Article VII, Sec. 54-530
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Uses
Extracted standards
15 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- Floodway residential prohibition
Areas determined to be in a floodway shall not be platted for residential occupancy...
Other
- Buffer between commercial and residential10 ft
Screening and buffering of ten feet shall be required between commercial uses and residential uses within the development.
- Construction start time limit12 months
If the use, operation, or beginning of construction ... has not commenced within 12 months after approval by the town council...
- Construction suspension time limit6 months
or if the work so authorized by the planned unit development is suspended or discontinued for a period of six months, the permit shall become null and void.
- Erosion control plan required
An erosion and sedimentation control plan shall be filed...
- Minimum PUDPlanned unit development (PUD)A negotiated district where a whole site is approved to its own bespoke plan. area5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
A planned unit development shall include at least five or more acres of contiguous land.
- Minimum street right-of-way40 ft
Streets within a planned unit development shall have a minimum right-of-way of 40 feet in width.
- Minimum number of use types2 types
structures to be erected or land to be used shall be for two or more of the following use types
- Planting plan required
A planting plan showing proposed trees and shrubbery plantings shall also be required.
- PUDPlanned unit development (PUD)A negotiated district where a whole site is approved to its own bespoke plan. processing fee300 dollars
the applicant shall deposit with the zoning administrator $300.00, plus $10.00 per dwelling unit being proposed in the PUD application.
- Sidewalk requirement
Provisions shall be made for sidewalks and pedestrian walkways on at least one side of all streets...
- Utilities underground
When possible, all utilities shall be underground.
Overlay
- Chesapeake Bay Preservation OverlayOverlay districtA second set of rules laid over the base district, adding requirements without replacing it. compliance
Other site design provisions must comply with overlay district as outlined in this chapter.
Parking
- Maximum parking spaces in continuous row15 spaces
No more than 15 parking spaces shall be permitted in a continuous row without being interrupted by landscaping.
Signage
- Sign details required
The size, location, design and nature of signs, if any, and the intensity and direction of lighting for signs shall be detailed in the application.
From the ordinance
The intent of the planned unit development district is to provide for larger scaled development and cluster of residential dwelling units through design innovation...