3.01:   Purpose, Process, and Goals

1. Site Plan Review is the component of the Unified Development Permit System that controls the placement of structures and improvements on lots having frontage on streets used and maintained as public ways or shown on an endorsed Definitive Subdivision Plan. The Applicant shall follow the procedures for Level Two review in 974 CMR 1.00.

2. The goals and objectives of site planning at Devens are:
   a) To fit development to the land and minimize alterations to natural terrain.

   b) To protect natural resources, including groundwater and surface water resources, wildlife habitats, wetlands and other resource areas and whenever possible, enhance ecological systems.

   c) To respond to present and future needs and uses, enable adaptive reuse and density changes over time without compromising sustainability.

   d) To be energy-efficient, both during construction and over time.

   e) To integrate economic, social, and environmental concerns.