All uses reviewed by the Planning Board pursuant to Article X 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 footcandle,
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 semiopaque wood 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.
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.
B.
All vegetative screens required by this chapter shall be planted
with a dense mix of large trees, shrubs and conifers, all of a native
species. Screens shall be planted such that they create year-round
visually impervious screens within five years of planting. When planted,
large trees shall be a minimum of two inches caliper, conifers shall
be a minimum of five feet in height and shrubs shall be a minimum
of 36 inches in height.
C.
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.
D.
Fencing may be required as screening or in addition to screening
at the discretion of the Planning Board.