All uses reviewed by the Planning Board pursuant to this article
shall conform to the standards of all sections below.
Access to all sites shall be consistent with the standards set
forth in Policy and Standards for Entrances to State Highways, as
revised, published by the New York State Department of Transportation.
A.
In commercial and industrial zones, exterior site lighting shall
be planned, erected, and maintained so the light is confined to the
property and will not cast direct light or glare upon adjacent properties
or public rights-of-way.
B.
Light levels at lot lines or street lines adjoining either residentially
developed land or residential zones shall not exceed 0.6 footcandles,
measured at ground level. High-intensity lighting shall not be permitted.
C.
No illumination source (lamp) shall be higher than 15 feet in commercial
and residential zones, or 20 feet in industrial zones. No illumination
source (lamp) shall be directly visible from adjacent properties or
public rights-of-way. All illumination sources shall be appropriately
shielded.
D.
Architectural lighting shall be shielded and developed as necessary
to adequately promote business operation and public safety. Floodlighting
and dramatic landscape lighting shall be minimized and used only for
specific effects as noted by the developer on the lighting plan.
A.
Open storage areas, exposed machinery, and outdoor areas used for
the storage and collection of rubbish, shall be visually screened
from streets and surrounding land uses.
B.
Suitable types of screening include opaque and semi-opaque wood or
vinyl fences (such as board on board) and dense, mixed evergreen and
deciduous hedges of a height necessary to screen the intended use.
The screening shall be sufficient to screen the site in all seasons.
C.
In locations where potential health or safety hazards may arise,
such as rubbish storage/collection areas, a solid wooden fence, six
feet in height, is required to deter children and animals from entering
the premises. Where new fencing would create a continuous surface
greater than 10 feet in length, the visual expanse of bare fence shall
be alleviated by plant groupings, consisting of mixed evergreen and
deciduous shrubs and trees.
All multifamily uses and nonresidential uses shall provide concrete
sidewalks, street trees and planted areas along streets in keeping
with the pattern established for the street and neighboring properties.
A.
Side and rear yard buffer areas shall be required by the Planning
Board as a landscape and utility area in the following circumstances:
B.
Buffer areas shall be of such width and landscaping as to eliminate
the impacts of objectionable lights, noise, smoke, odor, and aesthetics.
C.
Buffer area landscaping shall take the form of shade trees, deciduous
shrubs, evergreens, well-kept grassed areas and ground cover. One
shade tree at least eight feet in height and at least two inches in
diameter measured at a point six inches above finished grade level
shall be planted no nearer than five feet to any lot line, for each
500 square feet of required landscaped area; and one deciduous shrub
or evergreen shall be planted for each 200 square feet of required
landscaped area.
A.
Landscaping and screening plans shall specify the types of vegetative
materials, planting schedule and minimum sizes, and shall be designed
to provide suitable cover within three years of time of installation.
Material will be selected to provide year-round coverage suitable
to the climate.
B.
All vegetation shall be maintained in a healthy state and condition
by the owner, with ground cover or grassed areas, and damaged and
dead shrubs and trees shall be removed and replaced at the property
owner's expense.
