Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
17 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lighting
- Lighting not reflect toward streets
Lighting for buildings, access ways and parking areas shall be so arranged as not to reflect toward public streets or cause any annoyance to building occupants or surrounding property owners or residents.
Other
- Access drive setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from building15 ft
All access drives shall be at least fifteen (15) feet from any building on the lot and from exterior lot lines.
- Access to dedicated public street or easement
Each apartment structure and/or apartment parking area shall have parking areas on a dedicated public street or on an access easement meeting State Department of Transportation and Town standards.
- Additional lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. per unit above 32,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
with an additional two thousand (2,000) square feet of lot area for each additional unit above three (3)
- Cul-de-sac radius50 ft
The radii of cul-de-sac shall be at least fifty (50) feet.
- Concrete curb and gutters required
Concrete curb and gutters shall be installed along both sides of all new streets within the development.
- Max units with sole access on cul-de-sac25 units
No more than twenty-five (25) dwelling units shall have sole principal access on any cul-de-sac.
- Paving required
All access ways and parking areas shall be paved with a hard-surface, double-surface treatment or concrete covering.
- Recreational open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. ratio for >=1 acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.0.25 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. per sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. floor area
There shall be provided twenty-five hundredths square feet of usable open space (not including parking or driveway areas) devoted to recreational use for every one (1) square foot of gross residential floor area.
- Screening heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for >=1 acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.6 ft
Screening shall be at least six (6) feet in height.
- Storm drainage system required
A storm runoff and drainage system shall be installed by the developer in accordance with sound engineering practice so as to adequately drain the project site, to adequately dispose of all runoff and drainage away from the project site and so as not to permit excess flow of water across streets or adjoining properties.
- Trash storage screened
Exterior storage areas for trash and rubbish shall be well screened on three (3) sides with evergreen plantings and contained in vermin-proof containers.
- Walkway width4 ft
Walkways of four (4) feet in width, constructed of concrete or brick, shall be installed from parking areas to all apartment structures served by such parking areas.
Parking
- Entrance/exit width minimum12 ft
Entrance and exit ways to parking areas shall have a minimum width of twelve (12) feet for each lane of traffic entering or leaving the site, but shall at no time exceed thirty (30) feet in width at the street line.
- Parking in front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. allowed but not closer than 10 ft to ROW10 ft
Required parking may be located in a front yard, but not closer than ten (10) feet to the ultimate street right-of-way.
- Parking setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property lines for >=1 acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.30 ft
Parking areas shall be set back at least thirty (30) feet from property lines of the development.
- Parking space size
An off-street parking space shall be a minimum of ten by twenty (10 x 20) feet.
From the ordinance
The minimum lot size for apartment developments is ten thousand (10,000) square feet for an apartment structure having three (3) units, with an additional two thousand (2,000) square feet of lot area for each additional unit above three (3).
Parking requirements
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