[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of East Hampton 4-20-1979 by L.L. No. 15-1979 (Ch. 13 of the 1971
Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 10-17-2003 by L.L. No. 12-2003]
East Hampton Village contains many residential
and commercial structures of historic value. It is famed as one of
America’s most beautiful and uniquely situated villages. Distinct
commercial areas still retain desirable features which make them compatible
with the Village’s character and scale. East Hampton residents
derive considerable peace of mind from their congenial physical surroundings.
As old ways of farming and fishing have waned, it is that character
and charm that now provide the basis for its resort economy. It is
that resort economy that now poses the greatest threat to the Village’s
physical appearance. Much requires preservation and stabilization
while inevitable growth and development require compatibility and
tasteful “fit” into an existing fabric. Commercial and
industrial properties interface with residential and historical areas.
It is essential that that rural-residential aspect be maintained:
green open spaces, screening, rear yard parking, limited vehicular
access, etc. The Village Board finds that new development can otherwise
have a substantial adverse impact on the character, health and safety
of the area in which it is located. Inappropriate exterior design
of buildings or structures and development of grounds adversely affect
the desirability of immediate and neighboring areas for residential
and commercial purposes and, by so doing, impair the benefits of occupancy
of existing property in such cases, impair the stability of values
of both improved and unimproved real property in such areas and preclude
the most appropriate development of such areas. The Village Board
finds that the aggravation and intrusion of further restrictions on
the use and enjoyment of private property is more than offset by the
common advantage in the maintenance of overall values and avoidance
of assaults on the senses which in this Village’s case are especially
dependent on the aesthetic quality and physical attributes of the
community. Some harmful effects of one land use upon another can be
prevented through zoning, subdivision controls and building codes.
Other aspects of construction or development are more subtle and less
amenable to rules promulgated without regard to specific construction
or development proposals. Among these are the general form of the
land before and after development, the spatial relationships of the
structures and open spaces to proximate land uses and the appearance
of buildings and open spaces as they contribute to an area as it is
being developed. Such mailers require the timely exercise of judgment
in the public interest by people qualified to evaluate the design
of new construction and development.
The purposes of design review are:
A.
To promote those qualities in the environment which
retain or bring quality to life as well as material value to the community.
B.
To foster the attractiveness and functional utility
of the community as a place to live and work.
C.
To preserve the character and quality of our heritage
by maintaining the integrity of those areas which have a discernible
character or are of special historic significance.
D.
To protect existing investments in the area.
E.
To encourage, where appropriate, a mix of uses within
permissible use zones.
F.
To raise the level of community expectations for the
quality of its environment.
G.
To control the exterior color of buildings so as to
best promote and protect the abovesaid purposes.
[Added 12-17-1982 by L.L. No. 3-1982]
H.
To maintain and enhance the desirable character and
the best features of individual commercial areas.
[Added 10-17-2003 by L.L. No. 12-2003]
I.
To encourage development that is compatible with the
scale and character of the Village.
[Added 10-17-2003 by L.L. No. 12-2003]
J.
To control the distribution of open space so as to
maintain and enhance the desirable character and best features of
a property or area.
[Added 10-17-2003 by L.L. No. 12-2003]
The Design Review Board, in examining applications
for building permits, shall consider the various aspects of design,
with special emphasis on these objectives:
A.
Landscape and environment: to prevent the unnecessary
destruction or blighting of the natural or cultural landscape or of
the achieved man-made environment.
B.
Relationship of structures and open spaces: to ascertain
that the design treatment of built-up and open spaces has been such
that they relate harmoniously to the terrain and to existing buildings
that have a visual relationship to the proposed development.
C.
Circulation: to determine that the proposal facilitates
appropriate pedestrian and vehicular access, interior traffic circulation,
loading facilities, servicing and parking.
D.
Lighting facilities shall be placed and shielded in
such a manner as not to cause direct light to shine upon adjacent
properties, and such illuminating source, together with lighted signs,
shall not cause a hazard to be created upon a public street.
E.
Parking areas, where required by Chapter 278, Zoning, of the Code of the Village of East Hampton, shall be located to the rear of the structures, shall be screened from adjoining properties and public view and shall be adequately drained.
F.
Where the site is located adjacent to a dwelling or
a residential district (zone), appropriate buffer landscaping, natural
screening and fencing shall be required in order to protect all property
values and lessen the impact of development upon adjoining areas.
G.
