The intent of site plan review is to evaluate specified land
uses in terms of their suitability to natural site conditions, their
compatibility with surrounding land uses and their conformance with
overall plans for this community, thus minimizing possible adverse
effects on the health, safety and welfare of local residents.
All applications for building permits shall be accompanied by
an approved site plan except for the following: a single- or two-family
dwelling on an individual lot, including its permitted accessory uses,
general farming use and additions not exceeding 25% of the square
footage of the existing structure.
The Town Planning Board is hereby authorized to review and to
recommend to the Town Board approval, approval with modification or
disapproval of site plans prepared in accordance with such standards
as are duly adopted by the Planning Board.
[Added 12-3-2007 by L.L.
No. 9-2007]
The requirements of the Town of Alden Law to Prohibit Illicit
Discharges, Activities and Connections to Separate Storm Sewer System and the Town of Alden Stormwater Management and Erosion
and Sediment Control Law of the Alden Town Code must be followed. Whenever the
requirements of this chapter are at variance with the requirements
of any other lawfully adopted rules, regulations or ordinances, the
most restrictive, or that imposing the higher standards, shall govern.
The Planning Board's review of the site plan shall include,
as appropriate, but is not limited to the following considerations:
A. Zoning compliance and compatibility with the Master Plan.
B. Location, arrangement, size, design and general site compatibility
of buildings, lighting and signs.
C. Location, arrangement, appearance and sufficiency of off-street parking
and loading.
D. Adequacy and arrangement of pedestrian traffic access and circulation,
walkway structures, control of intersections with vehicular traffic
and overall pedestrian convenience.
E. Adequacy of stormwater and drainage facilities. Adequacy of water
supply and sewage disposal facilities.
F. Adequacy, type and arrangement of trees, shrubs and other landscaping
constituting a visual and/or noise buffer between the applicant's
and adjoining lands, including the maximum retention of existing vegetation.
G. Adequacy of fire lanes and other emergency zones and the provision
of fire hydrants.
H. Special attention to the adequacy and impact of structures, roadways
and landscaping in areas with susceptibility to ponding, flooding
and/or erosion.
I. Overall impact on the neighborhood, including compatibility of design
considerations.
Within 45 days of receipt of the complete application for site
plan approval, the Planning Board shall render its recommendation
to the Town Board for approval, conditional approval or disapproval.
This time period may be extended by mutual consent of the applicant
and the Planning Board.
Within 62 days of receipt of the site plan, complete with the
Planning Board's recommendations, the Town Board shall render
a decision of approval, conditional approval or disapproval.
A. Approval. Upon approval, the Town Board shall endorse its approval
on a copy of the site plan and shall within five business days file
it and a written statement of approval with the Town Clerk. A copy
of the written statement of approval shall be mailed to the applicant.
B. Conditional approval.
[Amended 3-20-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995]
(1) The Town Board may conditionally approve the site plan. Upon demonstration
by the applicant that all conditions have been met, the Town Board
shall endorse its approval on a copy of the site plan and shall within
five business days file it and a written statement of approval with
the Town Clerk. A copy of the written statement of approval shall
be mailed to the applicant.
(2) The Town Board may include as a condition of the site plan approval
a requirement that the applicant owner or developer apply for a building
permit within six months of Town Board approval and commence construction
within 12 months of the Town Board approval, and in the event that
the applicant owner or developer shall not so comply with this condition,
then the site plan approval shall become void.
C. Disapproval. Upon disapproval of the site plan the decision of the
Town Board shall within five business days be filed with the Town
Clerk and a copy thereof mailed to the applicant.
An application for site plan review shall be accompanied by
a fee in an amount as determined by the Town Board.
Costs incurred by the Planning Board or the Town Board for consultation
fees or other extraordinary expense in connection with the review
of a proposed site plan shall be charged to the applicant.