A.
Building permits and certificates of occupancy. The issuing, posting and expiration of building permits and the issuance of certificates of occupancy will be done according to the provisions in Chapter 90, Construction Codes, Uniform, of the Code of the Town of Austerlitz, as amended (a local law providing for the administration and enforcement of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code).
B.
Site plan approval. Certain uses and activities set forth herein require site plan approval from the Planning Board as provided in Article VIII herein.
A.
Permit application fees and expenses.
(1)
Fees required by this chapter shall be paid upon the submission of
applications and appeals.
(2)
Except for escrow accounts established for projects requiring special
consulting and legal assistance, expenses incurred by the Town shall
be due upon receipt of an invoice from the Town Clerk. For applications
requiring an escrow account, the terms of the account shall be established
by the Town Attorney in consultation with the Planning Board and/or
the Zoning Board of Appeals and shall provide a monthly accounting
of the escrow account to the applicant and provisions for further
funding of the escrow account when the balance is drawn down to a
specified amount.
(3)
The fees for applications and appeals shall be established annually
by the Town Board, and the fee schedule will be posted in the Town
office.
(4)
The following actions shall require fees or reimbursement, through
an escrow account, of expenses:
B.
The expenses associated with the notification of neighbors, as may
be required by this chapter, is the responsibility of the applicant.
The Town will provide a template to the applicant for the form of
notice, and the applicant will provide proof of mailing to the Town.
C.
Professional assistance. The Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals
may engage the services of engineering, legal, environmental or other
professional consultants, procured and approved by the Town Board,
at the expense of the applicant, for the review of applications involving
significant issues beyond the scope or complexity of normal review.
D.
Performance bond. To ensure the completion of required improvements,
such as but not limited to roads, landscaping, or other improvements
required by the Planning Board, the Planning Board may require, as
a condition of approval, a performance bond or other security, in
such form and from a source acceptable to the Town Board, in an amount
sufficient to cover 125% of the estimated cost of completion of the
improvements. Such security may be structured to be reduced commensurate
with the performance of the improvements so secured upon certification
of work completed, verified to be true by the applicant's engineer,
with the concurrence of the Town Engineer, and upon the recommendation
by the Planning Board and approval by the Town Board.
In addition to the requirements of this chapter, applicants
should be aware of other local laws in the Town which may apply to
their proposed project:
The Planning Board and the Zoning Board of Appeals shall comply
with the provisions of the New York State Environmental Quality Review
Act, Article 8 of the Environmental Conservation Law, and its implementing
regulations as codified in Title 6, Part 617, of the New York Codes,
Rules and Regulations.