The preservation of existing large trees and the unique
natural features of the site shall be accomplished wherever possible.
When extensive clearing and grading is necessary, the Board may require
a landscaping plan demonstrating that plants, bushes or trees acceptable
to the Board will be planted and maintained.
H.
Protection of neighbors: to protect neighboring owners
and users by making sure that reasonable provision has been made for
such matters as surface water drainage, sound and sight buffers, the
preservation of views, light and air and those aspects of design,
not adequately covered by other regulations, which may have substantial
effects on neighboring land uses. With few exceptions, commercial
and industrial properties interface with residential areas, and the
development of the former must not destroy the latter.
I.
Compliance with other regulations: to coordinate compliance
with other municipal ordinances that affect design and aspect, such
as zoning, sign and billboard control provisions and provisions for
underground utilities.
J.
Color: to control the exterior color of existing and
new stores to ensure that the stores relate both to each other and
to the natural or landscaped environment.
[Added 12-17-1982 by L.L. No. 5-1982]
K.
Exterior materials.
[Added 3-16-1984 by L.L. No. 7-1984]
(1)
Exterior materials shall be either clapboard, natural
wood, shingles or brick, all with trim.
(2)
Notwithstanding the above, the Design Review Board
may waive this requirement if, in the Design Review Board's judgment,
the purpose and objectives of this chapter will be met through the
use of other exterior materials.
M.
Integrated parking: In order to improve interior traffic
circulation, reduce the number of accesses on existing streets and
maximize the number of parking spaces, parking areas shall be, at
the discretion of the Design Review Board, designed and located so
as to permit their integration with existing or prospective parking
areas on adjoining properties. In this regard, the Board may require
shared access and shared interior drives (aisles).[2]
[Added 4-21-1989 by L.L. No. 8-1989]
N.
All applications for site plan approval shall demonstrate that all runoff is contained on site in accordance with the standards of § 121-9D.
[Added 9-16-1994 by L.L. No. 30-1994]
P.
Protection of landmarks and historic districts: to protect, maintain and enhance the setting of landmarks and historic districts designated under Chapter 176. When reviewing any application for a property that is adjacent to, across a public way from or within 100 feet of a designated landmark or historic district, the Design Review Board shall take into account the impact of the proposed action on the designated property and its setting. The Board shall consider alternatives that would protect, maintain or enhance the setting of a designated property.
[Added 2-1-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996]
Q.
Maintenance of character: to maintain features that
contribute to the desirable character of a commercial area, including
buildings, features of buildings, landscape features and open space.
[Added 10-17-2003 by L.L. No. 12-2003]
R.
Compatibility of design: to determine that the aspects
of a design, including the orientation, setback, rhythm, size, height,
width, proportion of the front facade, massing, building form, roof
form, materials, color, proportion and arrangement of windows, storefront,
building details, the distribution and location of open space and
other considerations of site design, will maintain and enhance the
desirable character and the best features of the commercial area in
which the property is situated and will maintain the overall character
and scale of the Village.
[Added 10-17-2003 by L.L. No. 12-2003]
S.
Location of open space: to control the location of
the required percentage of permeable surface on a property so that
it will be located to have the greatest benefit to the desirable setting
of that property and to the desirable setting of the commercial area
in which the property is situated.
[Added 10-17-2003 by L.L. No. 12-2003]
[Added 10-17-2003 by L.L. No. 12-2003]
A.
The Design Review Board may adopt, and from time to
time amend, guidelines for applying the policy, purposes and objectives
provided in §§ 13-1, 13-2 and 13-3.
B.
Guidelines may be adopted for any aspect of review
or for any specific area or district and will identify its desirable
character, important qualities and best features.
C.
The Design Review Board may adopt guidelines for the
“allocation of open space” for each commercial area to
best enhance the setting of a property or area.
A.
[1]The Board may assist in the design of any building or projects
submitted for approval. The Board will require an applicant or his
architect or agent to participate in a meeting with the Board or a
designated committee thereof. The purpose of this meeting is to aid
the applicant in relating his building to its surroundings and to
secure, in advance of the preparation of finished plans, an understanding
between the Board and the applicant as to the style and exterior finish
of the proposed building. All these procedures will be conducted within
the contents and purposes of this chapter of the East Hampton Village
Code.
[Added 11-20-1987 by L.L. No. 32-1987]
D.
