TOWN OF RIVERHEAD
NOTICE OF ADOPTION
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town Board of the Town of Riverhead adopted a local law amending Chapter 105 entitled “Boards, Commissions and Councils”, of the Riverhead Town Code at its meeting held on November 19, 2019.
Be it enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Riverhead as follows:
Chapter 105. Boards, Commissions and Councils
Article III. Architectural Review Board
§ 105-10. Establishment; membership; terms; vacancies; removal.
A. There is hereby created an Architectural Review Board, which shall act as an advisory body to the Town Board or Planning Board for the purpose of site plan review, sign permit applications submitted pursuant to Chapter 301, Article XLVIII, Signs, of the Code of the Town of Riverhead and dumpster enclosure applications pursuant to § 245-8 of the Code of the Town of Riverhead. Said Architectural Review Board shall consist of five members who shall be appointed by the Town Board on the recommendation of the Town Building and Planning Administrator or the Chief Building Inspector. Insofar as practicable, all members of the Architectural Review Board shall be competent in matters of design and interested in the design review and development of the Town of Riverhead. Three members shall be architects, designers or landscape architects. One shall be a licensed architect.
§ 105-11. Powers and duties.
C. The Architectural Review Board shall, upon request of the Town Board or Planning Board, review the aesthetic aspects, as detailed herein and in Chapter 209, Architectural Review, of such proposals as may require sole approval of the Town Board or Planning Board.
D. The Architectural Review Board shall review, together with the Landmarks Preservation Commission, shall upon request of the Town Board or Planning Board review any application made pursuant to Chapter 241, Article III, and § 301-303 of the Riverhead Town Code.
§ 105-13. Sign permit applications.
The actions and recommendation of the Architectural Review Board with regard to sign permit applications shall coincide with the procedures as delineated in Chapter 301, Article XLVIII, Signs, of the Code of the Town of Riverhead. The Architectural Review Board shall provide a written report and recommendation to the Building Inspector and the applicant, stating in writing its recommendations findings and conclusions, within 30 days of its receipt of said application.
§ 105-14. Regular meetings; private meetings.
Meetings of the Architectural Review Board shall be held regularly, and at least monthly, and be open to the public. However, nothing herein shall preclude any member or members of the Board or staff from conferring privately with the applicant or his agent, as long as any understanding reached by such private deliberations be disseminated to the remaining Board members before recommendations made on any proposal, and except insofar as such private meetings are in contravention of state law.
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Dated: Riverhead, New York
November 19, 2019
BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD
OF THE TOWN OF RIVERHEAD
DIANE M. WILHELM, TOWN CLERK