The application for a special permit shall be signed by the applicant and by each owner of the premises other than the applicant and shall include the following information:

When applicable, the applicant shall furnish evidence of a valid permit from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation pursuant to Article 23, Title 27, of the Environmental Conservation Law.

All applications for a special permit under this section shall contain an operations plan in sufficient detail to describe the excavation operation, including active excavation and storage areas.

Each application shall include vertical aerial photographs at a negative scale no smaller than one inch equals 1,000 feet which are certified as drawn not earlier than one year prior to the date of application. The area covered by the aerial photographs shall include all land within a distance of at least 1,500 feet from the limits of the tract proposed for the permit.

Each application shall include location maps in the form of overlays to the aerial photographs depicting the boundaries of the area proposed for the permit and the area which has been excavated and identifying all existing private and public land uses within a distance of at least 1,500 feet of these areas.

Each copy of the application shall include a natural features map prepared by a licensed engineer or surveyor at a scale no smaller than one inch equals 200 feet. The map shall show the following, both within the tract proposed for the special permit and within 500 feet of the tract:

Each copy of the application shall include an operations map, presented as an overlay to the natural features map. The following features, including the area devoted to each, shall be shown:

Each copy of the application shall include a restoration plan, presented as an overlay to the natural features map and consisting of appropriate supplementary descriptive materials. The restoration plan shall include the following:

In approving or denying a special permit for excavation, the standards and considerations taken into account shall include, but not be limited to, the factors concerning the proposed excavations, appurtenant activities and restorations as follows: