The Planning Board shall comply with the provisions
of the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), and its implementing
regulations. When no preliminary plat is required to be submitted,
an application for final plat approval shall not be considered complete
until a negative declaration has been filed or until a notice of completion
of the final environmental impact statement has been filed in accordance
with the provisions of SEQRA. The time periods for review of such
plat shall begin upon filing of such negative declaration or such
notice of completion.
[Amended 5-8-1973]
Upon receipt of the complete application for final plat approval, a copy of the cost estimate required under Article
IX, Bonds and Other Security, of this chapter and the road and drainage plan required under §
240-21C shall be forwarded to the Town Engineering Office for review and compliance with Chapter
161, Highway Specifications, and other relevant provisions of the Town Code. The Planning Board shall accept, reject or modify the recommendations of the Town Engineering Office at a public meeting and shall notify the applicant of its decision.
When a final plat is submitted which the Planning
Board deems to be in substantial agreement with a preliminary plat
approved pursuant to this chapter, the Planning Board shall, by resolution,
approve or conditionally approve, with or without modifications, grant
final approval and authorize the signing of such plat or disapprove
the plat, within 62 days of its receipt by the Planning Board. Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions hereof, the time in which the Planning Board
must take action on such plat may be extended by mutual consent of
the applicant and the Planning Board.