§ 702. Review Procedure

A. Review Stages. Minor plan review consists of two stages: preliminary, and final. A pre-application meeting may also be held. If a street creation or extension is proposed, a public hearing is required. The Planning Board may vote to combine the approval stages, provided that requirements for all stages so combined have been met by the applicant to the satisfaction of the Planning Board.

B. Certificate of Completeness. The application shall be certified complete or incomplete by the Administrative Officer within twenty five (25) days of its receipt, or within fifteen (15) days if no street creation or extension is required. The time period will be deemed stopped upon the issuance of a certificate of incompleteness by the Administrative Officer, and will recommence upon the resubmission of a corrected application. However, in no event will the Administrative Officer be required to certify a corrected submission as complete or incomplete less than fourteen (14) days after its resubmission.

C. Review by the Administrative Officer. The Administrative Officer shall review the preliminary plan application and shall comment and make recommendations to the Planning Board, or Technical Review Committee if one has been appointed. The application shall be referred to the Planning Board for their decision on the application.

D. Technical Review Committee. The Technical Review Committee, if one has been appointed, may review the preliminary plan application and make recommendations to the Planning Board. When reviewed by the Technical Review Committee:

1. If the subdivision or land development plan is approved by a majority vote of the committee members, the application is forwarded to the Planning Board with a recommendation for preliminary plan approval without further review; or,

2. If the plan is not approved by a majority vote of the committee members, the application is referred to the Planning Board for their decision on the application.

E. Reassignment to Major Review. The Planning Board may re-assign a proposed minor subdivision or land development project to major review when the Planning Board is unable to make the positive findings required by Section 307 of these Regulations. In that case, all submittal and review procedures for a major subdivision or major land development project shall be followed.