In its endeavor to improve the quality of a design,
the Board shall keep considerations of cost in mind, but cost shall
not override the other objectives of this chapter.
E.
The Fire Inspector and Building Inspector are to play
essential roles at the earliest stages of design consideration, and
prospective applicants are encouraged to avail themselves of their
services.
[Amended 3-16-1984 by L.L. No. 11-1984]
F.
The Board
may approve, or approve with additional conditions, applications made
by the owners of improved property in the Core Commercial District
to install and maintain planters that are wholly or partially located
on Village-owned property if the proposed planters meet the following
conditions:
[Added 6-18-2010 by L.L. No. 8-2010]
(1)
No
planter shall be located on Village-owned property if there is sufficient
room on the commercial property to permit the maintenance of a planter.
(2)
No
planter located partially or wholly on Village-owned property shall
exceed 12 inches in depth or exceed three feet in height.
(3)
Plantings
shall not extend beyond the sides of the planters.
(4)
Permits
for planters to be located partially or wholly on Village-owned property,
to the extent that they are approved by the Design Review Board, shall
be granted on an annual basis only and may not be installed prior
to May 1 of any year and must be removed no later than November 1
of every year.
(5)
Any
violations of these conditions may result in immediate removal of
the planters by the Village without prior notice and denial of future
applications for an annual permit from the same property owner.
A.
The Village Board hereby establishes a Design Review
Board. Insofar as practicable, all members of the Board shall be familiar
in matters of design.[2]
[Amended 4-20-1984 by L.L. No. 12-1984]
B.
The Board shall have seven members appointed by the
Mayor with the advice and consent of the Village Board.
[Added 10-16-1987 by L.L. No. 26-1987]
C.
A Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board shall be
designated from the members of the Board by the Board of Trustees
for terms of one year.
D.
Compensation, if any, shall be determined by the Board
of Trustees on recommendation of the Mayor. Such out-of-pocket expenses
as have been authorized by the Board of Trustees shall be paid on
vouchers.[3]
E.
The term of service on the Board is two years. One
of the two members appointed as a result of the increase in size of
the Board from five members to seven members shall be appointed to
an initial term commencing with the date of appointment and terminating
on June 30, 1988, and thereafter for two-year terms, and the other
member of the Board appointed as a result of the expansion of the
Board shall be appointed to an initial term commencing with the date
of appointment and terminating on June 30, 1989.
[Added 10-16-1987 by L.L. No. 28-1987]
F.
Removal shall be on recommendation of the Mayor, concurred
with by a majority vote of the Village Board of Trustees, and only
for good cause.
[1]
Editor's Note: On March 16, 2007, the Board
of Trustees adopted a resolution requiring New York State mandated
annual training for all Planning Board, Design Review Board, and Zoning
Board of Appeals members. The resolution is on file in the office
of the Village Clerk and available for public inspection during regular
office hours.
A.
In issuing approval to use existing primary residential
structures on lots in Limited Office Districts (Zones) for up to two
offices or one office on the first floor and one apartment on the
second floor, the Design Review Board shall consider the following
standards and impose the following conditions:
(1)
Said uses shall be conducted in primary residential
structures in existence on May 1, 1989, which primary residential
structure shall not be expanded, enlarged or relocated.
(2)
Accessory structures or buildings may not be used
for any purpose other than storage.
(3)
The applicant and the Design Review Board shall retain
the residential appearance of the property and structures existing
thereon. To help achieve this, the following standards are hereby
imposed:
(a)
All parking shall be located to the rear of
the property at the discretion of the Design Review Board.
(b)
Existing primary residential structures shall
not be moved or relocated on the lots.
(c)
All parking areas shall be screened from adjoining
residential property and to the extent possible shall not be visible
by passersby on adjoining roads and streets.
(d)
The areas of lawn and landscaping which contribute
to the residential character of the property shall be preserved and
maintained.
(f)
Parking shall be as required by Chapter 278, Zoning. In considering whether to waive and/or restrict required parking, the Design Review Board shall be guided by the policy, purposes and objectives of this chapter as set forth in §§ 121-1, 121-2 and 121-3, as well as the guidelines of this section pertaining to the Limited Office District. In calculating parking and occupancy, the actual number of spaces provided, rather than the number of spaces required, shall be utilized.
[Added 1-20-1995 by L.L. No. 2-1995]
(g)
All changes to the exterior of the structures
shall be subject to approval of the Design Review Board, which shall
retain the residential appearance of said structures.
