The Town Board of the Town of New Berlin, Chenango
County, New York, does hereby ordain and enact the Town of New Berlin
Site Plan Review Law pursuant to the authority and provisions of § 10
of the Municipal Home Rule Law and § 274-a of the Town Law.
This New Berlin local law shall be known as
the "Town of New Berlin Site Plan Review Law." The Town of New Berlin
is hereinafter referred to as the "Town."
A.
Through site plan review, it is the intent of this
chapter to promote the health, safety and general welfare of the Town.
A clean, wholesome, attractive environment is declared to be of importance
to the health and safety of the inhabitants of the Town and, in addition,
such an environment is deemed essential to the maintenance and continued
development of the economy of the Town and the general welfare of
its inhabitants.
B.
It is further the intent of this chapter to ensure
that optimum overall conservation, protection, preservation, development
and use of the natural and man-related resources of the Town by regulating
land use activity within the Town through review and approval of site
plans. It is not the intent of this chapter to prohibit, per se, any
land-use activity but to allow all land-use activities, which will
meet the standards, set forth in this chapter.
The Planning Board is hereby authorized to review
and approve, or disapprove, site plans for land uses within the Town
as hereinafter designated pursuant to and in accordance with the standards
and procedures set forth in this chapter.
