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Town of Jamestown Zoning Ordinance
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§ 82-410

Technical review committee

  • A. Establishment. There is hereby established a sub-committee appointed by the planning commission, to be known as the technical review committee (TRC). The TRC is established to conduct technical reviews of applications such as subdivisions, land development projects, zone changes, and applications within the Village Special Development District. Unless authorized in this chapter as an administrative approval, all such reviews shall be advisory in nature, and in no case shall the recommendations of the TRC be binding on the planning commission in its activities or decisions.

  • B. Membership. Membership of the technical review committee shall consist of officials from each office having jurisdiction over the permitting of a project, including the town planner, the building official, the public works director and/or the town engineer, the environmental scientist as needed, a rotating member of the planning commission, and an architectural consultant as needed. The chairman of the planning commission shall assign one rotating member of the commission either (1) to each subdivision, development project or project or (2) monthly, for all projects being heard on the agenda, depending on the current workload of the commission. The chairman shall have the authority to assign or reassign the rotating member for good cause. Written procedures shall be adopted by the planning commission establishing the committee's responsibilities and procedures as part of the planning commission's by-laws.

  • C. TRC advisory review. The following type of applications shall be subject to full planning commission review as specified in this article. The TRC shall review such applications and shall make a written advisory recommendation to the planning commission; but in no case shall the recommendations of the TRC be binding on the planning commission in its activities or decisions:

• Any application or action requiring a public hearing before the planning commission;

• Major subdivision or land development project;

• Minor subdivisions or land development project;

• Zone change recommendations to the town council;

• Pre-application review of major subdivisions;

• Development plan review under article 10 of the zoning ordinance for applications meeting the definition of a substantial modification in the CL, CD, CW and P.

  • D. TRC administrative review. The application types listed below shall be administratively reviewed and an administrative decision rendered by the TRC. If a majority of the TRC determines that an application does not meet the criteria for administrative review or has a project element(s) that renders public review appropriate or necessary, the application shall be assigned to the planning commission for full review, and the TRC shall conduct advisory review.

• Pre-application review of minor subdivisions (if requested);

• Setting, reducing or releasing performance bonds;

• Requests for reinstatement or extension of applications as required by regulation;

• Recommendations to the town council on matters other than zoning amendments as requested;

• Development plan review under article 10 of the zoning ordinance for applications meeting one or more of the following criteria in the CL, CD, CW and P.

    • 1) The development of new single-family dwellings;

    • 2) A change in parking layout or the addition of up to 15 parking spaces; or

    • 3) A change in site design or lot coverage that changes the on-site drainage patterns and how stormwater may impact abutting or nearby properties.

  • E. Appeals. If an applicant is aggrieved by an administrative decision of the TRC on an administrative review, an applicant may request that the application be heard by the planning commission at a regular planning commission meeting, with all required items for submittal, as a full application for advisory review in C. above. Additional TRC review will not be necessary in such situations unless significant changes to the application have been made prior to being heard by the planning commission. TRC recommendations are not subject to appeal as they are not binding on the planning commission.

  • F. Records. Advisory recommendations of the technical review committee to the planning commission shall be in writing and shall be kept as part of the permanent documentation of the development application. Administrative review applications shall be provided a formal written decision that will be reported to the planning commission at the next regular planning commission meeting.

(Ord. of 2-3-2025(1), § 1(Exh. A))