Any person, before undertaking any new land use activity at
any location within the Village for which this chapter requires site
plan, shall submit a site plan together with the appropriate supporting
data to the Planning Board for review and approval in accordance with
the standards and procedures set forth in this chapter.
The applicant is strongly encouraged to meet with the Planning
Board prior to submission of a site plan application. This informal
meeting is suggested to prevent unnecessary expenses to the applicant.
At the conference, the applicant shall provide either a verbal or
written statement and rough sketch describing what is proposed together
with a U.S.G.S. topographic map showing the location of the building
site and its relationship to the surrounding area. The Board will
review the sketch plan and list all necessary information needed by
the applicant to complete the site plan approval.
Each application for site plan approval shall be submitted to the Village Clerk 10 days prior to the Planning Board's regular scheduled meeting. The Village Clerk shall immediately notify the Planning Board that such application has been filed and the date thereof. Application shall include the application, signed by the current owner or representative thereof; seven copies of the site plan with the information outlined in Article
IV, §
134-11; an environmental assessment form, as required by the State Environmental Review Act, and the appropriate fee.
The Planning Board may elect to conduct a less intensive review.
The Planning Board must state its grounds for waiving certain submission
requirements, in writing, and file such statement along with the site
plan application and supporting documents.
The Planning Board shall, within 30 days of a site plan application being filed, begin the review process. If the application is inadequate or lacking information as outlined in Article
IV, §§
134-10 and
134-11, then the Planning Board may, in writing, request further information from the applicant. The time period in which the Planning Board must make a recommendation may be extended by written consent of the applicant and the Planning Board.
The site plan and associated maps shall include all proposed
phases of development. Site plan approval shall be based on the total
planned project in order to facilitate the assessment of all potential
development impacts. The Planning Board shall consider applications
incomplete where there is a reason to believe the application applies
only to a segment of the total planned development. In such situations,
the Board shall return such application to the applicant together
with a letter stating the basis for its determination.
After the site plan has been accepted as complete, the applicant
shall demonstrate compliance for any actions subject to SEQR prior
to site plan approval. The Planning Board shall classify the application
according to the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act,
and review the environmental assessment form and decide:
A. If additional information is needed to render a determination of
significance. The Planning Board will specify exactly what the applicant
needs to supply; or
B. If the information is provided and the project is identified as having
small to moderate impacts with little significance, then a negative
declaration can be given; or
C. If an action has been identified as having a large and significant
impact, then a positive declaration shall be determined and a full
EIS will be provided.
The Planning Board may, at its discretion, hold a public hearing
on the application. Said hearing shall be held within 62 days of receipt
of the accepted site plan application. The Planning Board shall mail
notice of the public hearing to the applicant at least 10 days before
the public hearing and shall give public notice of said hearing in
a newspaper of general circulation in the Village at least five days
prior to the date of the hearing; if the application requires a public
hearing, to the County Planning Board 10 days prior to said public
hearing.
The time limitations of this section shall not apply until the conclusion of the SEQR process as discussed in §
134-16. The Board shall make a decision on the application within 62 days after the public hearing. If no public hearing is held, a decision on the application shall be made within 62 days of the receipt of a complete site plan application. The time within which the Board must render a decision may be extended by mutual consent of the applicant and the Board. The Board shall render its decision to either approve, approve with modifications, or disapprove the site plan. The decision of the Board shall be filed in the office of the Village Clerk immediately and a copy mailed to the applicant.
A. Approval. Upon approval of the site plan and payment by the applicant
of all fees and reimbursable costs due to the Village, the Planning
Board shall endorse its approval on a copy of the site plan and shall
immediately file the site plan and a written statement of approval
with the Village Clerk. A copy of the written statement of approval
shall also be sent to the Code Enforcement Officer.
B. Approval with modifications. The Planning Board may approve the site
plan and require that specific modification be made. A copy of the
written statement of approval containing the modifications required
by the Planning Board shall be mailed to the applicant by certified
mail. Upon approval, and after payment by the applicant of all fees
and reimbursable costs due to the Village, the Planning Board shall
endorse its approval on a copy of the site plan and shall immediately
file the site plan and a written statement of approval with modifications
with the Village Clerk. A copy of the written statement of approval
with modifications shall also be sent to the Code Enforcement Officer.
C. Disapproval. Upon disapproval of the site plan, the decision of the
Planning Board shall immediately be filed with the Village Clerk and
a copy thereof mailed to the applicant by certified mail along with
a letter stating the Planning Board's reasons for disapproval.
A copy of the written statement of disapproval shall also be sent
to the Code Enforcement Officer.
The time period which the Planning Board must render its decision
on the site plan may be extended by mutual consent of the applicant
and the Planning Board. Failure of the Planning Board to act within
the time specified or agreed upon between the applicant and the Planning
Board shall constitute Planning Board approval of the site plan as
submitted or last amended.