(h)
Landscape planning and fencing shall be required
so as to give residential character to the lot and to screen office
uses from adjacent residential properties.
(i)
No lot shall contain more than one freestanding
sign, which may not exceed two square feet in size.
(j)
One parking space shall be provided for each
employee, independent contractor, including real estate salespersons
and real estate brokers, and principal operator. The total number
of employees, independent contractors and principal operators and
tenants, if any, that occupy the building shall not exceed the lesser
of eight or 75% of required parking.
(k)
In order to help retain the residential appearance
of the structure, the Design Review Board shall have the right to
require the applicant to grant to the Incorporated Village of East
Hampton a facade easement.
A.
This chapter shall apply to all projects within the
Design Review District, as defined herein:
(2)
All legal nonconforming use properties, wherever situated.
(3)
Schools, public libraries, art museums, churches,
parish houses, Sunday school buildings, buildings of membership clubs,
social and recreational buildings, soldiers' and sailors' memorial
buildings, hospitals, telephone exchanges and public or charitable
institutional buildings, wherever situated.
[Added 4-15-1988 by L.L. No. 6-1988]
B.
Within the above districts, this chapter shall apply
to all development, private and public.
C.
The word "development" in this chapter means that
no tract or parcel of land or portion thereof shall be cleared or
altered; that no building, structure or sign be erected, installed,
constructed, demolished, moved or enlarged; nor the exterior of any
building or structure or the use of the appurtenances or accessories
to such building, structure or land be altered, changed, intensified,
expanded or extended; and that no additional use shall be installed
or permitted inside or outside of an existing building or structure
without the approval of the Design Review Board. Applications for
minor alterations, such as a change in exterior paint colors or finishes
or the installation of planters or benches or fences, at the solediscretion
of the Design Review Board, and applications for signs and awnings,
may be approved following a design review by the Board upon an oral
motion approved by a quorum of the members of the Board at a meeting
of the Board. All other applications shall be subject to full site
plan review and approval by the Design Review Board, as set forth
in this chapter.
[Amended 4-21-1989 by L.L. No. 10-1989; 2-17-2006 by L.L. No. 3-2006; 7-27-2007 by L.L. No. 11-2007]
D.
Whenever a project requires both a special permit from the Zoning Board of Appeals pursuant to § 278-7D of Chapter 278, Zoning, of the Code of the Incorporated Village of East Hampton and the approval of the Design Review Board, the following procedures shall apply:
[Added 11-19-1993 by L.L. No. 22-1993; amended 2-17-2006 by L.L. No. 4-2006]
(1)
Application shall be made simultaneously to the Zoning
Board of Appeals and the Design Review Board.
(2)
The Zoning Board of Appeals shall act as the lead
agency pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act.
(3)
The application to the Zoning Board of Appeals shall
not be deemed complete until the Design Review Board has concluded
its preliminary review of the proposed site plan. The conclusion of
preliminary review shall not be construed as a final action and is
not binding on either the Zoning Board of Appeals or the Design Review
Board in their final review and determinations. Primarily, it is intended
to give the applicant and the Zoning Board of Appeals guidance as
early in the process as possible, before the hearing at the Zoning
Board of Appeals, on the broad aspects of the proposed site plan that
may result in significant modifications to the proposal by the applicant.
(4)
The Design Review Board shall not grant final approval
until the Zoning Board of Appeals has completed its environmental
review pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act, issued
the appropriate State Environmental Quality Review Act decision and
issued the appropriate special permit.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Original § 13-7,
Exemptions, as amended, which section immediately followed this subsection,
was repealed 12-15-1989 by L.L. No. 42-1989.
[Added 12-15-1989 by L.L. No. 43-1989; amended 10-20-2006 by L.L. No. 12-2006; 6-15-2012 by L.L. No.
12-2012]
Whenever the Chairman or, in the Chairman’s absence, the Vice Chairman of the Board finds that a proposal regarding signs and/or awnings or an improvement that relates solely to improving access for persons with disabilities raises no substantial design problem and fulfills the goals outlined in §§ 121-1, 121-2 and 121-3, he is hereby authorized to grant an exemption and approve the application.
A.
The applicant shall submit through the Building Inspector:
(1)
Seven copies of preliminary building floor plans and
exterior elevations, drawn to such scale adequate to show clearly
the design intent. These plans and exterior elevations shall include
structures and significant natural features on neighboring properties.
