Each development shall have a compatible architectural
theme throughout and shall specify how the following considerations
have been incorporated:
A.
Landscaping techniques.
B.
Building orientation to the site and to other structures.
C.
Topography.
D.
Natural features such as wooded areas.
E.
Drainage courses.
F.
Soil conditions including susceptibility to erosion.
G.
Topographic relief.
H.
Individual dwelling unit design in townhouses or the
design of segments of individual structures in apartments such as
varying unit widths, staggering unit setbacks, providing different
exterior materials, changing roof lines and roof designs, altering
building heights, and changing types of windows, shutters, doors,
porches, colors and vertical or horizontal orientation of the facades,
singularly or in combination.
B.
For purposes of measuring any of these distances,
any passage way between two structures which has a roof above it and
is attached to both structures shall be included in calculating any
of the lengths designated above as illustrated below. Structures,
as measured along their center lines, shall provide at least one passageway
at ground level, at least every 250 feet. Such passageway shall be
a minimum of 15 feet in clear width and height and located so that
the floor level has no more than an eighteen-inch differential from
the finished grade of the adjoining ground. The following are examples
of the manner in which these requirements shall be determined, but
are not intended to limit in any way types or styles of buildings
which may be constructed so long as they conform to these dimensional
standards:
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No apartment or townhouse development shall
exceed a design density of 10 or six dwelling units per acre, respectively.
To provide adequate light, air and circulation
between buildings, no multifamily residential building, including
buildings containing dwelling and detached garages, recreation buildings,
or any other building on the site, shall be constructed so that any
point on the outside wall thereof is less than 40 feet from the nearest
point in the outside wall of any other multifamily residential building,
provided that wherever any access driveway or private roadway within
the tract may pass between buildings, the width of such driveway or
roadway shall be added to the minimum distance between the buildings.
No dimension of any open courtyard formed by either one building or
a group of connected buildings shall be less than 60 feet. All dwelling
units shall have at least two walls with 75% exposure to the outside
for cross-ventilation, and not more than eight dwelling units per
story shall be permitted, but nothing herein shall prohibit attachment
of buildings to one another, provided that where buildings are so
attached, they must conform to the standards of § 310-10.
For any multifamily residential development
containing a total of more than 12 dwelling units, in addition to
the minimum space between buildings and off-street parking spaces
herein required, and, in the case of townhouses, in addition to the
individual lot area, there shall be reserved and improved open space
within the multifamily residential development site for usable recreation
space. The open space shall be equal to the floor area of each dwelling
unit for the first 1,000 square feet of floor area exclusive of basement
plus one square foot of open space for each two square feet of floor
area where floor areas exceed 1,000 square feet. No such contiguous
usable recreation space shall be smaller than one acre, and no building
containing dwelling units shall be more than 1,000 feet from the nearest
usable recreation space. Usable recreation space shall be approved
for such use by the Board incidental to site plan approval as hereinafter
provided. In no case shall swampy or poorly drained land be approved
for such purpose nor shall any part of any recreation area be within
200 feet of any public street lines, or 100 feet of any property line.
Swimming pools, ballfields, play courts and other recreation facilities
shall be confined to these approved recreation areas. All lighting
fixtures shall be so designed and located that light shall be reasonably
confined to the recreation area. Any recreational facilities erected
in such a development shall be maintained in safe and operating condition
and shall be kept open for the use of the residents of the development
at reasonable hours.
A.
Sewer and water. Garden apartments and townhouses
shall be served by sanitary sewers and central water and shall be
constructed in accordance with a site plan which shall be reviewed
and approved by the Board.
B.
Floor levels. No dwelling unit shall have a first
floor level lower than the finished grade along the front of the structure.
Dwelling units may contain usable basements, provided the basement
shall not be the main dwelling level.
C.
Primary walls. All transverse party walls shall be
continuous from the basement floor to the roof.
D.
Soundproofing. Each multifamily residential unit shall
be insulated for sound by the installation of adequate soundproofing
materials within all walls separating the multifamily residential
unit from abutting residential units, hallways, or other areas devoted
either to common use or reserved for the landlord's use.
