Village of Sag Harbor
Site Plan Application Guidelines
Last revised December 2017
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SITE PLAN APPLICATION PROCEDURE
All application materials must be submitted to the Building Department for review by the Village
Environmental Planning Consultant Nelson, Pope & Voorhis (NP&V). NP&V will review the application
materials to determine whether the application is complete for the purpose of consideration by the Planning
Board. NP&V will advise the Planning Board Chair on the status of the application and recommend when
the application may be placed on the Planning Board calendar. Once this occurs, the Secretary to the
Planning Board will advise the applicant of the date of the Planning Board meeting. The applicant or a
representative should be present at the meeting to discuss the application and receive further input regarding
procedure. If additional materials are required, any subsequent submissions to the Planning Board must
be provided to the Building Department at least two weeks prior to the Planning Board meeting to be
considered at the meeting.
If the applicant wishes to receive an adjournment until the following Planning Board meeting, the applicant
(or agent for the applicant) shall notify the Planning Board in writing at least one week prior to the meeting.
If one weeks’ notice is not provided, then the application will be discussed at the originally scheduled
meeting.
The following table outlines the Village of Sag Harbor approval process for Site Plans. Additional
information is located in Section 300-14.5.
Site Plan Application Procedure (Section 300-14.5)
-submission Conference/Work Session: Prior to submission of a site plan application, the
applicant or his agent shall meet with the Planning Board at a work session. The purpose of the work
session shall be to discuss proposed uses or development and to determine which of the site plan
elements shall be submitted to the Planning Board in order for the Board to determine conformity with
the provisions and intent of this chapter. Any pre
-submission conference shall include an evaluation of
fees to be paid under § 300
-14.4B(2).
ollowing the pre-submission conference, nine copies
of the Site Plan and any related
material shall be submitted to the Planning Board. If the 6 month deadline is not met, the applicant will
need to have another pre-submission conference.
The complete site plan application shall be submitted to the Building Inspector,
who will determine whether the application is complete for review by the Planning Board. The
Planning Board, upon letter application, may waive any of the
site plan elements set forth in Section
If the Planning Board determines further information is required, the Planning Board shall promptly
notify the applicant and advise how the application is deficient.
If the Planning Board determines the application is complete, it shall transmit the
application and/or solicit comments and review from the Fire Marshal, the Fire Department and the
ambulance corps with jurisdiction, the Board of Historic Preservation and Architectu
ral Review
(BHPAR), the Harbor Committee or other municipal or county agency or district with jurisdiction or
potentially affected by the proposed development.
If the Planning Board determines that a public hearing is necessary, it shall schedule
nd hold the hearing within 62 days of determining the application is complete. In determining
whether or not to hold a public hearing, the Planning Board shall consider the degree of public interest