Site plan submittal shall be provided as follows:

Exceptions:

Sketch plan. A sketch plan conference shall be held between the Planning Board and the applicant prior to the preparation and submission of a formal site plan application. The intent of such a conference is to enable the applicant to inform the Planning Board of his or her proposal prior to the preparation of a detailed site plan and prior to incurring design costs and for the Planning Board to review the basic site design concept, advise the applicant as to potential problems and concerns and to generally determine the information to be required on the site plan. One of the other main purposes of the sketch plan process is to discuss the drainage requirements of the Town, existing drainage conditions of the proposed project site and area, and any unique drainage problems that will need to be addressed in the application.

Site plan. An application for site plan approval shall be made, in writing, to the Chairman of the Planning Board and shall be accompanied by the following drawings, documents and information to be prepared by a qualified professional engineer, architect, planner or surveyor, as appropriate and as determined necessary by the Planning Board:

Referrals. The Planning Board shall refer the site plan to the Municipal Engineer and, as deemed necessary, to all other officials and agencies for their review and recommendations.

Public hearing. The Planning Board may conduct a public hearing on the site plan if considered desirable by the majority of its members.

County referral. Prior to taking action on the site plan, the Planning Board shall refer the plan to the County Planning Board for advisory review and a report in accordance with §§ 239-l and 239-m of the General Municipal Law.

Zoning compliance and compatibility with the Comprehensive Plan.

Location, arrangement, size, design and general site compatibility of buildings, lighting and signs; adequacy and arrangement of vehicular traffic access and circulation, including intersections, road widths, pavement surfaces, dividers and traffic controls.

Location, arrangement, appearance and sufficiency of off-street parking and loading.

Adequacy and arrangement of pedestrian traffic access and circulation, walkway structures, control of intersections with vehicular traffic, and overall pedestrian convenience.

Adequacy of stormwater and drainage facilities (addressing any specific issues identified by the Town during the sketch plan); adequacy of water supply and sewage disposal facilities.

Adequacy, type and arrangement of trees, shrubs and other landscaping constituting a visual and/or noise buffer between the applicant's and adjoining lands, including the maximum retention of existing vegetation.

Adequacy of fire lanes and other emergency zones and the provision of fire hydrants.

Special attention to the adequacy and impact of structures, roadways and landscaping in areas with susceptibility to ponding, flooding and/or erosion.

Overall impact on the neighborhood, including compatibility of design considerations.

Approval. Upon approval, the Planning Board shall endorse its approval on a copy of the site plan and shall immediately file it and a written statement of approval with the Town Clerk. A copy of the written statement of approval shall be mailed to the applicant. Approval of any site plan so deemed shall remain in effect for a period of not more than one year (from the date of the approval minutes being filed with the Town Clerk) unless a successful application for a building permit has been made within that period or a one-time six-month extension has been granted by the Planning Board. If a six-month extension is granted and no building permit application is received, the site plan approval shall be considered expired and for the project to proceed, the project must return to the Planning Board for a new site plan approval process (meeting all current zoning and other Town requirements).

Conditional approval. The Planning Board may conditionally approve the site plan. Upon adequate demonstration by the applicant that all conditions have been met, the Planning Board shall endorse its approval on a copy of the site plan and shall immediately file it and a written statement of approval with the Town Clerk. A copy of the written statement of approval shall be mailed to the applicant.

Disapproval. Upon disapproval of the site plan, the decision of the Planning Board shall immediately be filed with the Town Clerk and a copy thereof mailed to the applicant.

Once a complete application is made to the Planning Board for site plan approval and, at any point during the process, there is inaction (no new information submitted and no appearances at the Planning Board) by the applicant for a period of six months, the application will be determined as being withdrawn and the applicant will be notified. To begin the process again, the applicant will be required to make a new application to the Town and the process will be restarted.

No certificate of occupancy shall be issued until all improvements shown on the site plan are installed or a sufficient performance guaranty has been posted for improvements not yet completed.

The enforcement officer shall be responsible for the overall inspection of site improvements, including coordination with other officials and agencies, as appropriate.

The applicant shall provide a map satisfactory to the enforcement officer indicating locations of monuments marking all underground utilities as actually installed. No performance bonds shall be released nor certificates of occupancy issued until such map is provided by the developer.