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ARTICLE III Special Use Permit § 116-41. General. Certain uses in the Aurora Town Code require a special use permit to be issued by the Aurora Town Board. No such uses shall be established, and no building permit therefor shall be issued, until such special use permit is granted as set forth in this chapter. All such uses are hereby declared to possess characteristics of such unique and special forms that each specific use shall be considered as an individual case. A special use permit shall be deemed to authorize only one special use. § 116-42. Applications, plans and fees. A. Application for special use permit review and approval shall be made, in writing, on the appropriate forms provided by the Town and shall be filed with the Town Clerk. In certain circumstances, an application for special use permit review and approval shall be made in tandem with application to the Town Board for site plan review and approval for the proposed project. The applicant will first appear before the Town Board for review of the application. The Town Board may take one of the following actions: (1) Take no action. (2) Request that the applicant modify the application and resubmit. (3) Request that the applicant submit an application for site plan review to be made in tandem with the application for a special use permit. (4) Refer the application(s) for review to, and recommendation by, the Planning Board. (5) Take action without review by the Planning Board. B. Each application shall be subject to the same information submission requirements and shall follow the review and approval process as outlined in this section. § 116-43. Procedures. A. After review by the Town Board and if forwarded to the Planning Board, the Town Planning Board shall review the application for special use permit based on the criteria and considerations listed below. (1) Should the applicant, based on the findings of the Board, fail to meet any one of the criteria or requirements listed below, either because of the basic nature and design of the project or the lack of appropriate mitigating measures, the request for approval of the special use permit shall be recommended for denial. (2) Should the applicant, based upon the findings of the Planning Board, meet all of the criteria or requirements listed below, either because of the basic nature and design of the project or the inclusion of appropriate mitigating measures, then the request for approval of a special use permit shall/ may be recommended for approval. (3) The Town Planning Board may also recommend approval of an application for a special use permit subject to appropriate measures that will ensure compliance with the