(2)
Ten copies of a site plan or plans, drawn at a scale
adequate to show clearly the following:
[Amended 1-15-1988 by L.L. No. 1-1988; 9-18-1998 by L.L. No.
18-1998; 8-15-2003 by L.L. No. 9-2003; 2-17-2006 by L.L. No. 7-2006]
(a)
The dimensions, orientation and size of each
lot or plot to be developed, built upon or otherwise used.
(b)
The layout of the entire project and its relation
to surrounding properties and the existing buildings thereof.
(c)
The location and dimensions of present and proposed
street and highway dedications required to handle the traffic generated
by the proposed development and its proposed uses.
(d)
The location of points of entry and exit for
motor vehicles and the internal vehicular circulation pattern.
(e)
The location and layout of all paved areas,
including off-street parking and loading facilities, including drainage
facilities.
(f)
All existing and proposed topography.
(g)
The locations, species and sizes of existing
and proposed plantings and screenings.
(h)
The size, shape and location of existing and
proposed construction.
(i)
Indication of the proposed use of construction
shown on the site.
(j)
The location of walls, fences and railings and
the indication of their height and the materials of their construction.
(k)
Indication of exterior lighting adequate to
determine its character and to enable review of possible hazards and
disturbances to the public and adjacent properties.
(l)
Indication of other potential disturbances to
the public and adjacent properties due to noise or odors to be emitted
from the proposed development and its proposed use.
(m)
The location, size, illumination, design and
manner of construction of exterior signs and outdoor advertising.
(n)
Existing and proposed sewage disposal systems.
(o)
All applications or submissions to the Design
Review Board shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee in accordance
with a schedule of fees which shall from time to time be fixed by
resolution of the Board of Trustees.
[Amended 2-16-2018 by L.L. No. 1-2018]
(3)
A stormwater pollution prevention plan consistent with the requirements of Chapter 248 shall be required for site plan approval. The SWPPP shall meet the performance and design criteria and standards of Chapter 248 and the approved site plan shall be consistent with the provisions of Chapter 248 of the Code.
[Added 1-18-2013 by L.L. No. 6-2013]
B.
The Chairman of the Board may waive any of the above
submissions that he believes unnecessary. The Chairman may require
such other information and exhibits as he deems reasonably necessary
to enable the Board to reach an informed result. That information
may include:
C.
The applicant shall submit to the Design Review Board
through the Building Inspector, whether or not a building permit is
applied for, the proposed color on a piece of the material out of
which the store is or shall be constructed in all instances in which
the exterior color of an existing structure is to be changed, altered
or modified.
[Added 12-17-1982 by L.L. No. 6-1982]
D.
Stormwater drainage.
[Added 9-16-1994 by L.L. No. 31-1994]
(1)
Stormwater drainage design criteria:
(a)
Grading and drainage plans shall be based on
a two-inch storm.
(b)
Runoff shall be retained on site or allowed
to flow to an approved outlet.
[1]
Show calculations for retention on site (leaching
pools).
[a]
Leaching pool storage comp. formula:
aC(2”)=V/c.f. per leaching pool
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Where:
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a
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=
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Tributary area in square feet
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C
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=
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Coefficient of runoff of drainage areas
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Coefficient values:
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Roof area: 1.00
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Paved area: 0.90
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Nonpaved area: 0.25
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V
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=
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Volume (cubic feet), which is total storage
volume required
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[c]
Required volume storage (cubic feet) - c.f./v.f.
= total number of vertical feet necessary.
[d]
No allowance for volumetric storage in domes
or pipes.
[2]
Alternative calculations showing flow analysis
for drainage to approved outlet.
[a]
Rational method formula:
Q=AcI
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Where
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Q
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=
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Discharge in cubic feet per second (c.f.s.)
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A
|
=
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Tributary drainage area in acres
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c
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=
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Coefficient of runoff of drainage area minimum
coefficient = 0.25).
