[Amended 6-10-2013 by L.L. No. 5-2013]
Buffer zones shall be at least 30 feet wide between the buildings
in a clustered subdivision and the boundary of adjacent lots in residential,
conservation, or agricultural zoning districts and at least 20 feet
wide between the buildings in a clustered subdivision and the boundary
of adjacent lots in commercial, industrial, or other zoning districts.
Parkland deeded to the Town of Ithaca pursuant to these subdivision
regulations shall be provided with a separation from the nearest building
of at least 20 feet. The Planning Board may require a buffer at least
40 feet wide between the edge of the pavement of any public road in
a clustered subdivision and any adjoining lot. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Planning Board may require a buffer of at least 125
feet between a community center and the boundary of adjacent lots
in any zoning district. The Planning Board may also, at its discretion,
require the subdivider to provide adequate landscaping within the
buffer area. Parking shall be forbidden in the buffer area.
[Amended 6-10-2013 by L.L. No. 5-2013]
A. Building
placement: general.
(1) Location
of structures and other improvements must place the highest priority
on the preservation of environmentally sensitive areas and agricultural
uses.
(2) Buildings
in a cluster should be grouped as closely as possible to use the site
efficiently and to maximize common open space.
(3) Staggered
front setbacks or random building placement in a cluster of buildings
that face a common courtyard is discouraged.
B. Building
spacing.
(1) Distance
between principal structures:
(a) Side to side: 10 feet minimum.
(b) Otherwise: 40 feet minimum.
(2) Distance
between principal and accessory structures and between accessory structures:
five feet minimum.
C. Building setbacks. Building envelopes (areas that designate where buildings may be placed) must be included on the preliminary and final plats. Building envelopes do not have to conform to setback requirements in the underlying zoning district, but must conform to the stream setback requirements in Chapter
270, Zoning, and to the buffer zone requirements in §
234-33 above.
D. Building height. Building height must conform to the height requirements for the underlying zoning district as set forth in Chapter
270, Zoning.
E. The Planning Board may, in the course of subdivision
plat review, regulate the exterior characteristics of any proposed
structures or uses in order that the development shall be, in the
judgment of the Planning Board, compatible with the surrounding community.
Factors which may be considered in this judgment include, but are
not limited to:
(1) The view to be afforded present owners of private
property, or legal users of public property, in the vicinity of the
proposed clustered subdivision after construction of the project;
(2) The description and nature, including size, shape,
color of materials to be used in the proposed structures and other
areas;
(3) Ambient noise incidental to the normal activity in
the project, as presented, or extraordinary noise incidental to the
construction of the project;
(4) The phasing plan proposed by the subdivider, if the
development is to be built in stages.