Planning Board action

A. Review and recommendation.
- (1) The Planning Board shall review the site plan and make recommendations to the Town Council as to whether the proposed project is in compliance with the following:
  - (a) The standards set forth in this article;
  - (b) Sections 340-109 and 340-110 hereof; and
  - (c) R.I.G.L. § 45-24-52.
    Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
- (2) In no instance shall the Planning Board's opinion be binding on the Town Council relative to granting an amendment for multifamily use.
B. Any multifamily application involving one or more lots, tracts, or parcels of land that are to be developed or redeveloped as a coordinated site for a complex of uses, units, or structures, which may include, but is not limited to, planned development and/or cluster development for residential or mixed residential use, shall be defined as a major land development project and shall also require Planning Board approval in accordance with Rhode Island General Laws Title 45, Chapter 23, and the Johnston Land Development and Subdivision Review Regulations, including those provisions for appeal and judicial review, whether or not the land development project constitutes a subdivision under such provisions. No land development project shall be initiated until a plan of the project has been submitted to the Planning Board, a public hearing has been held thereon, and approval has been granted by the Planning Board. The Planning Board may apply such special conditions to the approval as may, in the opinion of the planning Board, be required to maintain harmony with neighboring uses and promote the objectives and purposes of the Comprehensive Plan and this chapter.
[Amended 11-10-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-15]
Editor's Note: See the current Subdivision Regulations on file in the Town offices.