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CONCURRENCY REQUIREMENTS <br /> Authority <br /> The landmark case Golden v. Planning Board of Town of Ramapo established that <br /> phased growth, or concurrency, is within the scope of a zoning authority as a method of <br /> promoting the health and welfare of the community. A concurrency requirement <br /> typically specifies that a proposed development may not be approved if it would cause <br /> the levels of service of public facilities and services to fall below some specified baseline. <br /> In other words, certain specified public facilities and services needed to sustain an <br /> adequate level of service must be available concurrently with the impacts of the <br /> development or within a reasonable time thereafter. <br /> Section 25 -2 -46 of the Zoning Code implements concurrency requirements for <br /> roadways and water systems for certain types of projects. The proposed amendment to <br /> this section will require that an area also be adequately serviced by Civil Defense sirens <br /> as part of the processing of any zoning amendment or an extension of time to perform a <br /> condition of a zoning amendment. <br /> Standards <br /> This proposed amendment to the concurrency requirement of the Zoning Code <br /> will require existing civil defense sirens, as determined by the State Civil Defense, are <br /> available to provide adequate warning coverage across the entire project site or that the <br /> provision of civil defense sirens to provide such coverage, as determined by State Civil <br /> Defense, is integrated as part of the zoning amendment or application for extension of <br /> time to perform a condition of zoning amendment. <br /> This concurrency requirement shall only apply to the following types of projects: <br /> (1) Twenty -five or more residential units; or <br /> (2) Commercial space, industrial space, or a combination of commercial and <br /> industrial space equal to or greater than thirty thousand square feet of <br /> gross floor area; or <br /> (3) Any combination of residential units, commercial space and industrial <br /> space equal to or greater than thirty-five thousand (35,000) square feet of <br /> gross floor area. <br /> -2- <br />