[Adopted 5-14-2008 by L.L. No. 7-2008 (Ch. 45 of the 1987 Code)]
A. 
The Town Board of the Town of North Castle hereby finds that it is in the best interests of the citizens of the Town of North Castle and protective of their health, safety and economic and general welfare to enact this article for the creation of a Residential Project Review Committee (hereinafter referred to as "RPRC") to review all applications for any residential permit (including, but not limited to, building permits, steep slope permits, wetlands permits and pool permits), but excluding permits only relating to interior alterations/renovations, to determine whether a permit application should require Planning Board and/or Architectural Review Board approval.
B. 
It is the intent of the Town Board to streamline the residential review process by having the RPRC quickly review incoming residential projects and permit projects determined to have no impact to proceed and to direct more complicated projects to the appropriate review board.
A. 
The RPRC shall consist of the North Castle Building Inspector (or his designee), the North Castle Director of Planning, the North Castle Town Engineer, the Town Wetlands Consultant, a Planning Board member, an Architectural Review Board member and a Conservation Board member (each to be assigned by their respective board chair).
[Amended 5-23-2012 by L.L. No. 2-2012]
B. 
One member of the RPRC shall be designated by the Town Board as Chairman of the RPRC and shall serve as Chairman at the pleasure of the Town Board.
C. 
The Town Board shall provide a recording and administrative secretary of the RPRC. The RPRC shall keep a record of all proceedings. The record shall be typewritten. The record shall show the vote of each member on every question. If a member is absent or fails to vote upon a motion, the record shall indicate that fact. Records of proceedings shall be approved by the RPRC and initialed by the Chairman of the RPRC at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the RPRC and shall be submitted to the Town Clerk within five business days of that approval. Thereafter, records of the RPRC proceedings shall be available for public inspection.
D. 
Four members of the RPRC shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The RPRC shall operate under such rules and regulations as it may adopt insofar as they do not supersede any requirements of this article and insofar as they guarantee due process to any applicant. The RPRC shall schedule meetings at regular intervals no less frequently than once weekly twice monthly. The meetings do not need to comply with the provisions of the New York State Open Meetings Law.
[Amended 5-23-2012 by L.L. No. 2-2012]
E. 
The Chairman or Acting Chairman of the RPRC shall have the authority to convene special sessions of the RPRC. All RPRC proceedings may be closed to the public.
F. 
The Chairman of the RPRC may appoint any member of the RPRC to be Acting Chairman for any meeting which may be held during the temporary absence or temporary incapacity of the Chairman. Should the Chairman fail to make this designation, the position of Acting Chairman shall be assumed by the most senior member of the RPRC in terms of service on that Committee.
[Amended 11-9-2010 by L.L. No. 9-2010; 5-23-2012 by L.L. No. 2-2012; 7-13-2022 by L.L. No. 7-2022]
A. 
The RPRC shall have the authority to review all applications for any residential one-family, two-family or multifamily parcel permit (including, but not limited to, building permits, steep slope permits, wetlands permits, tree removal permits and pool permits), but excluding projects identified in § 12-22B of the Town Code and shall further have the authority to suggest amendments to any submitted plan that would address the concerns of the RPRC in an effort to streamline the residential approval process. The RPRC, by majority vote, shall have the authority to require any one-family, two-family or multifamily parcel to obtain Planning Board or Architectural Review Board approval for any project deemed to have an environmental, aesthetic or other impact.
B. 
Projects not subject to review; exceptions.
(1) 
Projects identified in this section are not subject to review by the RPRC, except as otherwise provided in the Town Code, as these projects have been determined not to have a significant impact upon the Town of North Castle:
(a) 
Permits only relating to interior alterations/renovations;
(b) 
Storage sheds, with unfinished interiors, limited to 144 square feet;
(c) 
Generators;
(d) 
Fences, excluding driveway entry piers and driveway gates.
(2) 
For the projects identified in this section that require the issuance of a tree removal permit, wetland permit or steep slope permit, RPRC review shall be required.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 45-4 of the 1987 Code, Recommendation, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 5-23-2012 by L.L. No. 2-2012.
Any person aggrieved by an action of the RPRC may take an appeal therefrom, in writing, to the Planning Board of the Town of North Castle within 30 days of an RPRC decision. The Planning Board, after proceeding in the same manner as is provided for other applications before it and with the same power and authority now vested in it under the provisions of law, may affirm, modify or reverse an appealed action of the RPRC.
[Added 7-27-2011 by L.L. No. 7-2011; amended 8-14-2013 by L.L. No. 7-2013]
A. 
The RPRC, in review of any application, may refer any such application reviewed by it to such engineering, planning, legal, technical or environmental consultant(s) or professional(s) employed by the Town as the RPRC shall deem reasonably necessary for proper review of the application.
B. 
A fee shall be charged in connection with the review of all Residential Project Review Committee (RPRC) applications and other actions of the RPRC described in or contemplated by this article in such amounts as set forth in the Master Fee Schedule.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. A370, Master Fee Schedule.