137-50 Special Requirements for Developments and Enlargements

(a)        the site plan, to the extent practicable, minimizes the need for new paving and impervious surfaces upon the zoning lot;

(b)        the site plan provides access to the new or enlarged building using streets that were improved and open to traffic on the date of application for an authorization, and which serve other occupied buildings;

(c)        the site plan, to the extent practicable, minimizes adverse effects on wetlands, planned open space, drainage, or other functions in the surrounding area;

(d)        the resulting building and other site improvements would not impair the essential ecological character of the surrounding area for its future use as open space;

(e)        the site plan and resulting building incorporate such measures as are reasonable to minimize risks to public safety from natural hazards such as flooding and wildfires; and

(f)        where the Commission is modifying bulk regulations, such modifications are the minimum necessary to protect, or provide buffering from, wetlands or wetland-adjacent areas.

(a)        all zoning lots comprising such development together provide a minimum of 9,500 square feet of lot area per building, where no portion of such lot area shall contain delineated wetland on a wetland survey reviewed by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC). Such review by the NYSDEC shall have occurred no more than two years prior to the date of application for this authorization;

(b)        the development satisfies the findings of paragraphs (a) through (e) of Section 137-51 (Authorization for Development of Single Buildings and Enlargements);

(c)        where the Commission is modifying bulk regulations, such modifications shall: