A.
Authority. The Village of Hamburg is hereby authorized to enact procedures
and requirements for the establishment and mapping of planned unit
development zoning districts, in accordance with NYS Village Law § 7-703-A.
B.
Intent. The application of the PD District is intended to achieve
more creative land use and a higher quality of planning and a higher
quality of site planning and design than can be accomplished through
conventional zoning regulations.
C.
Eligibility.
(1)
Any area within the Village may be eligible for a PUD District,
provided the property under consideration includes at least 1.5 acres
of contiguous land area.
(2)
An exception may be made to this requirement by majority vote
of the Village Board affirming that the proposed PUD District otherwise
meets the purpose and intent of this article. Such affirmation shall
not constitute approval of the proposed PUD District.
D.
Approval required. Prior to the establishment of a Planned Unit Development
(PUD) District, a PUD District application shall be submitted, reviewed,
and approved in accordance with Article 40 of this chapter.
A.
Sketch plan meeting. A sketch plan meeting is strongly encouraged
prior to submitting a PUD District application.
B.
Planning Commission. All PUD District applications, including site
plans and related documents, shall be referred to the Planning Commission
for review and recommendation of decision to the Village Board.
C.
Architectural Review Committee. All PUD District applications, including
site plans and related documents, shall be referred to the ARC for
review and recommendation of decision to the Village Board.
D.
Village Board.
E.
Public hearing required. A public hearing shall be held by the Village
Board prior to issuing a decision on any PUD District application.
F.
Site plan review. All site plans included in a PUD District application
shall be reviewed in accordance with Article 44 of this chapter and
as provided herein. Approval of a PUD District shall include approval
of the site plan.
The following shall be required of all PUD District applications.
Duplicate application materials for site plan review and a PUD District
may be combined to satisfy submittal requirements.
A.
Application form, including the name, address, and signature of the
applicant, property owner, and developer, and seal(s) of the engineer,
architect, or landscape architect who prepared the development plan
materials;
B.
Maps and plans drawn at a scale of 40 feet to the inch or such other
scale as the reviewing board may deem appropriate, on standard twenty-four-by-thirty-six-inch
sheets, with continuation on 8 1/2-by-eleven-inch sheets as necessary
for written information;
C.
Certified land survey showing the boundaries of the property under
consideration in its current state plotted to scale with the North
point, scale, and date clearly indicated, or other document deemed
acceptable by the reviewing board;
D.
Location of all existing properties, their ownership, and uses thereon,
subdivisions, streets, easements, and adjacent buildings both on site
and within 300 feet of the property in question;
E.
Description or narrative of the proposed land use plan indicating
the location, number, and types of uses to be included in the PUD
District area;
F.
Development plan indicating the proposed location and design of the
following:
(1)
All public and private streets, off-street parking areas, loading
areas, driveways, sidewalks, crosswalks, ramps, curbs, and paths;
(2)
All structures and their proposed uses, including all dimensions
of height and floor area, exterior entrances, and anticipated future
phases, additions, or alterations;
(3)
All parks, playgrounds, recreational structures and facilities,
open spaces, common property;
(4)
All methods of waste disposal;
(5)
All areas of outdoor storage;
(6)
All signs, fences, retaining walls, and other minor site improvements;
and
(7)
All fire and emergency zones, including fire hydrants.
G.
Grading plan with contour intervals of not more than five feet of
elevation indicating all existing and proposed topographic features,
including but not limited to areas of the site where grades exceed
3%; portions of the site with a moderate to high susceptibility to
erosion, flooding or ponding; and proposed site grading;
H.
Site plan of principal environmental characteristics, including the
location of trees, natural areas, open spaces, streams, floodplains,
wetlands, watersheds, and rock outcroppings. For large or environmentally
intrusive developments, the reviewing board may require soil logs,
test well, percolation test results, stormwater runoff calculations,
and tree surveys;
I.
Landscaping plan and planting schedule indicating the location and
type of proposed natural plantings, including but not limited to trees,
shrubs, perennials, and grasses;
J.
Utility plan indicating the location of existing and proposed utility
systems including sewage or septic, water supply, telephone, cable,
electric, and stormwater drainage. Stormwater drainage systems shall
include existing and proposed drain lines, culverts, catch basins,
headwalls, endwalls, hydrants, manholes, and drainage swales;
K.