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Coefficient values:
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Roof area: 1.00
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Paved area: 0.90
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Nonpaved area: 0.25
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I
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=
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intensity (inches per hour)
I is determined by formula: I = 1 20 - t + 20
[t = time of concentration (minutes) at point of design (maximum time
= 28 minutes)]
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[3]
Pipes and open channels designed using Mannings
Formula:
V = 1.486 x R 2/3 x S 1/2
n
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Where:
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V
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=
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Velocity in feet per second
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R
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=
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hydraulic radius in feet
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S
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=
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Slope in feet/feet (checked against available
hydraulic gradient when discharging against an existing hydraulic
head. If discharge to tidal waters, use maximum tide elevation)
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n
|
=
|
0.015 for reinforced concrete pipe 18" 0 or
less
0.013 for reinforced concrete pipe 24" 0 or
larger
0.021 for corrugated metal pipe
0.023 for earth ditches
0.013 for paved ditches
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[5]
Indicate length, diameter, slope and invert
elevations of piping.
(2)
Storm drainage structures.
(a)
Manholes shall be placed at changes in pipe
alignment or gradient (350 feet, maximum spacing). Provide interior
steps at fourteen-inch intervals in all manholes (steps protrude seven
inches from manhole wall).
(c)
Leaching pools shall be comprised of three-foot
to four-foot-six-inch ring sections to develop design capacity. The
topmost section shall be a solid ring wherever possible.
(d)
Maintain fourteen-foot (minimum) center-to-center
separation when leaching pools are connected in series.
[1]
Provide a three-foot (minimum) collar of select
granular backfill for periphery and bottom seepage for all pools.
(e)
The bottom of all structures shall be two feet
(minimum) above groundwater elevation (as shown in test hole data).
(f)
Footing rings and traffic bearing tops are required
on all structures located below traffic areas.
A.
Prior to filing any submissions, the applicant and/or
his architect or agent are entitled to and are encouraged to meet
with the Board in order to obtain information on the general guidelines
which the Board expects to use. The applicant and his architect or
agent are entitled to have the Board's guidelines, as they apply to
his case, in writing so that, if they wish to rely on them, a permanent
record of the basis for their reliance will exist. The Fire Inspector
and the Building Inspector shall be consulted and shall attend all
early-stage discussions concerned with design.
Whenever the Board disapproves a submission,
at the request of the applicant it shall specify in writing the conditions
under which a majority of the Board would accept the submission. However,
it is not the intent of this section to require the Board to furnish
the applicant with a design.
The Chairman or, in his absence, the Vice Chairman
shall conduct the meetings of the Board. The Secretary shall keep
the minutes and a permanent record of all resolutions, motions, transactions
and determinations. These records, including all documents submitted
by the applicant, shall be available on request for public inspection
at reasonable times. The Board shall tender a full statement in writing
to each applicant on whose submission action is taken, explaining
in detail the reasons and basis for the decision.
[Amended 5-18-2007 by L.L. No. 5-2007]
The Board shall meet as required, pursuant to
the following time schedule:
A.
Within 62 days of the receipt of a complete application
for site plan review, the Board shall conduct a public hearing, unless
the Board adopts a resolution waiving the requirement for a public
hearing. Notice of public hearing shall be mailed to the applicant
at least 10 days before such hearing, and the Board shall give public
notice of said hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the
Village at least five days prior to the date thereof.
B.
The Board may, in its discretion, schedule a public
hearing on any application before it, which if scheduled, shall be
noticed and held as set forth in the other provisions of this section.
C.
The Board shall make a decision on the application
within 62 days after such hearing, or if no hearing is held, within
62 days after the receipt of a complete application. The decision
of the Board shall be filed in the office of the Village Clerk within
five days after such decision is rendered and a copy thereof mailed
to the applicant. This schedule or any portion thereof may be extended
by consent of the applicant or his architect or agent.
The Design Review Board shall apprise the Board
of Trustees of its decisions. The report may from time to time include
a survey of the appearance and condition of buildings in the Village,
an analysis of community trends in design, methods that might be employed
to improve the quality of new building and prevent the deterioration
of existing structures and recommendations that might be enacted to
make the design review process more satisfactory.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 13-14,
Appeals, which section immediately followed this section, was repealed
7-30-1993 by L.L. No. 9-1993.
A.
The Building Inspector shall issue no building permit
or sign permit within designated design review districts without the
approval, in writing, of the Chairman or, in his absence, the Vice
Chairman of the Design Review Board.
B.
The penalties for violating any of the provisions
of this chapter or any restrictions, covenants or conditions imposed
by the Design Review Board as a condition of approval of any application
or permit granted hereunder shall be that any person, firm or corporation
or other legal entity shall be subject to a fine not exceeding the
sum of $250 for any violation or offense, and each day that such violation
or offense continues shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense.
[Amended 7-27-2007 by L.L. No. 12-2007]