Comprehensive permit: In general
a. The town planning board shall have the power to issue a comprehensive permit for a qualifying low and moderate-income housing project submitted under the provisions of G.L. ch. 45-53, in lieu of separate applications to local boards who would otherwise act with respect to such project.
b. The planning board shall have the right to attach to the comprehensive permit such reasonable conditions and requirements, and to offset the differential cost of the low- or moderate-income housing units with municipal subsidies, with respect to the site plan, building density, setbacks, height, size, shape, building materials, landscaping, drainage and parking consistent with the need to protect the health and safety of the occupants of the proposed housing and/or of the residents of the town. Municipal subsidies available for the planning board's use are specifically identified in section 4 of this article.
c. The Tiverton Town Council, in accord with G.L. § 45-53-4(d)(10), limits the annual total number of dwelling units in comprehensive permit applications from for-profit developers to an aggregate of one percent of the total number of year-round housing units in Tiverton, as recognized in the affordable housing plan and notwithstanding the timetables set forth in said plan. The planning board shall have the authority to consider comprehensive permit applications from for-profit developers, which are submitted pursuant to this article, sequentially in the order in which they are submitted.
(Ord. of 11-30-23(3))