Town of Wales

Site Plan Review Application Checklist

 

The application checklist form must accompany the Site Plan Review Application.  Each item must be marked as one of the following:

 

            S = Submitted

            W = Item not submitted due to waiver request

 

A complete application for site plan review shall consist of five (5) copies of required plans no smaller than eleven inches by seventeen inches (11” x 17”) and no larger than twenty-four inches by thirty-six inches (24” x 36”), and five (5) sets of  documents and other attachments on standard eight and one-half by eleven inch (81/2” x 11”) paper.  Plans shall be drawn to scale of one inch to 50 feet (1”=50’) unless another scale is approved by the Planning Board.

 

 1.____   Plans for the project shall include a title block in the lower right corner containing the name and address of the applicant and the property owner, the name of the proposed development, the name and address of the preparer of the plan, with professional seal if applicable, the date of the preparation of the plan, and the date(s) of any subsequent revision(s).

 2.____   A location map shall show the tax map reference and the location of the property within the town at a scale of one inch to two thousand feet (1”=2000’).  A signature block shall be included for final approval.

 3.____   The total floor area, ground coverage, and location of each existing and proposed building and structure, or addition.

 4.____   A perimeter survey of the parcel made and certified by a professional land surveyor licensed in Maine, relating reference points, with metes and bounds, and showing true north point, geographic scale, corners of parcel, date of survey, total acreage, encumbrances, easements of record, names of abutters, and any reports issued in regard to the survey.

 5.____   The location of all freshwater wetlands and a functional assessment of value with four – (4-) positional accuracy of +/- one (1) meter prepared by a qualified experienced individual.

 6.____   All existing and proposed setback dimensions.

 7.____   All applicable zoning district boundries.

 8.____   The location of natural physical features such as ledge outcrops, steep slopes, open fields, and forested areas.

 9.____   The size, location, direction, and foot-candle power of all major outdoor lighting apparatuses and signs.

10.____ The type, size, location and noise levels, in decibels, of all machinery likely to generate appreciable noise at the lot lines.

11.____ The location, type, and size of all existing and proposed catch basins, storm drainage facilities, streams, watercourses, ponds, and sand and gravel aquifers, and all utilities both above and below ground.

12.____ An on-site soils investigation report by a site evaluator licensed by the Maine Department of Human Services.  The report shall identify the types of soil, the location of test pits, and the proposed location and design for the subsurface sewage disposal system.

13.____ The location of any on- or off-site wells and water supply systems serving the site for normal use and fire protection.

14.____ A letter from the Maine Natural Areas Program indicating the presence or absence of critical natural areas, plant or animal species, or habitats identified as endangered, rare, or threatened.

15.____ The amount and type of any raw, finished, or waste amterials to be stored outside of the roofed buildings, including the physical and chemical properties of these materials and the proposed location of outside storage, if appropriate.

16.____ Plans for disposal of any solid or liquid wastes and any stored materials of a hazardous nature as defined in 38MRSA.

17.____ All existing contours and proposed finished grade elevations of the entire site and the system of drainage proposed to be constructed.  Contour intervals shall be two (2) feet unless otherwise specified by the Planning Board.

18.____ The location, type, and size of all curbs, sidewalks, driveways, fences, retaining walls, parking space areas, and the layouts thereof, together with their dimensions.

19.____ All landscaped areas and fencing, and the size and type of plant materials proposed to be retained or planted.

20.____ An erosion and sediment control plan prepared by a Registered Professional Engineer.

21.____ A storm water management plan prepared by a Registered Professional Engineer.  If the project must comply with the state’s Storm Water Management Law, documentation of compliance therewith shall be submitted in lieu of this section and the standards in Section 6.

22.____ All existing or proposed rights-of-way, easements, and other recorded and unrecorded legal restrictions that may affect the premises in question.

23.____ The location, names, and width of all existing and proposed roads abutting the premises in question.

24.____ A driveway entrance permit on routes under the jurisdiction of the Maine Department of Transportation.

25.____ The property lines of all properties abutting the proposed development, including those properties across the road, together with the names and addresses if the owners as disclosed on the tax maps on file in the town offices as of the date of the application for the site plan review.

26.____ Evidence of the applicant’s legal interest in the property.

27.____ Evidence of the applicant’s financial capacity to carry out the project, based on a detailed cost breakdown of the proposed development.

28.____ Copies of all federal and state agency approvals or letters documenting their non-jurisdiction.

29.____ Other (list all other submissions included):_____________________________