Procedure

1. Any land development project application referred to the Planning Board for approval shall be reviewed in accordance with the procedures and requirements established herein, including those for appeal and judicial review, whether or not the land development project constitutes a "subdivision," as defined herein, as well as the procedures and requirements established in Article VIII of the Zoning Ordinance. No land development project shall be initiated until a plan of the project has been submitted and approved by the Planning Board. The Planning Board shall have full review and approval authorities for land development project applications.
2. All land development projects shall be reviewed in accordance with procedures and regulations established for major subdivisions in Article VI of the Land Development and Subdivision Regulations.
Editor's Note: See Ch. 236, Land Development and Subdivision Regulations.
3. The Planning Board may, at its option and at the applicant's sole expense, retain independent expert consultants to evaluate specific portions of the proposal.
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4. In case of conflict between this article and the Land Development and Subdivision Regulations, the provisions of this article shall prevail.
Editor's Note: See Ch. 236, Land Development and Subdivision Regulations.
5. In reviewing, hearing, and deciding upon a land development project, the Planning Board is empowered to allow zoning incentives within the project as provided for in the zoning ordinance, and is empowered to apply such special conditions and stipulations 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 zoning ordinance.