Development plan review approval application shall apply for one of two review processes, administrative or formal.
A. 
Administrative development plan review consists of one stage of review and the permitting authority is the Planning Board. The following activities are subject to administrative development plan review:
(1) 
Exterior physical alteration of a building on a site used for any nonresidential use not requesting a variance or special use permit under unified development review, including but not limited to commercial, industrial, institutional, and educational uses, within a Business, Neighborhood Business, Waterfront Business or Limited Manufacturing district, or creation of an accessory apartment per Article XXII of the Zoning Ordinance not requesting a variance or special use permit under unified development review; or
(2) 
The addition of pavement or any significant physical alteration of a site used for commercial, industrial, institutional, or mixed use within a Business, Neighborhood Business, Waterfront Business, Recreation and Education District or Limited Manufacturing District not requesting a variance or special use permit under unified development review.
B. 
Formal development plan review consists of the preliminary stage and final stage of review. The permitting authority is the Planning Board. The following activities are subject to formal development plan review:
(1) 
Exterior physical alteration of a building on a site used for any nonresidential use requesting a variance or special use permit under unified development review, including but not limited to commercial, industrial, institutional, and educational uses, within a Business, Neighborhood Business, Waterfront Business or Limited Manufacturing district, or creation of an accessory apartment per Article XXII of the Zoning Ordinance requesting a variance or special use permit under unified development review; or
(2) 
The installation of a private cellular communications antenna array or private cellular communications tower;
(3) 
The alteration, expansion, or construction of any nonconforming use in a Residence District;
(4) 
The addition of pavement or any significant physical alteration of a site used for commercial, industrial, institutional, or mixed use within a Business, Neighborhood Business, Waterfront Business, Recreation and Education District or Limited Manufacturing District requesting a variance or special use permit under unified development review;
(5) 
Residential development involving parking for 20 or more cars, as required by § 185-78A of the Zoning Ordinance, or any development involving a petition for the establishment of a single-family cluster residential district, as provided by Article XX of the Zoning Ordinance, or any residential development occurring within a Recreation and Education District; or
(6) 
Any development plan review not classified as administrative development plan review.
A. 
Applications under this article which require relief which qualifies only as a modification shall proceed by filing an application and a request for a modification to the Zoning Enforcement Officer. If such modification is granted the application shall then proceed to be reviewed by the permitting authority as determined in § 200-38.
B. 
Applications under this article which require relief from the literal provisions of the zoning ordinance in the form of a variance or special use permit, shall be reviewed by the Planning Board under unified development review, and a request for review shall accompany the application for the first stage of review.
A. 
For application for all stages in all categories, the application shall be certified, in writing, complete or incomplete by the Administrative Officer within 25 days of submission. If no street creation or extension is required, and/or unified development review is not required, the application shall be certified complete or incomplete by the Administrative Officer within 15 days.
B. 
The running of the time period set forth in this section will be deemed stopped upon the issuance of a written certificate of incompleteness of the application by the Administrative Officer and will recommence upon the resubmission of a corrected application by the applicant. However, in no event will the Administrative Officer be required to certify a corrected submission as complete or incomplete less than 10 days after its resubmission.
C. 
If the Administrative Officer certifies the application as incomplete, the Administrative Officer shall set forth in writing with specificity the missing or incomplete items.
An applicant requesting administrative development plan review shall first pay the required fee and submit to the Administrative Officer a completed application form and those items as required for administrative development plan review in Attachment 3.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Attachment 3 is included at the end of this chapter.
A. 
To ensure qualified review, input may be required from various Town departments, boards and commissions for projects relating to their specific jurisdiction. The Administrative Officer may refer an application to the appropriate department or board and shall incorporate relevant comments during the project review.
B. 
Additional reviews include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) 
Director of Public Works.
(a) 
The Administrative Officer shall refer to the Director of Public Works an application submitted under § 185-151 which also involves any of the following:
[1] 
The construction or extension of a public street.
[2] 
Changes in the ingress to and/or egress from the property and its adjoining public street.
[3] 
A change in the contours or drainage patterns of the site.
(b) 
The Director of Public Works shall review the application according to the standards contained in Articles IV and V of Chapter 200, Subdivision of Land.
The Planning Board shall review the application, consider any requested waivers and/or modifications in accordance with § 200-38 and approve, deny, or approve with conditions within 25 days of the certificate of completeness or within any further time that is agreed to in writing by the applicant and Administrative Officer.
An applicant requesting preliminary formal development plan review shall first pay the required fee and submit to the Administrative Officer a completed application form and items required for preliminary formal development plan review in Attachment 3.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Attachment 3 is included at the end of this chapter.
A. 
To ensure qualified review, input may be required from various Town departments, boards and commissions for projects relating to their specific jurisdiction. The permitting authority may refer an application to the appropriate department or board and shall incorporate relevant comments during the project review. When reviewing an application under unified development review pursuant to § 200-83.1, the Planning Board should receive all comments at least one week in advance of the public hearing on the application.
B. 
Additional reviews include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) 
Director of Public Works.
(a) 
The Administrative Officer shall refer to the Director of Public Works an application submitted under § 185-151 which also involves any of the following:
[1] 
The construction or extension of a public street.
[2] 
Changes in the ingress to and/or egress from the property and its adjoining public street.
[3] 
A change in the contours or drainage patterns of the site.
(b) 
The Director of Public Works shall review the application according to the standards contained in Articles IV and V of Chapter 200, Subdivision of Land.
(2) 
Barrington Conservation Commission.
(a) 
The Administrative Officer shall refer to the Barrington Conservation Commission an application submitted under § 185-151B, C or D which also involves new development meeting any of the following criteria:
[1] 
Occurring within the land area of the Barrington Wellhead Area, Barrington Aquifer or the aquifer recharge area, as these areas are currently mapped.
[2] 
Occurring within a special flood hazard area, as defined and regulated by Article XXIII of Chapter 185, Zoning.
(b) 
The Barrington Conservation Commission shall review the application according to the applicable standards for review contained in § 185-158A(6) and § 185-147 of the Barrington Zoning Ordinance, as applicable.
The permitting authority shall review the application, consider any requested waivers and/or modifications in accordance with § 200-38 and approve, deny, or approve with conditions within 65 days of the certificate of completeness or within any further time that is agreed to in writing by the applicant and the permitting authority.
An applicant requesting preliminary formal development plan review shall submit to the Administrative Officer the items required for final formal development plan review in Attachment 3.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Attachment 3 is included at the end of this chapter.
For formal development plan approval, the permitting authority shall be the Administrative Officer. The Administrative Officer shall report their actions in writing to the permitting authority at its next regular meeting, to be made part of the record. The Administrative Officer shall review the application, consider any requested waivers and/or modifications in accordance with § 200-38 and approve or deny within 45 days of the certificate of completeness or within any further time that is agreed to in writing by the applicant and Administrative Officer.
Failure of the permitting authority to act within the period prescribed constitutes approval of stage of review and a certificate of the Administrative Officer as to the failure to act within the required time and the resulting approval shall be issued on request of the applicant.
Approval of development plan review shall expire two years from the date of approval unless, within that period, an approved development plan review plan, in conformity with approval, and as defined in these regulations, is submitted for signature and recording. Validity may be extended for an additional period upon application upon a showing of good cause to the permitting authority.