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Town of Aurora | Town Board Meeting | April 13, 2026 P. Upon receiving the information required on the site plan submittal checklist (which is to be attached to the site plan review application) and a complete set of plans, drawings, maps, surveys and other materials deemed reasonably necessary and appropriate, the Planning Board will review and make an initial assessment of materials and notify the applicant of any additional materials needed to complete the site plan review. If variations from the submission requirements are to be granted, they will be mutually agreed upon by the applicant and the Planning Board at this initial consultation. This will be the preliminary stage of the site plan review. Q. To further aid in determining public opinion and concerns, an optional public hearing may, but need not be, scheduled by the Planning Board within 45 days of receipt of a completed application for site plan review. R. The Planning Board shall act on such an application and notify the Town Board an applicant, in writing, of its action, which shall be to recommend either the acceptance or rejection of an application or the conditional acceptance of any application or the acceptance of an application conditioned upon certain changes in the proposed project or development. S. Final site plan approval or disapproval will be given by the Town Board following its receipt of a written recommendation by the Planning Board to approve, disapprove, or approve with modification an applicant’s site plan review application. Such a written recommendation shall be made by the Planning Board within 60 days of any public hearing held by the Planning Board or the submission of a completed site plan review application to the Planning Board. T. Any time limits set forth herein may be extended by mutual consent of the Planning Board and/or Town Board and the applicant to allow all interested parties to comment upon or modify any pending proposal. Notwithstanding the above, if the Town Board determines that it is in the best interest of the Town to expedite the review and approval or disapproval of a pending application, subject to the provisions of this chapter, the Town Board may notify the Planning Board of this determination, in which event the Planning Board will make a written recommendation to the Town Board to either accept a pending application without change, to accept a pending application subject to certain changes, conditions or modifications or to reject a pending application within 60 days of the date of the Town Board’s written request. U. Within 45 days of receiving a recommendation from the Planning Board, and to further aid in determining public opinion and concerns, the Town Board shall schedule a public hearing. V. Within 45 days of, the public hearing, the Town Board shall approve, disapprove or approve with modifications an applicant’s final site plan. In the event that the Town Board rules that the site plan does not comply with Town standards or regulations or is unacceptable to the Town Board for any other reason, then the record of such determination shall be delivered to the applicant, including a separate statement setting forth, in as much detail as needed for the applicant to understand the basis for such determination, the criteria used by the Twon Board and others in the determination of disapproval. W. Upon approval by the Town Board, a complete final site plan review package will be sent to the Code Enforcement Officer after which a building permit will be issued to the applicant if he, she, or it complies with all other applicable rules and regulations. X. All costs incurred by the Planning Board and/or Town Board or other individuals involved in the site plan review for consultation fees or other expenses in connection with the review procedure shall be charged to and paid by the applicant, in the Town’s discretion either before or after they are incurred. SECTION 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS. C. The site plan submittal checklist will assist in providing the Town’s Planning Board with a basis for reaching a final decision regarding the recommendation of a final site plan to the Town Board for approval, disapproval or approval with modifications. An applicant’s proposed site plan and all supporting data will be submitted by and bear the official and signature of a licensed architect, landscape architect, professional engineer or land surveyor. D. Site plan components, as allowed or required by state law, which will, to the extent deemed appropriate, be considered by the Town Board, Planning Board and others as part of an analysis of an applicant’s site plan will include the following: legal data, impact on the environs, natural features, existing man-made features, proposed development, impact on stormwater pollution and other information or materials. If a stormwater pollution prevention plan (SWPPP) is submitted pursuant to §95-4B(6) of this chapter, such SWPPP shall be considered by the Town Board, Planning Board and others as part of an analysis of an applicant’s site plan, and the site plan and SWPPP shall not be approved unless they comply with the performance and design criteria and standards in Chapter 96, Stormwater Management, of the Code. 8. Legal data a. The name, address, email and phone number of the applicant and authorization of the owner if different from the applicant; the name and address of the owner(s) of record, if different from the applicant; and the name, address, email and phone number of the person or firm preparing the site plan and any related maps or sketches. b. Ownership intentions of the applicant others, such as future options, rights-of-way etc. c. Current zoning classification of the property, including exact zoning boundary if in more than one district. d. Property boundary lines plotted to scale by a licensed surveyor, including distances, angles, North arrow, scale and date. e. The locations, widths, elevations, and names of existing and proposed 10