In reviewing site plans, the Planning Board
and all advisory boards and professional advisers shall be guided
by the standards set forth in this article.
There shall be adequate provision for ingress
and egress to all parking spaces. Access drives or driveways shall
be no less than 12 feet wide for ingress and egress and 24 feet wide
for both ingress and egress. No driveway or access drive shall be
closer than 50 feet to the street lot lines of any two intersecting
streets.
[Amended 4-18-2011 by Ord. No. 658]
The site plan shall indicate buffer strips and
planting strips as required by this chapter. In the event that the
Planning Board shall determine that additional buffer strips or planting
strips are required to protect public areas or neighboring properties
from adverse effects of the proposed building or addition, the Board
may require such additional buffer or planting strips. The Environmental
Commission may recommend landscaping and foundation planting which
will ensure the attractiveness of premises subject to this chapter
and the protection of soil thereon. The Planning Board shall approve
the landscaping proposed by the applicant in accordance with the recommendations.
A.
Provision shall be made for the safe and adequate
circulation of pedestrians and vehicles within the property. The width
of all aisles or driveways providing direct access to individual parking
stalls shall be in accordance with the following requirements:
|
Parking Angle
|
Aisle or Driveway Width
(feet)
| |
|---|---|---|
|
0° (parallel parking)
|
12
| |
|
30°
|
12
| |
|
45°
|
13
| |
|
60°
|
18
| |
|
90°
|
25
|
B.
Only one-way traffic shall be permitted in aisles
or driveways providing direct access to parking spaces placed at an
angle other than 90°.
Provision shall be made for the safe and adequate
drainage of the surface runoff waters in and from the premises so
that flooding and erosion of the property and the property of others
will be prevented. Unless otherwise provided by the Planning Board,
drainage facilities shall be designed on the basis of a ten-year storm,
using a one-hour intensity of two inches.
[Amended 4-18-2011 by Ord. No. 658]
Provision shall be made for the protective and
covering fencing and screening of such portions of the property as
the Planning Board, upon recommendation of the Environmental Commission,
may deem necessary for the safety and welfare of those persons most
likely to be exposed to the property.
Provision shall be made for the indoor or enclosed
storage of garbage and refuse.
The lighting of the building, the property and
all signs on the property shall be such as not to produce any glare
at the exterior lot lines of the premises. The traffic circulation
patterns shall be such as to eliminate, at the exterior lot lines,
glare from the lights of automobiles on the property.
There shall be provided on the same lot with
the building for which they are to be used loading berths in accordance
with the provisions of this chapter. Each loading space shall be at
least 12 feet wide, 35 feet long and 14 feet high and shall, as nearly
as may be practicable, be located in such a position as to cause the
least hindrance to internal circulation of traffic and the least noise
and aesthetic disturbance to the public and neighboring property owners.
No loading space shall be located in a position in which any vehicle
using the space will block the free passage of pedestrians or vehicles
on the street.
Provisions shall be made for the elimination
of all loud and offensive noise to the general public emanating from
the use of the property.
A.
The Planning Board shall approve the most appropriate location on the site for the proposed parking area, in view of the size and topography of the property, considerations of safety and aesthetics, the requirement of adequate buffers and the elimination of glare, dust and noise caused by traffic. There shall be provided, for each building subject to this chapter, a number of off-street parking spaces in accordance with the provisions of § 350-41.
[Amended 11-20-2017 by Ord. No. 719]
B.
Each off-street parking space shall have an area of
at least 200 square feet, exclusive of access drives or aisles, shall
be at least 10 feet wide and 20 feet long and shall be surfaced, as
directed by the Planning Board, so as to be usable for parking. If
off-site off-street parking is contemplated, the Board, in addition,
shall determine what provisions, if any, are required for the safe
and adequate circulation of pedestrians between the parking area and
the property.
C.
All parking areas and appurtenant maneuvering areas,
passageways and driveways serving semipublic office, research, commercial
and industrial uses shall be illuminated adequately during the hours
between sunset and sunrise when the use is in operation. Adequate
shielding, as determined by the Planning Board, shall be provided
by all such users to protect adjacent residential districts from the
glare of such illumination and from glare of automobile headlights
produced by automobiles entering and leaving the area.
D.
Off-street parking areas shall be effectively screened
on any side which adjoins or faces premises situated in any residential
district or institutional premises by a solid, uniformly painted fence
or wall not less than four feet nor more than six feet in height,
maintained in good condition; provided, however, that where the adjacent
owners agree, in writing, or by Planning Board requirement, a screening
hedge or natural landscaping may be substituted for the required fence
or wall. No part of any parking area shall be closer than 10 feet
to any school, hospital or other institutional building unless properly
screened in accordance with Planning Board requirements.
[Amended 4-18-2011 by Ord. No. 658]
E.
Parking areas may be located in any yard space but
shall not be closer than 10 feet to any street line.
F.
The Planning Board may, upon satisfactory proof that
the occupancy of the buildings for which a community parking program
is provided does not require final grading and surfacing of the entire
area, grant permission for deferment of that portion of the final
grading and surfacing not required by the then-current occupancy and
use. No person shall permit or cause to be occupied any building by
more persons than shall be permitted by Planning Board approval of
the community parking plan. In the event that the Planning Board shall
determine, after notice to the owner of buildings participating in
the community parking plan and a hearing, that the partially paved
and graded parking area is inadequate, the owner shall forthwith complete
the final grading and surfacing of the entire required parking area.
Paving, when required, shall be dustless, durable,
all-weather pavement and shall be adequate in size and location to
direct surface water runoff away from neighboring properties and toward
approved drainage systems.
Retaining walls shall be designed to be safe
and adequate for the purpose intended.
Provision shall be made in accordance with applicable
regulations of all boards and bodies with jurisdiction over the collection
and disposal of sewage. No site plan approval may be granted until
the Board of Health has certified that a sanitary system has been
designed to its satisfaction.
Sidewalks shall be provided where needed to
protect the safety of pedestrians.
Outside storage, when permitted, shall only
be permitted in areas approved by the Board. Such areas shall, as
nearly as may be practicable, be shielded from public view and protected
by adequate fencing or screening.
Facilities shall be provided for placing all
utilities underground, including telephone and electric power lines.
