines and poles.
(c) Proposed and existing septic tanks and drain fields.
(12) Elevation drawings, including:
(a) Height of structures and finished floor elevations above finished grade.
(c) Elevations of handicapped access ramps.
(13) Floor plans, including:
(b) Square footage of rooms and units.
(d) Layout of handicapped bathrooms.
C. Development impact statement.
(1) A development impact statement is required for projects with the following characteristics:
(a) Multifamily residential projects consisting of 10 or more units or containing three or more acres of land.
(b) Commercial and industrial projects consisting of 3,000 or more square feet of floor area or three or more acres of land area.
(c) All projects which generate more than 100 vehicle trips per day.
(2) The development impact statement shall describe potential impacts of the proposed development, compare them to the impacts of uses which are or can be made of the site without a requirement for site plan review, identify all significant positive or adverse impacts, and propose an acceptable program to prevent or mitigate adverse impacts. The development impact statement shall consist of the following four elements:
(a) Traffic impact assessment.
[1] Purpose. To document existing traffic conditions in the vicinity of the proposed project, to describe the volume and effect of projected traffic generated by the proposed project, and to identify measures proposed to mitigate any adverse impacts on traffic.
[2] Format and scope:
[a] Existing traffic volume, composition, peak-hour levels, street capacities, and level of service (LOS) on surrounding streets.
[b] Estimated average daily traffic generation, composition, peak-hour levels and directional flows resulting from the proposed development.
[c] Impacts of estimated traffic impacts on existing traffic conditions.
[d] The methodology and sources used to service existing data and estimations.
[e] Proposed methods to mitigate the estimated traffic impact.
(b) Environmental impact assessment.
[1] Purpose. To describe the impacts of the proposed development with respect to on-site and off-site environmental quality.
[2] Format and scope:
[a] A description of the relationship of the proposed development to the major botanical, zoological, geological and hydrological resources of the site; the impact of stormwater runoff on adjacent and downstream surface water bodies, subsurface groundwater and the water table; and the potential dangers of erosion and sedimentation caused by the operation and maintenance of the proposed development.
[b] Description of proposed measures for mitigation of any potential adverse impacts on the natural environment.
(c) Fiscal impact assessment.
[1] Purpose. To evaluate the fiscal and economic impacts of the proposed development on the City.
[2] Format and scope:
[a] Projections of costs arising from increased demands for public services and infrastructure.
[b] Projections of benefits from increased tax revenues, employment (construction and permanent), and value of public infrastructure to be provided.
[c] Projections of the impacts of the proposed development on the values of adjoining properties.
[d] Five-year projection of increased City revenues and costs resulting from the proposed development.
(d) Community impact statement.
[1] Purpose. To evaluate the impact of the proposed project on the City, surrounding neighborhoods and City services.
[2] Format and scope:
[a] Site design and neighborhood impact. Evaluation of the relationship of proposed new structures or alterations to nearby preexisting structures in terms of character and intensity of use (e.g., scale, materials, color, door and window size and locations, setbacks, roof and cornice lines, and other major design elements) and of the location configuration of proposed structures, parking areas, and open space with respect to neighboring properties.
[b] Historic impact. Identification of impacts on significant historic properties, districts or areas or archaeological resources (if any) in the vicinity of the proposed development.
[c] Evaluation of impacts on the water system, sewage system, the landfill, the school system, fire protection, police protection, libraries, and parks and recreation facilities, and proposed methods of mitigation for any adverse impacts.