Article 175-37 (PND)
Dimensional standards
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Extracted standards
12 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure location
Accessory structures shall not be located within any front yard or within five (5) feet of any other structure and shall comply with the requirements of Town Code Section 175-26.D.
- Buffer yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. width for screening20 ft
Commercial, institutional, and community uses shall be screened from residential uses within and abutting the planned neighborhood development by a buffer yard twenty (20) feet in width containing a minimum of three (3) canopy trees, six (6) understory trees, and nine (9) shrubs per one hundred (100) feet of length.
- Maximum commercial acreage percentage5 pct
The total acreage of commercial uses in Planned Neighborhood Development Districts shall comply with the following requirements: ... The developer/owner shall provide specific justification of commercial areas proposed in excess of five percent (5%) of the total acreage.
- Maximum multiplex units per structure30 units
The maximum number of dwelling units permitted within a multiplex structure shall be thirty (30).
- Maximum townhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. units per structure8 units
The maximum number of dwelling units permitted within a townhouse structure shall be eight (8).
- Minimum building separation15 ft
No structure under thirty (30) feet in height shall be located within fifteen (15) feet of any other structure. Buildings higher than thirty (30) feet shall be separated by a distance equivalent to fifty (50) percent of the height of the tallest building.
- Minimum multiplex unit size600 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The minimum size of each individual unit shall be no less than six hundred (600) net square feet.
- Perimeter boundary setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.55 ft
No portion of a building, structure, or parking area, shall be located within fifty-five (55) feet of abutting property that is not part of the proposed planned neighborhood, unless the zoning of the adjacent property permits uses similar to the proposed Planned Neighborhood District use.
- Perimeter setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for non-residential uses100 ft
No portion of a non-residential use, multi-family residential use, community use, institutional use or active recreational use shall be located within one hundred (100) feet of abutting property that is not part of the proposed planned neighborhood.
- Minimum neighborhood recreational area per unit335 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A minimum of three hundred thirty-five (335) square feet for each residential unit shall be dedicated and developed for neighborhood recreational use.
- Parking lot tree requirement1 tree per 10 spaces
Parking areas shall be planted with trees a minimum of two (2) inches in caliper measured six (6) inches above ground level, so that there is at least one (1) tree per ten (10) parking spaces within the parking lot.
- Underground utilities required
Utilities, such as electric transmission cable television lines, and telephone lines, serving the planned neighborhood subdivision shall be installed underground.
From the ordinance
Planned neighborhood developments shall reserve a minimum of twenty-five percent (25%) of the acreage of the parcel as dedicated natural open space.
Parking requirements
{
"multiplex": "2.5 spaces per unit",
"townhouse": "2.5 spaces per unit",
"retirement_living": "2 spaces per unit"
}