Staff Recommendations
CITY OF XXXPLANNING BOARD
August 16, 1999 Regular Meeting
Item numbers refer to position on meeting agenda.
IV. CONTINUED APPLICATIONS
A. Northgate Apartments.
Staff received additional information from the applicant on August 11, the supplemental materials deadline. Several issues from the July meeting are still unresolved, and a new issue has surfaced regarding laundry waste water being discharged into a wetland on the site.
Given the submission of materials today (8/11), staff and the City Engineer have not had time to do a thorough review of the new items. As such, staff recommends that the application be continued to September 13, 1999. However, should the Board feel it is appropriate to approve the project, we offer the following recommendation:
?¡ Waivers. The applicant has not requested any waivers.
?¡ Completeness. If the Board feels that the remaining issues are appropriate for City Staff to handle, then staff recommends the application be accepted as complete.
?¡ Recommendation. Based upon the information available to date the Staff recommends APPROVAL of this application, if the Board feels that it is complete and appropriate for the outstanding issues to be handled by City Staff, with the NOTICE OF DECISION to read substantially as follows:
"Applicant", herein, refers to the property owner, business owner, or organization submitting this application and to his/its agents, successors, and assigns.
Precedent Conditions
All of the precedent conditions below must be met by the applicant, at the expense of the applicant, prior to certification of the plans by the Planning Department. Certification of the plans is required prior to issuance of a building permit.
1) The plans are to be modified as follows:
a) Landscaping Plan and details must be reviewed and approved by the Planning Department for the recreation area and the pool area with appropriate requirements by staff incorporated. The new parking at the rear of the building shall be screened from the pool area.
b) Grading Plan shall be revised to USGS Data (if appropriate).
c) Show that the dumpster will be screened.
d) The water and sewer service connections shall be accurately located on the plan. (If unavailable prior to ground disturbance, the locations must be incorporated into the as-built site plan).
2) Drainage plans for expansion of the parking lot and the building addition and other public works items to be approved by the City Engineer with appropriate requirements imposed by City Engineer incorporated.
3)* The plans are to be tied into the State Plane Coordinate System or $525.00 is to be contributed to the Monumentation Fund.
4) Any necessary outstanding signatures on the City of XXX department head review sheet (City Engineer, Code Enforcement) must be obtained (staff will attend to this) with appropriate concerns incorporated.
5) The pre-construction meeting and inspection agreements are to be signed by the property owner to include the following statement: The applicant shall retain the services of the design engineer or her/his designee to insure that all required site work and public improvements are constructed in accordance with approved plans and conditions
6) All required state and federal permits must be obtained with copies of permits or confirmation of approvals delivered to the Planning Department.
7) (a) One set of mylar plus (b) four sets of large blue-line or black-line plus (c) one set of 11"x 17" final approved plans must be on file with the City. Each individual sheet in every set of drawings must be stamped and signed by the land surveyor, engineer, or architect responsible for the plans. (The applicant need only submit additional blue-line/black-line sets of drawings or individual sheets, as needed, to make four complete sets - consult the Planning Department.) At the discretion of the Planning Department minor changes to drawings (as required in precedent condition, above) may be marked by hand.
Please note* Once these precedent conditions are met and the plans are certified the approval is considered final. If these conditions are not met within 4 calendar months to the day of the meeting at which the Planning Board grants approval the board's approval will be considered to have lapsed and re submission of the application will be required. See RSA 674:39 on vesting.
General and Subsequent Conditions
All of the conditions below are attached to this approval.
1)* No construction or site work may be undertaken until the pre-construction meeting with City staff has taken place. Contact the City Planning Department to arrange for this meeting.
2) The property owner or contractor shall locate and expose all water and sewer service connection lines in the vicinity of the building addition. Norway Plains shall record the vertical and horizontal location of the services. Necessary relocations of existing service lines and the connection of the new building to the sewer shall be approved by the City Engineer before any construction proceeds. The property owner shall that confirm that all waste water from the existing and expanded building is discharged to the municipal sewer.
3) A sewer discharge permit must be obtained, if appropriate. The sewer impact contribution must be paid prior to issuance of the Building Permit.
4) All appropriate erosion control measures must be implemented prior to commencing significant construction and site work and must remain in place until vegetation is established or ground surface is suitably stabilized.
5) The project must be built and executed exactly as specified in the approved application package unless modifications are approved.
6) All of the documentation submitted in the application package by the applicant and any requirements imposed by other agencies are part of this approval unless otherwise updated, revised, clarified in some manner, or superseded in full or in part. In the case of conflicting information between documents, the most recent documentation and this notice herein shall generally be determining.
7) As built site plans are to be submitted to the Planning Department prior to issuance of the Certificate of Occupancy.
8) It is the responsibility of the applicant to obtain all other local, state, and federal permits, licenses, and approvals which may be required as part of this project. Contact the City of XXX Code Enforcement Department at XXX-XXXX regarding building permits.
