The applicant for a junkyard permit shall obtain application forms from the Town Building Department. The completed forms along with the proposed site plan, in duplicate, and the appropriate fees shall be returned to the Building Department. The application shall be reviewed by the appropriate Boards for approval.
The site plan shall be a valid survey drawn to scale, indicating all dimensions and show:
A. 
All existing and proposed structures, including fences and screening.
B. 
All property lines,including the name of owners of adjacent property.
C. 
All streams, lakes, wetlands, floodplains and other water bodies.
D. 
All wells and sanitary facilities.
E. 
All roads and easements.
F. 
All existing and proposed junk storage areas.
G. 
All existing and proposed access ways, parking and loading areas.
An environmental assessment form (EAF) shall be completed and submitted with all new applications pursuant to the provisions of the State Environmental Quality Review Act,[2] 6 NYCRR Part 617. If the EAF indicates that the proposed activity may have significant environmental consequences, the town shall require that a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) be submitted with the application. The application shall not be considered complete until the DEIS has been accepted by the town.
[1]
Editor's Note: See also Ch. 88, Environmental Quality Review.
[2]
Editor's Note: See Environmental Conservation Law § 8-0101 et seq.
An application fee of $200 shall accompany all applications (includes SEQR and site plan review).
[Amended 2-25-2020 by L.L. No. 1-2020]
The Town Planning Board/Zoning Board of Appeals shall fix a time, within 45 days of the date a complete application is received, for a public hearing. Notice of the hearing shall be made in the official newspaper at least five days prior to the date thereof. At the hearing, the Town Planning Board/Zoning Board of Appeals shall hear the applicant and all other persons wishing to be heard on the application for a junkyard permit.
[Amended 2-25-2020 by L.L. No. 1-2020]
Within 45 days of said hearing, the Town Planning Board/Zoning Board of Appeals shall render a decision to approve subject to conditions, or disapprove the application for a junkyard permit. The forty-five-day period may be extended by mutual consent of the applicant and the Board. All findings of the Board shall be entered into the official minutes of the Town Planning Board/Zoning Board of Appeals. The decision of the Board shall immediately be filed in the office of the Town Clerk and the applicant shall be notified of the decision and the reasons for such application and payment of the fees and reimbursable cost, e.g., engineering review due the town. The Planning Board/Zoning Board of Appeals shall endorse its approval upon a copy of the final site plan and application.
A. 
If the application is approved by the Town Planning Board/Zoning Board of Appeals, a junkyard permit shall be issued by the Building Department.
[Amended 2-25-2020 by L.L. No. 1-2020]
B. 
If the application is approved with conditions by the Board, the Building Department shall issue a junkyard permit upon compliance with those conditions (i.e., issuance of a special use permit).
C. 
Renewals shall be issued on an annual basis (January to December) for $25 per year.