§ 6-2206

Other

• Access to residential lots

  All residential lots shall be accessed from interior streets rather than from streets bordering the cluster development.

• Illumination of community entrance sign

  Is not illuminated;

• Landscaped area around sign

  Includes a landscaped area around the base of the sign at least twice the size of the sign area. Such landscaped area shall be a minimum of four (4) feet in width; protected from vehicular encroachment; and planted with a combination of low-growing shrubs and groundcovers (other than grass), including at least four (4) small shrubs as approved by the planning director or designee. The vegetation shall be designed and maintained to a maximum height of four (4) feet above the grade.

• Maximum area of community entrance sign32 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  Has a maximum area of thirty-two (32) square feet;

• Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of community entrance sign8 ft

  Has a maximum height of eight (8) feet;

• Minimum distance from residence50 ft

  Is located at least fifty (50) feet from any residence;

• Minimum distance from street right-of-way15 ft

  Is located at least fifteen (15) feet from any public street right-of-way line (including, without limitation, alleys and drive aisles) or other property line;

• Minimum percentage of lots abutting conservation land75 pct

  At least seventy-five (75) percent of the residential lots shall directly abut, or be located directly across the street from, the designated conservation land.

• Screening of residential development

  Views of residential lots from off-site streets and abutting properties shall be minimized by the use of changes in topography, berms, existing vegetation, or additional landscaping that meets or exceeds the landscaping requirements of the subdivision ordinance and the landscape ordinance, as determined by the planning director or designee.

• SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from active recreation areas75 ft

  From active recreation areas, such as courts or playing fields (not including 'tot-lot' playgrounds): Seventy-five (75) feet.

• SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from cropland or pasture land100 ft

  From cropland or pasture land: One hundred (100) feet.

• SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from livestock buildings300 ft

  From buildings, barnyards, shelters or pens housing livestock: Three hundred (300) feet.

• SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from off-site street100 ft

  From the ultimate right-of-way of all off-site streets, one hundred (100) feet in all residential districts except that in the RE-1 residential estate district and the A-1 agricultural district, a 300-foot setback shall be required.

• SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from off-site street (RE-1 and A-1)300 ft

  In the RE-1 residential estate district and the A-1 agricultural district, a 300-foot setback shall be required.

• SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from passive recreation areas50 ft

  From passive recreation areas (including 'tot-lot' playgrounds): Fifty (50) feet.

• Allowable improvements in street buffer

  The buffer shall be exclusive of residential lots and shall be free of buildings, structures, improvements and parking, except for the following allowable improvements: entrance road, signs, bicycle/pedestrian/recreational paths, public utility facilities, retention/detention areas and stormwater management facilities.

• Street buffer width75 ft

  The buffer shall be no less than seventy-five (75) feet in width;

• Trails or sidewalks

  The cluster development shall include bicycle, pedestrian and/or recreational trails which connect cul-de-sacs to one another and to designated conservation land. In the alternative, the cluster development shall include the provision of sidewalks on both sides of all internal streets, including the entrance road, or a combination of sidewalks and trails, as determined by the planning director or designee.