The Planning Board is hereby empowered to review and approve,
approve with modifications or disapprove site plans.
The Planning Board shall consider the following criteria in
its decisionmaking:
A. Location, arrangement, size, design and general compatibility of
buildings, lighting and signs with community character as defined
in the Town Comprehensive Plan and design standards set forth in this
Zoning Law.
B. Consistency with the Town of Pine Plains Highway Specifications and
adequacy and arrangement of vehicular traffic access and circulation,
including intersections, road widths, pavement surfaces, sight distance
and traffic controls.
C. Location, arrangement, appearance and adequacy of off-street parking
and loading.
D. Adequacy and arrangement of pedestrian access and circulation, walkway
structures, control of intersections with vehicular traffic and overall
pedestrian convenience.
E. All entrance and exit driveways shall be located with due consideration
for traffic flow so as to afford maximum safety to traffic on public
streets and shall be reviewed and approved by the appropriate state,
county, or local authority prior to the granting of site plan approval.
F. Wherever practical, cross access between properties shall be provided
to reduce the number of curb cuts and limit the amount of traffic
on any arterial or collector road. The Planning Board may require
a site layout that facilitates future cross access in anticipation
of future adjoining development.
G. Wherever practical, joint access to arterials or collector roads
shall be provided to limit conflicting turning movements, reduce traffic
congestion, reduce potential points of conflict between through and
turning traffic, and facilitate the control and separation of vehicles
and pedestrian movement. The Planning Board may require a site layout
that facilitates future joint access in anticipation of future adjoining
development.
H. Adequacy of stormwater management. The site plan shall adhere to the requirements of §
275-42 of the Zoning Law.
I. Adequacy of water supply and sewage disposal facilities.
J. Adequacy, type and arrangement of existing or proposed trees, shrubs
and other landscaping constituting a visual screen or noise buffer.
K. Landscape plantings of shrubs, ground cover, and shade trees, as
well as perennials and annuals and other materials, such as rocks,
water, sculpture, art, walls, fences, paving materials and street
furniture, shall be encouraged to create pedestrian-scale spaces and
to maintain landscape continuity. All landscaping within the site
shall be designed to facilitate conservation of the environment and
preservation of community aesthetic character through the use of native
plant material and the retention of existing natural vegetation.
L. The preservation of mature plant species, hedgerows, wetlands, wildlife
corridors, and woodlots shall be encouraged and included as a design
element.
M. Landscaping shall be used to create boundaries and transitions between
areas of differing development intensities as well as to separate
areas of incompatible land use.
N. Solid waste facilities and containers, outdoor service areas, and
loading docks shall be screened from public view and from adjacent
residential properties.
O. Adequacy of utilities. Newly installed utility service systems, and
service revisions shall be installed underground. When feasible, existing
above-ground utility service systems shall be placed underground.
P. Adequacy of site accessibility, fire lanes and other emergency zones
and the provision of fire hydrants. All buildings shall be accessible
to emergency vehicles.
Q. Location of and adequacy of measures to protect environmentally sensitive
areas.
R. When projects involve the renovation/reuse of an existing building,
the Planning Board may require that the historic character and architectural
elements be maintained.
S. Reasonable provision shall be made for extension of utilities to
adjoining properties, including installation of water gates and manholes
if necessary, and the granting and recording of easements as required.
T. Compatibility with agricultural operations.
U. Compatibility with the Town of Pine Plains Comprehensive Plan.
V. Consistency with the Greenway Compact.
The site plan application and associated maps shall illustrate
proposed phases of development. Site plan approval shall be based
on the total planned project in order to assess all potential impacts
associated with the project. The Planning Board shall consider applications
incomplete where there is reason to believe the application applies
to only a segment of the total planned development. In such situations,
the Planning Board shall return such application to the applicant,
together with a letter stating the basis for its determination.
Failure by any applicant to comply with all conditions of a
site plan approval shall result, after notice and hearing, in revocation
of such site plan approval and any building permit and certificate
of occupancy issued as a result of such site plan approval. If the
Zoning Enforcement Officer determines that the site is not being maintained
in accordance with the site plan, he shall order the same to be corrected
within 10 days of the date of his order. Should noncompliance continue,
the Zoning Enforcement Officer may recommend revocation of site plan
approval by the Planning Board. Upon receipt thereof, the Planning
Board shall notify the owner of said premises by written notice. Such
notice shall specify the time, date and place of said hearing and
the ground upon which revocation has been recommended. After hearing
all competent evidence, it shall render a decision.