Review Process
Sec. 17.3. Review Process.
17.3.1. Review by Planning Board. Development Plan Review applications involving construction or alteration of non-residential or mixed use buildings less than 5,000 square feet shall be reviewed by the Planning Board pursuant to the same procedures and time periods set forth in Section Article 3-5 of the Land Development and Subdivision Regulations (Regulations) for Minor Subdivisions, as amended. Applications involving construction of buildings or alterations greater than 5,000 square feet shall be reviewed by the Planning Board pursuant to the same procedures and time periods set forth in Article 3-6 of the Regulations for Major Subdivisions, as amended. Any application that is also subject to review as a subdivision or land development project shall be reviewed concurrently under the provisions of both this Section and the Regulations. While the Planning Board shall assume primary responsibility for processing, review and approval of all Development Plan Review applications, the Board may, from time to time, rely upon the expertise of a development review committee serving at the pleasure of, and as advisory to, the Planning Board. The committee shall have expertise in the areas of architecture, landscape architecture, historic preservation, zoning, construction, planning or allied fields, and shall assist the Planning Board in evaluating overall site design and building design when needed.
17.3.2. Precedence of Approval between the Planning and Zoning Boards. For those developments subject to the provisions of this Section that involve an application for a Special-Use Permit or a Use Variance, the Planning Board’s final determination shall be in the form of recommendations that shall be forwarded to the permitting authority, i.e. the Zoning Board of Review. For developments which require a Special-Use Permit or a Use Variance, the Planning Board may also, at the request of the applicant, refer the application to the Zoning Board prior to conducting Development Plan Review. In such cases, review by the Zoning Board shall be limited to the use in question until such time as Development Plan Review is undertaken by the Planning Board.