Plans to prevent the pollution of surface or groundwater, erosion
of soil both during and after construction, excessive runoff, excessive
raising or lowering of the water table, and flooding of other properties,
as applicable;
L.
Lighting plan indicating the location, height, intensity, and bulb
type (LED, incandescent, etc.) of all external lighting fixtures.
The direction of illumination and methods to eliminate glare onto
adjoining properties must be shown;
M.
Elevations at a scale of 1/4 inch equals one foot, for all exterior
facades of the proposed structure(s) and/or alterations to or expansions
of existing facades, showing design features and indicating the type
and color or materials to be used;
N.
Detailed traffic study, when requested by the reviewing board, including:
(1)
The projected number of motor vehicle trips to enter or leave
the site, estimated for daily and peak hour traffic levels;
(2)
The projected traffic flow pattern including vehicular movements
at all major intersections likely to be affected by the proposed use
of the site;
(3)
The impact of this traffic upon existing abutting public and
private ways in relation to existing road capacities. Existing and
proposed daily and peak hour traffic levels and road capacity levels
shall also be given.
O.
Analysis of the relationship of the site to the surrounding community,
including principal ties to transportation, circulation, water supply,
sewage disposal, adjacent neighborhoods, and other pertinent public
utilities;
P.
General description of any anticipated community facility needs such
as schools, fire protection, and cultural facilities, and some indication
of how these needs are to be accomplished.
Q.
A schedule for completion of each construction phase for buildings,
parking, and landscaped areas;
R.
All NYS SEQR documentation as required by law; and
S.
The required application fee.
In addition to the provisions of Article 44, Site Plan Review,
the Planning Commission, ARC, and Village Board shall make its recommendation
and decision based on the following performance standards, as applicable:
A.
The development is in conformance with the Village of Hamburg Comprehensive
Plan, and other local plans, studies, and guidelines, including the
Village of Hamburg Building Design Standards.
B.
The proposal includes safeguards to minimize the possible detrimental
effects of the project on adjacent properties and the neighborhood
in general.
C.
The project includes conservation easements, dedicated open space
or parkland, buffer zones, preservation of historic or natural features,
social or cultural amenities, or other similar features that will
preserve or enhance the Village's scenic, natural, and/or historic
resources.
D.
Existing mature specimen trees, historic landscape features, mature
groves of trees, streams, wetlands, and prominent topography are conserved
and incorporated into the development design. An undisturbed buffer
is maintained around the perimeter of identified wetland areas to
visually screen adjacent uses; to protect associated animal habitat,
and plant life; and to ensure a healthy wetland ecosystem is maintained.
Site planning for wetlands and adjacent areas is consistent with state
and federal guidelines and recommended best practices.
E.
Development is arranged in groupings and orientation patterns consistent
with the context and historic local design traditions.
F.
Primary building facades and primary building entrance entrances
face the nearest adjacent street or drive. New streets or drives incorporate
sidewalks connecting to the nearest adjacent street unless such improvements
would be historically incompatible with the context.
G.
Parking is located at the sides and rear of buildings except for
parallel parking along edges of streets or drives.
H.
Where new buildings are not part of an existing complex, buildings
have a common setback from drives or streets. New drives or streets
include curbs, sidewalks, and street trees.
I.
The development utilizes and preserves existing patterns of fences,
hedgerows, walls, roadways, drives, paths, walls and other historic
landscape elements.
J.
Roadways meet the minimum feasible width; 18 feet is recommended
for two-way drives; 10 feet for one-way drives.
K.
At-grade parking visible from streets, abutting properties, or residences
are screened with dense landscaping or fencing which provides a year-round
visual barrier. Screening incorporates evergreen plantings, fencing,
or other materials that are historically compatible with the context.
The fact that an application complies with all of the specific
requirements set forth herein shall not be deemed to create a presumption
that the proposed development would result in a more efficient and
desirable development that could be accomplished by the use of conventional
zoning categories or that it would result in compatibility with the
surrounding development; nor shall such compliance, by itself, be
sufficient to require the approval of the site plan or the granting
of the zoning amendment to create a PUD District.
