Building permits shall not be issued, other than for a detached, single-family residence or for structures accessory thereto, for construction or use in any zone except for a building or use that is in conformity with a site development plan approved by the Planning Board. No certificate of occupancy shall be issued until all of the requirements of this article and all other applicable provisions of this chapter have been met.
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The authority for the approval of site plans required in this chapter, including amendments and modifications, is hereby delegated by the Town Board to the Planning Board of the Town of Haverstraw. The Planning Board shall have the power to review and approve with modification or disapprove site plans for multifamily residential, commercial, industrial and other development of land and attached, single-family residences for open land uses. Unless a requirement herein is specifically waived by the Planning Board (hereafter termed "Board"), before application for a building permit for the construction or reconstruction of, addition to or additional development or redevelopment of a multifamily residential building, commercial building, industrial building or other development of land, signs as part of sites to be developed or redeveloped or open land uses, exclusive of one- and two-family homes, the owner shall submit a plan or map of the site to the Board for its review and approval and then file the approved map with the Haverstraw Town Clerk.
B. 
No building permit for a building subject to site plan approval shall be issued by the Building Inspector except upon authorization of, and in conformity with, the site plan approved by the Board.
C. 
Nothing herein is intended to conflict with or limit the authority of the Town Board as provided in § 271 of the Town Law.
In consideration of acting upon site development plans, the Board shall take into consideration the public health, safety and welfare, the comfort and convenience of the public in general and of the prospective occupants of the proposed development and of the immediate neighborhood in particular. The Board may prescribe such appropriate conditions and safeguards as may be required in order to further the expressed intent of this chapter and accomplish the following objectives in particular:
A. 
Traffic access. All proposed traffic access will be adequate but not excessive in number; adequate in width, grade, alignment and visibility; not located too near street corners or other major access points; and in conformity with other similar safety considerations.
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Circulation and parking. Adequate off-street parking and loading spaces will be provided to prevent the parking of vehicles on public streets. The interior circulation system will be adequate to provide safe accessibility to all required off-street parking.
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Landscaping and screening.
(1) 
Landscaping shall be provided as part of the overall development design and integrated into building arrangements, topography, parking and screening requirements. Landscaping shall include trees, shrubs, ground cover, perennial and annual flowers, other plants, sculpture, art and the use of building and paving materials in an imaginative manner. Landscaping shall be maintained and the owner shall be responsible for replacement of dead plant materials or other damaged landscaping items. All developments, except one- or two-family residential construction, shall have landscaping designed and executed by a New York State-licensed landscape architect.
(2) 
Screening shall be located to minimize glare from headlights, noise, light from structures, the movement of people and vehicles and to shield activities from adjacent properties when necessary. Screening may consist of fencing, berms, evergreens, shrubs, deciduous trees, physical barriers or combinations thereof to achieve the stated objectives.
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Compatibility. Signs and lights will be compatible and in scale with building elements and will not predominate the overall visual impact of the project. Textures of buildings and paved areas will be sufficiently varied to prevent a massive or monolithic appearance, particularly areas of asphaltic paving for parking.
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Environmental considerations. The design, layout and operational characteristics of the proposed use will not represent significant impact on the environment or result in a waste of the land and other natural resources of the Town. Environmental elements relating to soil erosion, preservation of trees, protection of watercourses and resources, noise, topography, soil and animal life shall be reviewed and the design of the plan shall minimize any adverse impact on these elements.
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Development. The site development plan elements, including buildings, parking, drainage, circulation, signs and lighting, will not adversely affect the potential of adjacent properties or the property under review from its highest and best use.
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Purposes. This chapter is adopted to assure land development and use in accordance with the policies contained in § A173-3 of this chapter and with other Town Law policies and regulations.
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Requirements not covered by these regulations. Any aspects of site plan review not fully covered by this chapter shall be resolved by the Board, guided by the applicable provisions of the Town Law, Haverstraw Construction Standards (Chapter A172), Subdivision of Land Regulations (Chapter A176) and the Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 167).
C. 
Conflict with other law. In the event that the provisions of this chapter conflict with any statute of the State of New York or with the Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Haverstraw, the state statute or Zoning Ordinance, as the case may be, shall control.