Extracted standards
16 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Minimum interval between amendment applications12 months
No more than one application for any amendment affecting a specific parcel of land may be initiated during any single 12-month period.
- Appeal filing deadline30 days
An appeal to the board may be taken by any person aggrieved by ... within 30 days after the decision.
- Board decision deadline30 days
decide the same within 30 days from the date of such public hearing
- Certificate of occupancy required
A certificate of occupancy shall be required in advance of occupancy or use of: A building hereafter erected; A building hereafter altered so as to affect height, or the side, front, or rear yard dimensions; A change of type of occupancy or use of any building or premises.
- Commission report deadline60 days
said commission shall have 60 days within which to submit a report
- Conditional useConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote. permit must be put into effect within1 years
A conditional use permit must be put into effect one year after the date the permit is issued
- Minimum interval between conditional useConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote. permit applications12 months
A property owner, or his appointed agent, shall not initiate action for a conditional use permit relating to the same conditional use affecting the same parcel of land more often than once every 12 months
- Governing body action deadline30 days
shall take action on the proposed conditional use within 30 days from the date of the public hearing
- Required approvals for zoning permit
Health department approval of septic tank system; Highway department entrance permit; Flood insurance, floodplain ordinance; Erosion and sediment control ordinance plan
- Site plan content requirements
Such site plan shall include, as a minimum, the following: lot dimensions with property line monuments located thereon; location and size of existing and proposed structures; yard dimensions and the use of structures; easements (private and public); watercourses; fences; street names and street right-of-way lines; and such other information regarding abutting property as directly affects the application
- Minimum interval between varianceVariancePermission to depart from a specific dimensional rule, granted on a showing of hardship./special exception hearings12 months
A property owner, or his appointed agent, shall not initiate action for a hearing before the board relating to the same parcel of land more often than once every 12 months
- Zoning administrator response deadline90 days
The zoning administrator shall respond within ninety days of a request for a decision or determination
- Zoning permit expiration if not exercised6 months
Any zoning permit shall automatically expire six months from the date of issuance if the person, firm, or corporation to which the permit has issued has not clearly demonstrated that the permit is being exercised for the purpose for which it was issued
- Zoning permit expiration if work suspended or discontinued1 years
or if the work so authorized is suspended or discontinued for a period of one year.
Signage
- Minimum sign area for public hearingConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote. posting6 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
one or more signs, each of which shall not be less than six square feet in area
- Sign posting lead time before public hearingConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote.15 days
These signs shall be posted at least 15 days prior to the public hearing.
From the ordinance
Administration provisions including permit procedures, board of zoning appeals, and sign posting requirements.