Section 26-201 to 26-207
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Servicing
- Applies near
- Town of Ashland
- Geographic extent
- Ashland Area Overlay DistrictOverlay districtA second set of rules laid over the base district, adding requirements without replacing it., adjacent to Town of Ashland
Extracted standards
14 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
- Fence location
Fences erected after the effective date of this ordinance on sites located along all roads shall be located in the side or rear yards only. Ornamental fencing allowed in front yard.
Other
- Buffer when adjoining residential
When industrial/commercial adjoins R-zoned or A-1 with dwelling within 200 ft, buffer per 26-265.
- Landscaping along all roads
On all sites located along all roads, landscaping shall be provided in accordance with the standards specified section 26-192.
- Loading space location
Loading spaces shall be located only within side or rear yards.
- Outside storage
Outside storage permitted only in side or rear yards and screened from view from all roads.
- Public water and sewer connection
Any development within this overlay district shall be connected to public water and sewer when available at the property line.
- Thoroughfare buffer
On all sites located along all roads, thoroughfare buffers shall be installed and maintained in accordance with the standards specified in sections 26-264—26-266; provided, that such buffers shall be measured from the front property line or the future right-of-way line shown on the adopted major thoroughfare plan, whichever results in the greater buffer.
- Access limitation for sites on U.S. Route 1500 ft
Access to U.S. Route 1 shall be limited to no more than one point of ingress/egress for every five hundred (500) feet of frontage along U.S. Route 1.
- Open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. for sites on U.S. Route 110 pct
At least ten (10) percent of the lot area shall be permanent open space. The areas required for thoroughfare buffers and internal landscaping by section 26-203 shall not be used to satisfy this requirement.
- Sign program for sites on U.S. Route 1
Signage shall be designed as part of a sign program for the development, submitted with architectural elevations.
- Tree preservation for sites on U.S. Route 1
No healthy trees with a caliper of fifteen (15) inches or greater shall be removed unless replaced. Replacement trees shall have a caliper of at least three (3) inches.
- Underground utilities for sites on U.S. Route 1
All utilities shall be placed underground regardless of the underlying zoning district.
- Utility line tree protection
Utility service lines shall be located so as to minimize disturbance of any tree of fifteen-inch caliper or greater. Junction boxes screened with landscaping.
Parking
- Parking area paving
Parking areas in front yards shall be paved with curb and gutter.
From the ordinance
The purpose of this district is to provide additional development standards for all commercial and industrial uses within designated areas adjacent to the Town of Ashland so as to create an appropriate transition from development in the surrounding county to the town.