Section 26-264
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- Route 360, 301, 1, 33, 54, or 30
- Geographic extent
- Commercial sites on designated major thoroughfares; buffer increased to 25 ft on Route 360, 301, 1, 33, 54, or 30
Extracted standards
10 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Noise
- Outside speakers not audible beyond property line
Outside speakers used in conjunction with any establishment shall not be audible beyond the property line of the establishment.
Other
- Maximum berm gradient3 ratio
gradient of no more than 3:1
- Minimum berm heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.3 ft
the berms shall have a minimum height of three (3) feet and a gradient of no more than 3:1
- Tree reduction with berms50 pct
Where such berms are provided, there shall be a fifty-percent reduction in the number of required trees within the thoroughfare buffer
- Buffer width along major thoroughfare15 ft
at least fifteen (15) feet shall be maintained along the road frontage as a buffer
- Buffer width on specified routes25 ft
the buffer shall be increased to twenty-five (25) feet
- Evergreen shrub spacing in buffer4 ft on center
The following evergreen shrubs shall be planted four (4) feet on center with triangular spacing
- Evergreen tree spacing in buffer8 ft on center
The following evergreen trees shall be planted at eight (8) feet on center with the rows six (6) feet apart (staggered, triangular spacing)
- Shrub per 30 ft frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.1 per 30 ft
at least one shrub... for each thirty (30) feet of lineal frontage
- Deciduous or evergreen tree per 50 ft frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.1 per 50 ft
at least one deciduous tree... or one evergreen tree... for each fifty (50) feet of lineal frontage
From the ordinance
When a commercial site is located on a designated major thoroughfare, at least fifteen (15) feet shall be maintained along the road frontage as a buffer. When a site has frontage on Route 360, 301, 1, 33, 54, or 30, the buffer shall be increased to twenty-five (25) feet.