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.