§ 45-23-48 - Special provisions – Phasing of projects.
SECTION 45-23-48
§ 45-23-48 Special provisions –Phasing of projects. – (a) A municipality may provide for the preliminary and final review stages, andfor the construction of major land developments and subdivisions, to be dividedinto reasonable phases.
(b) When local regulations allow development phasing, theregulations must require the following:
(1) Approval of the entire site design first as a masterplan. Thereafter the development plans may be submitted for preliminary and/orfinal review and/or approval by phase(s).
(2) General standards and regulations for determiningphysical limits of phases, completion schedules, and guarantees, for allowingprogression to additional phases, for allowing two (2) or more phases toproceed in review or construction simultaneously, for interim publicimprovements or construction conditions, for changes to master or preliminaryplans and may include other provisions as necessitated by local conditions.
(3) The master plan documents may contain information on thephysical limits of the phases, the schedule and sequence of public improvementinstallation, improvement guarantees, and the work and completion schedules forapprovals and construction of the phases.
(c) Vesting. The master plan remains vested as longas it can be proved, to the satisfaction of the planning board, that work isproceeding on either the approval stages or on the construction of thedevelopment as shown in the approved master plan documents. Vesting extends toall information shown on the approved master plan documents.