Procedures
A. Application.
1. A written application for any development or demolition within the waterfront overlay district shall be submitted, together with a site plan(s), maps and other required documentation, to the planning board administrative officer, who shall forward the application and supporting documents to the planning board. All applications shall be on official forms published by the board. If further documentation is required by the planning board the applicant must provide the requested documents prior to hearing of the application.
2. Site plans shall identify all existing and proposed structures, landscaping, sidewalks, buffer areas, fencing, screening, drainage, utilities, parking spaces, maneuvering areas, entrances and exits. Building elevations, with exterior materials specified, shall also be provided. In the case of large-scale development, site plans must be accompanied by an impact report that includes effects of the proposed development on utilities, traffic, municipal services and neighboring land uses.
3. All applications shall be accompanied by a filing fee in an amount determined by the town council and posted as part of the Warren Planning Board Fee Schedule.
4. An applicant shall submit six (6) copies each of the application and all required plans and drawing to the planning board. The application material must be submitted twenty-one (21) days in advance of the regular monthly planning board meeting and be accompanied by any necessary supporting documentation. In the case of large-scale development or demolition the names and addressed of all abutters within two hundred (200) feet of the proposed development must be included.
5. In the case of a development which requires twenty (20) or more parking spaces, a traffic impact assessment report shall be included as supporting documentation.
6. A copy of the complete application shall be forwarded to the Town of Warren Voluntary Historic District Committee for recommendation and review. The application shall be forwarded by the planning board administrative officer.
B. Decision.
1. All decisions by the planning board on applications for development or demolition within the waterfront overlay district shall be in writing and shall state the reasons for the action taken, including any conditions imposed or recommended. A copy of the written decision shall be filed in the zoning records of the town, and a copy of the recorded decision mailed to the applicant.
2. Decisions containing recommendations to the zoning board of review or the town council shall be promptly forwarded, with the record, to the appropriate body for its decision.