(A) Uses listed in this chapter as requiring a special use permit may be established only after approval by the Town Board subsequent to the recommendation of the Planning Board.
(B) Applications for special use permits or amendments thereto shall be filed in the office of the Planning Commission, then forwarded by the Commission with a recommendation on the request to the Board of Commissioners for review and consideration. The applicant shall submit to the Planning Commission completed forms together with 4 sets of plans drawn to scale, showing the nature, location, dimensions and elevation of the lot, existing or proposed structures, fill, storage of materials, flood proofing measures and the relationship of the above to the location of the channel floodway and regulatory flood protection elevation. Where special circumstances necessitate detailed information, the applicant shall furnish the following additional information as is deemed necessary by the Planning Commission for the evaluation of the effects of the proposed use upon flood flows:
(1) A typical valley cross-section showing the channel of the stream, elevation of land areas adjoining each side of the channel, cross-sectional areas to be occupied by the proposed development and high water information;
(2) Plan (surface view) showing elevations or contours of the ground; pertinent structure, fill or storage elevations; size, location and spatial arrangement of all proposed and existing structures on the site; location and elevations of streets, water supply, sanitary facilities, photographs showing existing land uses and vegetation upstream and downstream, soil types and other pertinent information;
(3) Profile showing the slope of the bottom of the channel of flow line of the stream;
(4) Specifications for building construction and materials, flood proofing, filling, dredging, grading, channel improvement, storage of materials, water supply and sanitary facilities; and
(5) Additional information as may be required.
(C) The Planning Board in its review of the application and prior to formulation of a recommendation, shall transmit 2 copies of the application and supplemental information to the Public Works Department for technical assistance in evaluating the proposed project in relation to flood heights and velocities, the seriousness of flood damage to the use, the adequacy of the plans for protection and other technical matters.
(D) In passing on an application for a special use permit the Planning Board and the Town Board shall determine the specific flood hazard at the site and shall evaluate the suitability of the proposed use in relation to the flood hazard. In addition, the Planning Board and the Town Board shall consider the following factors although not limited to these factors:
(1) The probability that materials may be swept on to other lands or downstream to the injury of others;
(2) The proposed water supply and sanitation systems and the ability of these systems to prevent disease, contamination and unsanitary conditions;
(3) The susceptibility of the proposed facility and its contents to flood damage and the effect of damage to the individual owner;
(4) The importance of the services provided by the proposed facility to the community;
(5) The availability of alternative locations not subject to flooding for the proposed use;
(6) The compatibility of the proposed use with existing development and development anticipated in the foreseeable future;
(7) The relationship of the proposed use to the comprehensive plan and flood management program for the area;
(8) The safety of access to the property in times of flood for ordinary and emergency vehicles;
(9) The expected heights, velocity, duration, rate of rise and sediment transport of the flood waters expected at the site; and
(10) Other factors which are relevant to the purposes of this chapter.
(Ord. passed 5- -1977)