Checklist to guide you in preparing a Planning Board Special Use Permit application

1. In submitting any payment, you may pay by check or cash, but checks are safer and more efficient for your town government to handle.
2. In preparing documents:
   • Electronic documents are always greatly appreciated and sometimes required. When the town makes referrals to Fulton County Planning Board, the Adirondack Park Agency, or other agencies, the town must convey documents electronically. This is one of the reasons why electronic documents are so important.
   • Never use pencil. Always use black or dark blue ink.
   • You may avoid submitting electronic documents only if your paper document meets these requirements:
     • The document is letter-size (8.5 inch by 11 inch).
     • The font size is 8 point or greater, so that it can be scanned.
     • Writing should not extend to the edge of the letter: there should be at least a quarter inch margin on all edges.
     • The document should be text or line drawing only.
   • If any document does not meet the above requirements for paper-only submission, it must be submitted both as paper and as an electronic document:
     • Survey, plat, site plan, architectural rendering, elevations, et cetera: vector PDF (not image PDF). This is the default for AutoCad but may not be the default for MicroStation.
     • Photograph: PDF, JPEG, TIFF
     • Hand drawing: PDF at sufficient resolution to be clearly readable, and oriented so text is upright.
     • Text file: DOCX, DOC, RTF
     • Spreadsheet: XLS, XLSX
   • One paper copy each for the Code Office and Town Clerk.
   • Paper copies may be required for ZBA (4) and Planning Board (7), though the board chairs may waive that requirement on a case-by-case basis. Enquire with each board’s clerk.
3. The application fee is $100.00.
4. A Planning Board Application form.
5. A short-form or long-form SEQR Environmental Assessment Form (EAF) with Part 1 fully completed by the applicant. A long-form EAF shall be required for all SEQRA Type 1 Actions, but the Board may require a long-form EAF for Unlisted Actions if the Board deems that the additional information contained on the long-form would be helpful and appropriate under the circumstances of the project proposal.
6. A plot plan drawn to scale with accurate dimensions providing information sufficient to enable the Board to make an informed decision, and an agricultural data statement as defined below.
7. A narrative describing the proposed use and operation.
8. The Planning Board may waive or add any requirements for an application submission if it deems appropriate in order to accomplish the purposes set forth herein.

New York State Environmental Quality Review Act

Upon receipt of a completed Application for a Site Plan Review, the Planning Board shall conduct a SEQR on the proposed Special Use Permit.

No Planning Board action shall be taken until a SEQR Review has been completed.

More information is available on the Town of Caroga’s website at townofcaroga.com.