Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
9 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density
- Walk-up housing density credit
A dwelling unit located above the ground floor of a structure that contains a nonresidential use on the ground floor may be applied toward the allowable base density as one-half of a dwelling unit.
Other
- Bufferyard width20 ft
bufferyard of 20 feet in width containing a minimum of three canopy trees, six understory trees and nine shrubs per 100 feet of frontage
- Canopy tree caliper2.5 in
Canopy trees shall be deciduous shade trees planted with a minimum of two and one-half inches in caliper at six inches above the ground with a mature height of at least 35 feet.
In a PND with 75 or more residential units, a parcel may be designated, dedicated and developed for use as a child care facility. This lot shall have a minimum of 100 square feet per residential unit within the PND.
- Community hall
In a PND with 100 or more residential lots or units, a community hall may be constructed, with an enclosed area of no less than 25 square feet for each residential unit or lot.
- Existing vegetation retention
existing vegetation shall be retained and maintained to the extent feasible in order to permit existing vegetation to fulfill or contribute to buffer and screening requirements.
- Developed recreational facilities
To be considered for a density bonus, such recreational facilities shall be developed at a minimum ratio of three acres per 100 units.
- Refuse screening
All refuse storage facilities shall be screened on three sides by a solid wooden fence or masonry wall and a tight evergreen hedge.
- Understory tree caliper1.5 in
Understory trees shall be deciduous shade or fruit trees planted at minimum one and ½ inch in caliper at six inches above the ground with a mature height of at least 12 feet.
From the ordinance
Residential density bonuses up to a density of 6.0 dwelling units per acre dedicated to uses other than the commercial uses set forth in appendix A, 409.21(B) and (C) may be approved and granted at the discretion of the town council upon a finding that a proposed density bonus promotes the purposes of the planned neighborhood development and provides additional public benefit.