Extracted standards
17 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
- Minimum storage lot fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft
Storage lots for contractor equipment, tractor trailers, buses and similar large vehicles may be gravel, provided the storage area is fully enclosed by a minimum six-foot-tall gated fence.
Lighting
- Maximum lighting heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. in business districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.30 ft
or 30 feet in a business district
- Maximum lighting heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. in residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.15 ft
no lighting fixture shall exceed a height of 15 feet in a residential district
Other
- Minimum greenspace per parking space40 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Forty square feet of greenspace per one parking space provided shall be required within parking areas with 20 or greater parking spaces.
- Minimum trees per parking spaces10 spaces
One tree of a minimum height of six-feet tall shall be required per ten parking spaces interior to the parking perimeters for all parking areas with 20 or greater parking spaces.
Parking
- Mass transit parking credit percentage10 pct
Properties which have mass transit available shall be eligible for a ten percent credit toward reduction in the amount of required off-street parking
- Maximum compact parking percentage10 pct
development with 100 or more provided parking spaces may provide a maximum of ten percent of total provided parking spaces as designated compact parking spaces.
- Maximum entrance/exit width40 ft
exits and entrances shall not be located within 25 feet of a street intersection or be greater than 40 feet in width.
- Maximum distance to mass transit for credit600 ft
by the presence of a bus stop of a town-sponsored bus service within 600 feet of the property under consideration.
- Maximum motorcycle parking credit per 50 spaces1 credit
at a maximum rate of one parking space credit per 50 provided parking spaces.
- Maximum motorcycle parking credit ratio0.5 credit/space
parking credit may be given in the amount of one parking space credit for each two designated motorcycle parking spaces provided at a maximum rate of one parking space credit per 50 provided parking spaces.
- Maximum off-site parking distance900 ft
the required spaces may be located and maintained not to exceed 900 feet as measured along a traversable pedestrian route
- Minimum compact parking space area128 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Compact parking spaces may be a minimum of eight feet in width by 16 feet in length.
- Minimum distance from street intersection25 ft
exits and entrances shall not be located within 25 feet of a street intersection
- Minimum motorcycle parking space area36 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Motorcycle parking spaces shall be a minimum of 4½ feet in width by eight feet in length.
- Minimum parallel parking space area144 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
If the space is designed for parallel parking, it shall have an area of 144 square feet (eight feet in width and 18 feet in length minimum).
- Minimum parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. space area162 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
one off-street parking space is an area, not in a street or alley, of not less than 162 square feet (nine feet in width and 18 feet in length minimum).
From the ordinance
one off-street parking space is an area, not in a street or alley, of not less than 162 square feet (nine feet in width and 18 feet in length minimum). If the space is designed for parallel parking, it shall have an area of 144 square feet (eight feet in width and 18 feet in length minimum).