A.
It is recognized that the owner, in creating nonresidential subdivisions, faces unique problems of lot design not normally encountered in residential subdivisions. For this reason, the initial emphasis of the Planning Board shall be upon street layout and block arrangement. Generally, the procedural requirements shall be for the owner to follow the regular procedure outlined in Article III and to show the entire tract to be subdivided with necessary improvements and as many parcels as he/she cares to show, but at least two. Then, from time to time, as prospective buyers express interest in lots sized to their required specifications and following informal discussions with the Planning Board if the owner so requests, the owner may submit directly at a regular meeting of the Planning Board an amendment to the approved final subdivision plat for consideration. Regular procedural requirements of the Planning Board following receipt of a final subdivision plat shall then apply.
B.
A fee in an amount to be set forth from time to time
by resolution of the Board of Trustees to cover advertising costs
of a public hearing shall accompany this application.
In addition to the principles and standards
in these regulations which are appropriate to the planning of all
subdivisions, the subdivider shall demonstrate to the satisfaction
of the Planning Board that the street, parcel and block pattern proposed
is specifically adapted to the uses anticipated and takes into account
other uses in the vicinity. The following principles and standards
shall be observed.
A.
Proposed nonresidential street layout, blocks and
parcels shall be suitable in area and dimensions to the types of development
anticipated.
B.
Streets carrying nonresidential traffic, especially
truck traffic, shall not normally be extended to the boundaries of
adjacent existing or potential residential areas nor connected to
streets intended for predominantly residential traffic, but shall
be connected insofar as is possible to arterial or collector streets
in such a way that the number of intersections with such arterials
or collectors shall be minimized.
C.
Street rights-of-way and pavement shall be adequate
to accommodate the type and volume of traffic anticipated to be generated
thereon. Curb radii at intersections shall be at least 50 feet. Curb
radii at driveway intersections shall be at least 25 feet.
D.
The owner shall ensure that the nonresidential subdivision
as a whole shall be self-sufficient with regard to providing necessary
off-street parking. The owner, at his/her discretion, may make parking
self-sufficiency a requirement of individual lots.
E.
With respect to physical improvements, special requirements
may be imposed by the Planning Board with the advice of the Engineer
within the nonresidential subdivision.
F.
Every effort shall be made to protect adjacent residential
areas from potential nuisance from the nonresidential subdivisions,
including the provision of extra depth in parcels backing up on existing
or potential residential development and provisions for a permanently
landscaped buffer strip when necessary (See the Zoning Ordinance[1] for minimum requirements).
