Minor plan review shall consist of two stages: preliminary and final. A public hearing shall be held prior to preliminary plan approval for a minor subdivision involving a street creation or extension or for any application requesting a variance or special use permit under unified development review. For all other minor subdivisions consisting of three or more lots, or as otherwise requested by the Administrative Officer, and for all minor land developments, a public meeting in the form of a duly advertised Technical Review Committee meeting shall be held.
An applicant for a minor subdivision or land development shall submit a preliminary plan appropriately labeled and drawn to scale of not less than one inch to one hundred feet showing all of the items listed in Section 14.4 Minor Subdivision / Land Development Preliminary Plan Checklist.
A minor application review procedure flowchart is provided in Appendix A.[1]
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Certificate of Completeness. The Administrative Officer shall issue or deny a certificate of completeness within twenty-five (25) days of receipt of an application for a minor subdivision where a street creation is included or for an application requiring unified development review. Where a street is not being created, or where no zoning relief is requested, the certificate of completeness shall be issued or denied within fifteen (15) days of receipt. The certificate shall be issued only if all of the requirements of the minor checklist are complete. The Administrative Officer shall notify the applicant of the issuance or denial in writing. A corrective submission shall be determined to be complete or incomplete within ten (10) days of receipt.
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Preliminary Plan. If no street creation is required or zoning relief requested, the Administrative Officer shall either approve, approve with conditions or deny the preliminary plan within sixty-five (65) days of the certification of completeness or within such further time as agreed to by the applicant. If a street is being created or the application is reviewed under unified development review, the Planning Commission will hold a public hearing and shall either approve, approve with conditions or deny the preliminary plan within ninety-five (95) days of the certification of completeness or within such further time as agreed to by the applicant. Approval of a variance or special use permit shall be conditioned upon approval of the final plan of the minor subdivision or land development project.
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Final Plan. Final plan review and approval shall be done by the Administrative Officer unless the Administrative Officer refers it to the Technical Review Committee. The Administrative Officer, or the TRC, shall approve, approve with conditions or deny the final plan within twenty-five (25) days of the certification of completeness or within such further time as agree to by the applicant. The Administrative Officer or the TRC may refer the application back to the Planning Commission upon a determination that there is a major change in the application.
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Vesting. Approval of a minor subdivision or land development shall expire two (2) years from the date of final plan approval unless within such period a mylar plan in conformity with such approval is recorded by the applicant as specified in Section 3.5 Recording, of these Regulations.
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Final Plan Submittal Requirements. An applicant for final approval of a minor subdivision or land development shall submit a final plan appropriately labeled prepared, stamped, and signed by a Rhode Island Registered Professional Engineer and/or Land Surveyor at a scale no smaller than 1 inch = 100 feet. Individual sheets to be recorded shall not exceed 24 inches x 36 inches, and show the items listed in Section 14.5 Minor Subdivision/Land Development Final Plan Checklist.
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Reassignment to Major Review. The Planning Commission may reassign a minor application to major application to review when the Commission is unable to make the positive findings required in Section 3.2 Required Findings. of these Regulations.
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Editor's Note: Appendix A is included as an attachment to this chapter.
Except as otherwise noted under the provisions of this section, all minor applications shall be reviewed in the course of a public meeting according to the requirements of Section 10.6 Public Meetings.