The Planning Board's review of the site plan shall include, as
appropriate but is not limited to, the following general considerations:
A.
Compatibility of the proposed activity with any Comprehensive
Plan adopted by the Town of Barton.
B.
Location, arrangement, size, design and general site
compatibility of buildings, lighting and signs.
C.
Adequacy and arrangement of vehicular traffic access
and circulation, including intersections, road widths, pavement surfaces,
dividers and traffic controls.
D.
Location, arrangement, appearance and sufficiency of
off-street parking and loading.
E.
Adequacy and arrangement of pedestrian traffic access
and circulation, walkway structures, control of intersections with vehicular
traffic, and overall pedestrian convenience.
F.
Adequacy of stormwater and drainage facilities.
G.
Adequacy of water supply and sewage disposal facilities.
H.
Adequacy of waste disposal systems/facilities.
I.
Adequacy, type and arrangement of trees, shrubs and other
landscaping constituting a visual and/or noise buffer between the applicant's
and adjoining lands, including the maximum retention of existing vegetation.
J.
Adequacy of fire lanes and other emergency zones and
the provision of fire hydrants and/or potential fire pond.
K.
Special attention to the adequacy and impact of structures,
roadways and landscaping in areas with susceptibility to ponding, flooding
and/or erosion.
L.
Procedures and facilities in the handling, storing and
disposing of hazardous and toxic materials shall be adequate to protect surface
and ground water resources.
M.
Overall impact on the neighborhood including compatibility
of design consideration.
N.
When mining activities are contemplated, a copy of reclamation
plans and procedures shall be submitted.
A.
All construction on any streambank lot shall be carried
out in such manner as to minimize interference with the natural course of
such waterway, to avoid erosion of the streambank, to minimize increased runoff
ground and surface water into the waterway, to remove only that vegetation
which is necessary to the accomplishment of the project, and to generally
maintain the existing aesthetic and ecological character of the streambank.
B.
No on-site sewage field or seepage pit shall be located
within 100 feet of any streambank and no septic or other holding tank shall
be located within 50 feet of any streambank, as measured from the normal high
water mark of the water body.
C.
Any storage of petroleum products within 100 feet, or
reasonable setback as determined necessary by the Planning Board, of the streambank
shall include adequate provisions for insuring that any leak, rupture or spill
will be contained and not be introduced into or affect the adjacent waterway.
In particular, a raised earthen or paved berm or dyke shall be constructed
in such manner so as to afford adequate protection and in conformance with
DEC regulations.
