[Amended 12-9-2003 by Order No. 194-03; 10-10-2006 by Order No. 89-06; 10-10-2006 by Order No. 90-06; 6-7-2011]
No preliminary or final site plan shall be approved unless, in the judgment of the Planning Board, the applicant has proven that the plan meets all of the following standards.
A. 
The provisions for vehicular loading, unloading and parking and for vehicular and pedestrian circulation on the site and onto adjacent public streets and ways will not create hazards to safety nor will impose a significant burden upon public facilities.
B. 
The bulk location and height of proposed buildings and structures and the proposed uses thereof will not be detrimental or will impose undue burdens on the public facilities.
C. 
The provisions of on-site landscaping and screening do provide adequate protection to neighboring properties from detrimental features of the development.
D. 
The site plan adequately provides for the soil and drainage problems that the development will create.
E. 
The provisions for exterior lighting will not create undue hazards to motorists traveling on adjacent public streets nor are inadequate for the safety of occupants or users of the site nor will such lighting damage the value and diminish the usability of adjacent properties.
F. 
The applicant has provided reasonable evidence of his financial capabilities to complete the development as planned and approved.
G. 
The proposed development will not create undue fire safety hazards by not providing adequate access to the site or the buildings on the site for emergency vehicles or by failure to meet other fire safety ordinances or laws. The Fire Department shall file a written report with the Planning Board prior to the hearing.
H. 
The proposed development has made adequate provision for sewage disposal.
I. 
The proposed site plan will not alter the existing character of the surrounding zoning district or division to the extent that it will become a detriment or potential nuisance to said zoning division or district.
J. 
The proposed development has made adequate provision for water supply, including an adequate supply of water for fire-protection purposes.
K. 
No plan shall be approved by the Planning Board as long as the applicant is in default on a previously approved plan.
L. 
Architectural drawings showing exteriors of proposed new nonresidential/commercial buildings in the Form Based Code Village Districts and the Village Center District shall be compatible with a Colonial New England design. Such design can be achieved by incorporating features such as, but not limited to, broken rooflines, clapboard siding, steeply pitched roofs, roof overhangs, small pane windows, dormers, and window shutters.
[Amended 11-12-2014 by Order No. 102-14]
M. 
Within Form Based Code Village Districts, the plan must meet all of the following additional standards:
[Amended 8-12-2014 by Order No. 65-14]
(1) 
The proposed development complies with the regulating plan and the applicable FBCVD street frontage type standards within the Form Based Code Village Districts.
(2) 
The proposed development, both public and/or private buildings and landscaping, contributes to the physical definition of rights-of-way as civic spaces within the Form Based Code Village Districts.
(3) 
The proposed development adequately accommodates automobiles, while respecting the pedestrian and spatial form of public areas within the Form Based Code Village Districts.
(4) 
If the lot to be developed shall be divided from a greater parcel, access to the parcel, or the "pioneer lot" (see conceptual Connectivity Master Plan in § 181-7.1), shall be from an allowable FBCVD street frontage type perpendicular to the existing FBCVD street or arterial. Existing curb cuts are allowed to be continued to be used by existing uses. For new use(s) where the closure of the curb cut is triggered by the conditions of approval, standards contained within Chapter 252 (Streets and Sidewalks) or by Planning Board supplemental review, the perpendicular FBCVD street shall be built to the minimum block length and other FBCVD street frontage type standards and serve both as access to the parking area for the development as well as for parking for the development. The applicant shall build the perpendicular FBCVD street to the required standards and provide for maintenance of the same until such time that the road is accepted by the Town as a street.
(5) 
Provisions shall be made for phased construction such as conduit extensions and stubs. This information shall be located and noted on the approved site plan recorded in the Cumberland County Registry of Deeds.
(6) 
Underground utilities.
(a) 
On new frontage type FBCVD streets, utilities shall be buried.
(b) 
All developments shall be served by public water.
(c) 
The requirements for buried utilities and the provision for a project to be served by public water can be waived by the Planning Board pursuant to the standards set forth in § 181-35.9.
[Amended 1-12-2016 by Order No. 109-15]
(d) 
When a waiver for requirements of buried utilities is granted by the Planning Board, the following additional standards shall be met:
[1] 
All new lots shall be greater than 60,000 square feet per dwelling unit without public water and contain a minimum of 175 feet of street frontage; and
[Amended 1-12-2016 by Order No. 109-15]
[2] 
The aboveground utilities shall be placed behind buildings facing the FBCVD street minimizing visual impacts and interference with FBCVD streetscapes.
(e) 
Provisions shall be made for phased construction such as conduit extensions and stubs. This information will be located and noted on an approved site plan and recorded in the Cumberland County Registry of Deeds.