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The City of Brewer has a team tideway in working with applicants to make this process as simple and quick as possible while meeting the requirements of the City ordinances. This section summarizes Brewer’s site plan review process that applies to nonresidential uses. Copies of the well-constructed Brewer Land Use Code are misogynist from the City Clerk’s Office at City Hall or can be seen here. The pursuit summaries are provided for unstipulated informational purposes and should not be relied upon without consulting the very ordinance. First Step The first step is to determine if your proposed use is unliable in the zoning district. Section 306.5 of the Brewer Land Use Code shows a matrix with all of the zoning districts and a list of uses. If the matrix shows a “P”, that ways it is an unliable use and permits from the Brewer Code Enforcement Office are required. If an “S” is in the matrix, that ways it is an unliable use and needs site plan clearance from the Brewer Planning Board withal with any permits from the Code Enforcement Office. If a “Y” is in the matrix, it is an unliable use without a permit. And lastly, if the square is blank, it ways that use is not unliable in that zoning district. If any of the reports are followed by numbers, it ways there is a respective footnote (located at the marrow of the matrix) with spare information and/or requirements. If your proposed use is not specifically listed, please contact the Code Enforcement Officer at 207.989.7790. Click here to view the key to the list of district symbols and permit required symbols. Second Step The second step is to find a parcel of land or specific location. The Brewer Land Use Code Section 307.1 establishes dimensional requirements for each zoning district such as minimum lot size, towers setbacks, maximum structure coverage, and maximum towers height. When acquiring right, title or interest in a parcel, whether it be an existing structure or vacant land, these standards wield (unless a waiver is on file or if the parcel is considered legal non-conforming). Check with the Brewer Code Enforcement Office to be unrepealable for either of these items. Dimensional requirements must be met for any new construction and/or expansion of existing improvements. Third Step Now that you know your use and thesping you have a location in which your use is unliable with site plan approval….. the next step is review and clearance by the Brewer Planning Board. To receive site plan approval, the write-in must demonstrate that the proposed worriedness complies with the workable unstipulated performance standards and meets the site plan review criteria outlined in Article 6 of the Brewer Land Use Code (For a reprinting of this ordinance, please visit the City Clerk’s page or undeniability the City Clerk at 207.989.7050). The Site PlanUsingcan be found here. The review elements include, but are not limited to, the following: Adequate vehicular wangle to and into the siteTowardlyinternal vehicular diffusion Pedestrian diffusion Stormwater management Erosion and sedimentation tenancy Water supply Sewage disposal Utilities Exterior lighting Waste disposal Landscaping and buffering Compatibility with landscape and natural features Compatibility with land uses Impact on verging properties Shoreland regulations Technical and financial topics Article 4 of the Brewer Land Use Code includes performance standards such as the value of required parking, landscaping/buffering standards and use-specific requirements. Depending on your project type, design, location, and size, your project may need to meet the City of Brewer’s Post-Construction Stormwater Ordinance, Sign Ordinance, fall within the impact fees district, or require State and/or Federal permits (For a reprinting of any of these ordinances, please visit the City Clerk’s page or undeniability the City Clerk at 207.989.7050). The Review Process The City of Brewer has a unique internal review process that allows for projects to have their required public hearing and Board review during the same Planning Board meeting, often receiving site plan clearance all in one meeting! The regular Brewer Planning Board meeting is held the first Monday of the month with four well-constructed copies of the site plan submission and towardly fees due four weeks in advance. The City Planner begins staff review of the using and, if found complete, places the project on the voucher of the Technical Review Committee meeting. This committee is comprised of representatives of all the City technical departments (Code Enforcement, Engineering, Public Works, Water, Sewer, Police, Fire, and Economic Development) who review and scuttlebutt on the application. Afterwards, the Planning Department prepares a two-fold letter to the write-in which states whether the using was found well-constructed or not, withal with any comments, questions or concerns raised by City staff. The write-in then has approximately a week to make any changes surpassing submitting 14 copies to the Planning Department. These revised applications, withal with staff memos and a typhoon written Planning Board Order are delivered to the Planning Board members one week prior to their meeting in order to requite them time to review. The typhoon Planning Board Order includes preliminaries information, findings of fact for the site plan criteria, and suggested conditions of approval. Once you have received your site plan clearance by the Planning Board, you can now contact the Code Enforcement Office for any spare required permits and then start work. The site has to be synthetic or modified equal to the tried site plans and all the conditions of clearance need to be met prior to occupancy.  And as is usually said at the Planning Board meetings….. Welcome to Brewer! Other projects such as fill and grading plans (see Section 413 of the Brewer Land Use Code) and home day cares (see Section 411 of the Brewer Land Use Code) have a similar process with variegated review criteria.  Multifamily housing is considered a “subdivision” equal to State definitions, and therefore require review as both a site plan (Article 6 of the Brewer Land Use Code) and subdivision (Article 7 of the Brewer Land Use Code). For a reprinting of any of these ordinances, please visit the City Clerk’s page or undeniability the City Clerk at 207.989.7050. However, as unliable by home rule authority, the City of Brewer Planning Board may vote to review only using the increasingly stringent site plan process and review criteria. Please contact the City Planner for remoter details. The City Planner should be contacted regarding any questions well-nigh the minutiae review process and is misogynist to squire you in understanding the process and all the requirements. Appointments to the Planning Board shall be made by the City Council. The Board shall consist of seven (7) members and two (2) socialize members. The term of each member shall be for 3 years. No member or socialize member of the Planning Board shall serve meantime as a member of the Board of Appeals for the City of Brewer. The Planning Board shall be responsible for the preparation and summons of the Comprehensive Plan for the City of Brewer. The Board specifically is authorized to act as the Site Plan ReviewValidityunder the Zoning Ordinance, for the City of Brewer and the ReviewingValidityfor planned unit minutiae under said ordinance, and the ReviewingValidityunder the Mobile Home Park Ordinance for the City of Brewer. The Board shall perform as a study and planning agency; such studies and planning as may be referred to it from time to time, by the City Council for the City of Brewer. The Planning Board is scheduled to meet the first Monday of each month at 6:00 p.m. in the Brewer City Hall Council Chambers. In the specimen of a holiday, the meeting will often be held the pursuit week, but please contact Linda Johns at 207.989.8431 to be certain! If you have any questions well-nigh the Planning Board responsibilities or its functions, please contact Linda as well. 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