§ 205-34. Duties of Planning Board.


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  • A. 
    In reviewing the application, the Planning Board is charged with the responsibility of maintaining the desirable and historic character of the Village and of disapproving construction, reconstruction and alteration of structures and development of lots designed without consideration as to the harmonious relationship between the new or altered structures or parcels and existing structures and parcels in the community.
    B. 
    The Planning Board is further charged with the duty of exercising sound judgment to disapprove plans which, in its opinion, unnecessarily disrupt slopes or result in the unnecessary destruction of native trees or natural flora or fauna, are not harmonious with the historical characteristics or structures in the community because of proposed style, materials, mass, line, color or detail or in relation to the spaces between structures or the natural character of the landscape or because the plans do not provide for the design of structures and open spaces so as to create a balanced and harmonious composition as a whole and in relation to its several parts and features to each other.