[Added 5-9-2011 by Ord. No. 814]
All private education centers shall file a private education center master plan (hereafter called "master plan") with the Planning Board, which shall be in compliance with the use and dimensional requirements of this chapter and the Town's Comprehensive Community Plan and which shall be considered by the Planning Board as a major land development project and be subject to the normal procedure for a review set forth in the Development and Subdivision Review Regulations of the Town of East Greenwich for a major land development. The master plan must include all of the minimum requirements which are to be included in the five-year update plan set forth in § 260-109 of this article.
A master plan is required to promote the orderly growth and
development of private education centers while preserving neighborhood
character and historic resources and to ensure that the design is
consistent with the Town's Comprehensive Community Plan. The master
plan shall be a statement, in text, maps, illustrations or other media
of communication that is designed to provide a basis for rational
decisionmaking regarding the long-term physical development of the
education center. The master plan shall include an implementation
element that defines and schedules, for a period of five years or
more, the specific public actions to be undertaken in order to achieve
the goals and objectives of the plan.
Private education centers shall file the master plan as outlined in Chapter A263, Development and Subdivision Review Regulations. Said private education center shall review the master plan five years following master plan approval and every five years thereafter to determine if any changes are being considered or proposed and submit a five-year update plan as described below to the administrative officer. If changes are not proposed, the institution shall notify the administrative officer in writing that the master plan is valid and accurate for another five years.
The plan shall be subject to the procedure for review and approval set forth in Chapter A263, Development and Subdivision Review Regulations, for a major land development. A private education center master plan includes the entire process of a major land development, including the preapplication stage, the master plan stage, the preliminary plan stage (which may be combined, in the sole discretion of the Planning Board, with the master plan stage), and the final plan stage.
The master plan shall be submitted and approved as a phased
development consistent with R.I.G.L. § 45-23-48. The submission
of a five-year update plan (or written notification noting that the
current master plan is valid and accurate) shall constitute the vesting
requirements of R.I.G.L. § 45-23-48(c).
The permitting, design and construction of a private education
center may be phased in accordance with R.I.G.L. § 45-23-48
after the submission and approval of an overall master plan.
The master plan may be amended at any time by the private education
center upon application to and approval by the Planning Board, subject
to any other corresponding approvals deemed necessary by the Planning
Board.
The five-year update plan shall contain the following minimum
requirements:
A.
Mission statement of the institution, including its relationship
with the neighborhoods, communities and environment in which it is
physically situated.
B.
Description of existing conditions that shall include a list of all
properties owned or leased by the institution within the Town. The
list shall be arranged by Assessor's plat and lot and include street
address, present uses and condition of building, structures, parking
lot, open space and the like, and other relevant existing conditions
of the campus. "Use" shall include the general academic function of
the building or structure and not the specific program (e.g., "classroom"
and not "English Department classroom").
C.
Statement of ten-year goals and five-year objectives and means and
approaches through which such goals and objectives may be reached.
D.
Proposed phasing of new development and pacing of proposed improvements.
E.
Proposed changes in land holdings of the institution, including property
to be acquired or sold.
F.
Proposed changes in land use within the institution's campus and
grounds.
G.
Proposed capital improvements, including new structures, additions
to existing structures, parking garages, parking lots, parks and grounds.
Major renovations that affect the building and/or campus grounds shall
be included. The plan shall, at a minimum, identify the location of
such improvements, the footprint and exterior dimensions of any new
structure, height in stories and feet, proposed uses, including primary
and accessory uses, parking and loading to support such uses, and
landscaped buffers.
H.
For any new building or additions to an existing building, include
scaled plans and elevations in the five-year update plan.
I.
Proposed demolition of any building, structure, parking garage, parking
lot, park or any other campus facility.
J.
A circulation plan indicating existing and proposed vehicular access,
pedestrian sidewalks and general circulation layout of the campus.
The circulation plan shall address on-site and off-site impacts on
adjacent streets. In addition, the plan shall address the adequacy
of on-site traffic circulation, parking and loading, sidewalk/pedestrian
circulation, delivery and emergency access and related circulation
issues.
The Planning Board shall review and consider a master plan for
the entire private education center development in the manner set
forth in the Development and Subdivision Review Regulations of the
Town of East Greenwich. Subsequent land development review and approval
(preliminary plan and final plan) may be submitted, reviewed and considered
for approval in phases as outlined in the master plan or the five-year
update plan. The final plan approval may be completed by the Administrative
Office as long as there are no major changes as outlined below.
In addition to amendment of the master plan or five-year update
plan, minor changes may be made by the institution upon prior written
notice and approval by the Administrative Office. Minor changes include
but are not limited to the following:
A.
The addition or cumulative addition to an existing building of less
than 10% in the size of a building or structure.
B.
Any change in parking which does not result in a net decrease in
the number of spaces available on the campus or decrease in buffers
to abutting parcels.
C.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a mere change from one department
or discipline to another shall NOT be deemed to be any change to the
master plan or five-year update plan. Examples of such non-change
events include a change from architecture and design department classrooms
to medical classrooms, or a change from admission office to development
office.
In addition to amendment of the master plan or five-year update
plan, major changes may be made by the institution, subject to review
and approval by the Planning Board. Major changes include but are
not limited to the following:
A.
The addition or cumulative addition to an existing building of greater
than 10% in the size of the building or structure.
B.
Any change in parking which results in a net decrease in the number
of spaces available on the campus or decreases buffer width to abutting
parcels.
C.
Any changes in building location, roadway circulation, or parking
location which increases the amount of impervious area and/or requires
a variance.
D.
Any change which would necessitate a review and approval by RIDEM,
RIDOT or KCWA.
