The following shall be designated as minor proposals: a building enlargement of 300 square feet or less of floor space; a parking lot enlargement of three parking spaces or fewer; or the installation of three or more vending machines. Minor proposals are subject to the provisions of §
307-69 of this chapter.
Site development plan approval by the Director of Code Administration and Enforcement shall be required for the construction of all single- and two-family dwellings. The provisions of §
307-69 shall apply to proposals to construct single- and two-family dwellings.
An applicant, upon the submission of all required forms and the payment of the required fee, may request that the Director of Code Administration and Enforcement review a minor proposal. Unless such request is made, minor proposals shall follow the requirements for a major proposal. The Director of Code Administration and Enforcement shall review a proposal for construction of a single- or two-family dwelling. The Director of Code Administration and Enforcement may require those drawings and other information he deems necessary for his review and then shall review such proposal, applying the standards set forth in §
307-73, as applicable. If the Director of Code Administration and Enforcement determines that the proposal is consistent with the general purpose and intent of this chapter, site development plan approval for a minor proposal or for a single or two-family dwelling may be issued. At any time prior to the issuance of the site development plan approval in the case of a minor proposal, either the Director of Code Administration and Enforcement or the applicant may request review by the Planning Board, which shall follow the procedures for a major proposal, but without the necessity of payment of a second fee.
Prior to the submission of a complete application
for site development plan approval, the applicant may request, in
writing, to meet informally with the Planning Board and the Director
of Planning or, in the case of a minor proposal or single- or two-family
dwelling, with the Director of Code Administration and Enforcement
to discuss the proposed site development plan. Request for a variance
or waiver of requirements should be made at this meeting.
The Planning Board, with the Director of Planning,
shall review the plan or any amendment thereto. In considering the
approval of the site development plan, the Planning Board shall take
into consideration the public health, safety and general welfare,
the comfort and convenience of the public in general and the residents
of the immediate neighborhood in particular and shall make any appropriate
conditions and safeguards in harmony with the general purpose and
intent of this chapter and particularly in regard to the following
standards:
A. Traffic access and egress. The proposed traffic access
and egress is designed for maximum safety and is adequate in width,
grade, alignment, sight distance and other safety controls, devices
and facilities.
B. Circulation and parking. Adequate off-street parking
and loading spaces are provided according to the existing zoning,
and the interior circulation system is adequate to provide safe accessibility
to all required off-street parking.
C. Exterior lighting. The location, power, direction
and time of any exterior lighting of the site shall have no adverse
effect upon any properties in adjoining residence districts by impairing
the established character or the potential use of properties in such
districts. Lighting shall be located on the perimeter of the site
and shall be directed so as to shine inward upon the site.
D. Screening and landscaping. All playground, parking,
loading, public and other service areas are reasonably screened at
all seasons from the view of adjacent lots and streets, and the scale
and quality of the screening and landscaping of the site enhances
the character of the neighborhood and architectural quality of the
structure. The planting of trees may be required as a condition of
approval.
E. Natural and other significant features. All streams,
ponds, wetlands, steep slopes, trees deemed specimen and protected
trees by Local Law No. 3-1991, A Local Law for Tree Cutting and Typographic
Alterations, rock outcrops and other elements of scenic, ecological
and historic value are preserved insofar as possible.
F. Fire protection. All proposed structures, equipment
or material shall be readily accessible for fire protection.
G. Drainage. A drainage system which would afford a practical
and functional solution to any drainage problems, including off-site
improvements necessary to properly handle increased runoff, shall
be provided. Buildings and other improvements shall be arranged to
reduce soil erosion and flood hazard insofar as possible.
H. Architectural and site design will not result in excessive
similarity or excessive dissimilarity but appropriateness in relation
to any other structures, existing or proposed, for which a permit
has been issued or in relation to natural features of terrain facing
upon the same or intersecting street and within 500 feet of the proposed
site with respect to one or more of the following features:
(1) Front, side or rear building elevations visible from
a street, including the size and arrangement of doors, windows, porticos,
garages, chimneys or other openings or breaks.
(2) Other significant design features, such as but not
limited to materials, color, roof shape, exposed mechanical equipment,
service and storage enclosures, signs, landscaping, retaining walls,
parking areas, loading docks, dividing walls, fences and lighting
posts.
The application fee for site development plan
approval shall be as may be established from time to time by resolution
of the Town Board.
Upon determination by the Planning Board or,
in the case of a minor proposal or single- or two-family dwelling,
by the Director of Code Administration and Enforcement that, due to
special conditions peculiar to a site, certain of the information
normally required as part of the site development plan is inappropriate
or unnecessary or that strict compliance with said requirements may
cause extraordinary and unnecessary hardships, the Board or, as the
case may be, the Director of Code Administration and Enforcement may
vary or waive the provision of such information, provided that such
waiver will not have detrimental effects on the public health, safety
or general welfare or have the effect of nullifying the intent and
purpose of this chapter.