Application Review Process
Applications to the City of Newburgh Planning Board are submitted and reviewed according to the following process:
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The applicant must make an application to be placed on the Work Session agenda by submitting to the secretary the following:
- Completed application
- Completed checkllist
- Completed SEQRA Environmental Assessment Form
- Five (5) sets of plans
- Application fee
Deadline: Third Friday of the month. Materials must be submitted by the deadline in order to be included in the next Work Session. No Exceptions! |
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The Planning Board Engineer reviews the application.
- If it is not complete, requires revision, or the location, size or type of project requires additional reviews by County or State agencies, the Engineer returns the application with appropriate instructions.
- If the application is complete and sufficient, the Engineer recommends that it be addressed by the Planning Board at a Work Session, which meets on the first Wednesday of the month at 9 am in the Law Library, 2nd floor, City Hall, 83 Broadway.
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If the application is approved for inclusion on the Planning Review Meeting agenda, the applicant submits to the secretary the following:
- Application - 8 copies
- Plans (revised if necessary) - 9 copies
Deadline: First Friday of the month |
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The application is placed on the agenda for the next Planning Board Meeting, which meets on the third Tuesday of the month at the Activity Center, 401 Washington Street, at 7:30 pm. |
Forms
Instructions (updated June 2009)
Application for Site Plan, Lot Line Change or Subdivision Plan Approval (PB-Application.doc)
Application for Special Use Permit (PB-SpecialUseApp.rtf)
SEQRA Environmental Assessment Form (doc)
"The Planning Board shall have full power and authority to make or cause to be made such investigations, maps, reports and recommendations relating to the planning and development of the city as may be advisable or which the Council may direct."
"The Planning Board shall ... consist of seven members... appointed for terms of seven years... so fixed that one member's term shall expire at the end of each official year." |
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