Development plan review approval application shall apply for
one of two review processes, administrative or formal.
A. Administrative development plan review consists of one stage of review
and the permitting authority is the Planning Board. The following
activities are subject to administrative development plan review:
(1) Exterior physical alteration of a building on a site used for any nonresidential use not requesting a variance or special use permit under unified development review, including but not limited to commercial, industrial, institutional, and educational uses, within a Business, Neighborhood Business, Waterfront Business or Limited Manufacturing district, or creation of an accessory apartment per Article
XXII of the Zoning Ordinance not requesting a variance or special use permit under unified development review; or
(2) The addition of pavement or any significant physical alteration of
a site used for commercial, industrial, institutional, or mixed use
within a Business, Neighborhood Business, Waterfront Business, Recreation
and Education District or Limited Manufacturing District not requesting
a variance or special use permit under unified development review.
B. Formal development plan review consists of the preliminary stage
and final stage of review. The permitting authority is the Planning
Board. The following activities are subject to formal development
plan review:
(1) Exterior physical alteration of a building on a site used for any nonresidential use requesting a variance or special use permit under unified development review, including but not limited to commercial, industrial, institutional, and educational uses, within a Business, Neighborhood Business, Waterfront Business or Limited Manufacturing district, or creation of an accessory apartment per Article
XXII of the Zoning Ordinance requesting a variance or special use permit under unified development review; or
(2) The installation of a private cellular communications antenna array
or private cellular communications tower;
(3) The alteration, expansion, or construction of any nonconforming use
in a Residence District;
(4) The addition of pavement or any significant physical alteration of
a site used for commercial, industrial, institutional, or mixed use
within a Business, Neighborhood Business, Waterfront Business, Recreation
and Education District or Limited Manufacturing District requesting
a variance or special use permit under unified development review;
(5) Residential development involving parking for 20 or more cars, as required by §
185-78A of the Zoning Ordinance, or any development involving a petition for the establishment of a single-family cluster residential district, as provided by Article
XX of the Zoning Ordinance, or any residential development occurring within a Recreation and Education District; or
(6) Any development plan review not classified as administrative development
plan review.
An applicant requesting administrative development plan review
shall first pay the required fee and submit to the Administrative
Officer a completed application form and those items as required for
administrative development plan review in Attachment 3.
The Planning Board shall review the application, consider any requested waivers and/or modifications in accordance with §
200-38 and approve, deny, or approve with conditions within 25 days of the certificate of completeness or within any further time that is agreed to in writing by the applicant and Administrative Officer.
An applicant requesting preliminary formal development plan
review shall first pay the required fee and submit to the Administrative
Officer a completed application form and items required for preliminary
formal development plan review in Attachment 3.
The permitting authority shall review the application, consider any requested waivers and/or modifications in accordance with §
200-38 and approve, deny, or approve with conditions within 65 days of the certificate of completeness or within any further time that is agreed to in writing by the applicant and the permitting authority.
An applicant requesting preliminary formal development plan
review shall submit to the Administrative Officer the items required
for final formal development plan review in Attachment 3.
For formal development plan approval, the permitting authority shall be the Administrative Officer. The Administrative Officer shall report their actions in writing to the permitting authority at its next regular meeting, to be made part of the record. The Administrative Officer shall review the application, consider any requested waivers and/or modifications in accordance with §
200-38 and approve or deny within 45 days of the certificate of completeness or within any further time that is agreed to in writing by the applicant and Administrative Officer.
Failure of the permitting authority to act within the period
prescribed constitutes approval of stage of review and a certificate
of the Administrative Officer as to the failure to act within the
required time and the resulting approval shall be issued on request
of the applicant.
Approval of development plan review shall expire two years from
the date of approval unless, within that period, an approved development
plan review plan, in conformity with approval, and as defined in these
regulations, is submitted for signature and recording. Validity may
be extended for an additional period upon application upon a showing
of good cause to the permitting authority.