A.
Planning Board review and recommendation.
(1)
The Planning Board shall conduct a review of the PD District
application, site plan, and its related documents and provide a recommendation
of decision to the Village Board.
(2)
The Planning Board shall review the site plan in accordance with Article 34 of this chapter and as provided herein. Duplicate application materials for site plan review and a PD District may be combined to satisfy submittal requirements.
(3)
The Planning Board shall issue decisions for each action (site
plan review and PD District recommendation) separately. Approval of
a site plan shall be contingent upon the applicant receiving PD District
approval by the Village Board.
(4)
The PD District recommendation to the Village Board must be
made in writing and detail the findings of the Planning Board as it
relates to the application and the requirements of this article and
chapter. A copy of recommendation shall be filed in the Village Clerk's
office and mailed to the applicant.
B.
Historic Preservation Board review and recommendation.
(1)
The HPB shall conduct a review of the PD District application,
site plan, and its related documents and provide a recommendation
of decision to the Village Board.
(2)
Where the issuance of a certificate of appropriateness is required for a PD District, the HPB shall conduct said review in accordance with Article 35 and as provided herein.
(3)
The HPB shall issue decisions for each action (certificate of
appropriateness and PD District recommendation) separately. Approval
of a certificate of appropriateness shall be contingent upon the applicant
receiving PD District approval by the Village Board.
(4)
The PD District recommendation to the Village Board must be
made in writing and detail the findings of the HPB as it relates to
the application and the requirements of this article and Chapter.
A copy of recommendation shall be filed in the Village Clerk's office
and mailed to the applicant.
C.
Subdivision. A subdivision application may be submitted in conjunction with a PD District application and processed concurrently. All subdivision applications related to a PD must comply with Chapter 178 of the Village of Pittsford Code and shall be reviewed as outlined therein. If the requirements of this chapter are found to be in conflict with that of Chapter 178, the requirements of this chapter shall take precedence.
D.
Village Board review and decision.
(1)
Upon receipt of a recommendation from the Planning Board and HPB, the Village Board shall consider such PD District application as a rezoning provided by Article 37 of this chapter.
(2)
As required by New York State Village Law, the Village Board
shall hold a public hearing as part of its review. Such hearing shall
be duly noticed and conducted.
(3)
Prior to issuing a decision, the Village Board shall ensure
all SEQR documentation is complete. When acting as lead agency, the
Village Board shall also provide an official declaration as required
under SEQRA.
(4)
The Village Board final action shall be the approval, approval
with modifications or conditions, or denial of the PD District application
and site plan.
(5)
If the Village Board approves the application and site plan,
the Zoning Map and text shall so be amended.
The following shall be required of all PD District applications:
A.
Application form, including the name, address, and signature of the
applicant, property owner, and developer, and seal(s) of the engineer,
architect, or landscape architect who prepared the development plan
materials;
B.
Maps and plans drawn at a scale of 40 feet to the inch or such other
scale as the reviewing board may deem appropriate, on standard twenty-four-inch
by thirty-six-inch sheets, with continuation on 8 1/2-inch by
eleven-inch sheets as necessary for written information;
C.
Certified land survey showing the boundaries of the property under
consideration in its current state plotted to scale with the North
point, scale, and date clearly indicated, or other document deemed
acceptable by the reviewing board;
D.
Location of all existing properties, their ownership, and uses thereon,
subdivisions, streets, easements, and adjacent buildings both on site
and within 300 feet of the property in question;
E.
Description or narrative of the proposed land use plan indicating
the location, number, and types of uses to be included in the PD District
area;
F.
Development plan indicating the proposed location and design of the
following:
(1)
All public and private streets, off-street parking areas, loading
areas, driveways, sidewalks, crosswalks, ramps, curbs, and paths;
(2)
All structures and their proposed uses, including all dimensions
of height and floor area, exterior entrances, and anticipated future
phases, additions, or alterations;
(3)
All parks, playgrounds, recreational structures and facilities,
open spaces, common property;
(4)
All methods of waste disposal;
(5)
All areas of outdoor storage;
(6)
All signs, fences, retaining walls, and other minor site improvements;
and
(7)
All fire and emergency zones, including fire hydrants.
G.
Grading plan with contour intervals of not more than five feet of
elevation indicating all existing and proposed topographic features,
including but not limited to areas of the site where grades exceed
3%; portions of the site with a moderate to high susceptibility to
erosion, flooding or ponding; and proposed site grading;
H.
Site plan of principal environmental characteristics, including the
location of trees, natural areas, open spaces, streams, floodplains,
wetlands, watersheds, and rock outcroppings. For large or environmentally
intrusive developments, the reviewing board may require soil logs,
test well, percolation test results, stormwater runoff calculations,
and tree surveys;
I.
Landscaping plan and planting schedule indicating the location and
type of proposed natural plantings, including but not limited to trees,
shrubs, perennials, and grasses;
J.
Utility plan indicating the location of existing and proposed utility
systems including sewage or septic, water supply, telephone, cable,
electric, and stormwater drainage. Stormwater drainage systems shall
include existing and proposed drain lines, culverts, catch basins,
headwalls, endwalls, hydrants, manholes, and drainage swales;
K.
Plans to prevent the pollution of surface or groundwater, erosion
of soil both during and after construction, excessive runoff, excessive
raising or lowering of the water table, and flooding of other properties,
as applicable;
L.
Lighting plan indicating the location, height, intensity, and bulb
type (LED, incandescent, etc.) of all external lighting fixtures.
The direction of illumination and methods to eliminate glare onto
adjoining properties must be shown;
M.
Elevations at a scale of one square inch equals one foot, for all
exterior facades of the proposed structure(s) and/or alterations to
or expansions of existing facades, showing design features and indicating
the type and color or materials to be used;
N.
Detailed traffic study when requested by the reviewing board, including:
(1)
The projected number of motor vehicle trips to enter or leave
the site, estimated for daily and peak hour traffic levels;
(2)
The projected traffic flow pattern including vehicular movements
at all major intersections likely to be affected by the proposed use
of the site;
(3)
The impact of this traffic upon existing abutting public and
private ways in relation to existing road capacities. Existing and
proposed daily and peak hour traffic levels and road capacity levels
shall also be given.
O.
Analysis of the relationship of the site to the surrounding community,
including principal ties to transportation, circulation, water supply,
sewage disposal, adjacent neighborhoods, and other pertinent public
utilities;
P.
General description of any anticipated community facility needs such
as schools, fire protection, and cultural facilities, and some indication
of how these needs are to be accomplished;
Q.
A schedule for completion of each construction phase for buildings,
parking, and landscaped areas;
R.
All New York State SEQR documentation as required by law; and
The fact that an application complies with all of the specific
requirements set forth herein shall not be deemed to indicate the
proposed development would result in a more efficient and desirable
development than could be accomplished by the use of conventional
zoning categories or than would result in compatibility with the surrounding
development; nor shall such compliance, by itself, be sufficient to
require the approval of the site plan or the granting of the zoning
amendment to create a PD District.
