§ 45-23-56 - Administration – Technical review committee. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 45-23-56

   § 45-23-56  Administration – Technicalreview committee. – (a) The planning board may establish a technical review committee of not fewerthan three (3) members, to conduct technical reviews of applications subject totheir jurisdiction. Where a technical review committee is established, theadministrative officer shall serve as chairperson. Membership of thissubcommittee, to be known as the technical review committee, may include, butis not limited to, members of the planning board, planning department staff,other municipal staff representing departments with responsibility for reviewor enforcement, conservation commissioners or other duly appointed local publiccommission members.

   (b) If the planning board establishes a technical reviewcommittee, the board shall adopt written procedures establishing thecommittee's responsibilities.

   (c) Reports of the technical review committee to the planningboard shall be in writing and kept as part of the permanent documentation onthe development application. In no case shall the recommendations of thetechnical review committee be binding on the planning board in its activitiesor decisions. All reports of the technical review committee shall be madeavailable to the applicant prior to the meeting of the planning board meetingat which the reports are first considered.