All townhouse and apartment dwelling units shall
have a minimum livable floor area, exclusive of porches, staircases,
balconies, breezeways, hallways, basements, cellars and attached garages
as follows:
No multifamily residential building shall be
constructed so that any exterior surface thereof shall be of wood
or other combustible material or material requiring painting or surface
treatment other than doors, window frames and normal trim. Individual
air-conditioning units may be installed through the exterior walls
of multifamily residential buildings, provided that the exterior portions
thereof do not project more than six inches beyond the exterior surface
of the outside walls of the buildings.
The site shall be graded and landscaped by planting
and maintaining shade trees wherever reasonably convenient, and evergreen
shrubs, as well, so as to effect an aesthetically pleasing residential
community. All grading, seeding and shrubbing shall be designed, executed
and maintained in such manner to prevent erosion by rapid runoff and
to screen from view such facilities as garbage and refuse deposits
or parking areas, and other necessary improvements, as well as to
provide lawns, windbreaks, snow drift barriers and serve other necessary
and useful purposes. Street and shade trees shall be provided as required
elsewhere in this section. Within parking areas, shade trees shall
be provided at the rate of one for each 10 parking spaces.
Adequate sidewalks and walkways for pedestrians,
no less than four feet in width and of a permanent nature, shall be
provided between all buildings and the parking areas serving the same.
Sidewalks shall be provided on at least one side of all driveways
serving as vehicular ingress and egress from the public roads to the
interior parking lots and entrances to residential structures within
the multifamily residential development.
All parking areas, driveways, and sidewalk areas,
as well as the improved recreation space, shall be adequately lighted
in accordance with normal standards applicable to multifamily residential
developments. All such lights shall be confined to the areas required
to be so lighted and with directional shields in order to prevent
the unnecessary diffusion of light onto adjacent properties. Lighting
shall provide a minimum of 0.4 average maintained footcandles in parking
areas and 0.6 average maintained footcandles in driveways.
A.
Every off-street parking facility shall be on the
same side as, and no more than 150 feet from the entrance of the multifamily
residential building it is to serve. All parking areas shall be properly
designed to provide adequate ingress and egress of vehicles and shall
be clearly marked to indicate the space assigned for each vehicle
to be parked. A minimum space of 200 square feet shall be allowed
for each vehicle. No trucks or other commercial vehicles in excess
of one-half-ton rated capacity shall be permitted, nor shall any inoperable
or unregistered motor vehicles of any class or description be parked
or stored in any parking area.
B.
All driveways and roadways within the tract shall
be designed, graded, constructed, paved, lighted, drained, and maintained
so that all parts thereof, including all grades and curves therein,
may be easily and safely negotiated by service and emergency vehicles,
including but not limited to fire equipment, ambulances, vans, garbage
and refuse trucks. No inside curve shall follow an arc having a radius
of less than 25 feet and no turn angle in any roadway shall exceed
90°.
C.
The owner or operator or homeowners' association of
the multifamily residential tract shall, at his/its own expense, maintain,
repair, regulate, and prevent obstruction of all roadways, driveways,
and parking areas, including the prompt and adequate removal of snow,
ice, leaves, or any debris therefrom. No parking shall be permitted
on access drives or roadways.
D.
All parking areas, drives and roadways shall be so
designed, graded, constructed, paved and maintained that surface water
therefrom shall not run off, into or upon any public road.
The owner or operator or homeowners' association
of each multifamily residential development shall, at his own expense,
provide proper and adequate receptacles at convenient locations within
the site area for the disposition of garbage, refuse and debris and
for the prompt and regular collection, removal and disposition of
such garbage, refuse, and debris deposited by occupants and all other
garbage, refuse, trash, papers, leaves and other debris from any part
of the tract.
Sufficient laundry and clothes-drying equipment
shall be located within each multifamily residential structure to
provide for washing and drying clothes of the inhabitants thereof.
No exterior clotheslines or laundry-drying equipment shall be permitted
in any part of the premises. One commercial-type washing machine shall
be provided for each four apartments. One commercial type dryer shall
be provided for each washer. Townhouse units shall have provisions
in each unit for installation of washers and dryers.
A minimum of 400 cubic feet of storage space
shall be provided for the exclusive use of the occupants of each multifamily
residential unit within the building in which the residential unit
is located. Such space shall be specifically allotted for each tenant
in a garden apartment and specifically provided within each townhouse
unit.
No more than one external master television
antenna shall be permitted on each principal multifamily residential
building and no external individual TV antennas shall be permitted.
