Before any permit shall be issued for a conditional use, application
shall be made to the Planning Board. The Planning Board shall grant
or deny the application after public hearing but within 95 days of
submission of a complete application to the Zoning Officer or within
such further time as may be consented to by the applicant. Failure
of the Planning Board to act within the required time period shall
constitute approval of the application. In reviewing the conditional
use application, the Planning Board shall review the number of employees
or users of the property, the requirement set forth in this chapter
for that zoning district and shall give due consideration to all elements
which would affect the public health, welfare, safety and convenience,
such as but not limited to the proposed uses or the character of the
area, vehicular travel patterns and access, pedestrianways, landscaping,
lighting, signs, drainage, sewage treatment, potable water supply,
utilities and structural location. A public hearing shall be conducted
on the application. In all requests for approval of conditional uses,
the burden of proof shall be on the applicant. All conditional uses
shall require site plan review. No conditional use may be approved
unless the Planning Board finds that the conditional use is reasonably
necessary for the convenience of the public in the location proposed.
In the granting of conditional uses, a time limit of one year from
the date of the approval shall be set within which time the owner
shall secure a building permit; otherwise, the conditional use granted
shall be null and void.
