Figure 405.26
Overview of the Development Review Process
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NOTES:
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"Planning" refers to the City of Kingston
Planning Administrator (the Planning Director or their designee). |
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This diagram is illustrative in nature; the development review
process may vary. All necessary steps will be confirmed with each
applicant based on the details of each specific proposal.
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Table 405.26.F
Defined
Minor Waivers and Major Waivers | ||||
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Reference to Standard
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Required Findings
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Defined
Minor Waiver Relief |
Defined
Major Waiver |
Public Notification/Approval Agency
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Avoid impacts to sensitive natural features, such as steep slopes,
exposed rock formations, sensitive habitats, wetlands and floodplains,
and mature trees
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Building placement standards may be adjusted by the minimum
extent needed to avoid impact to sensitive natural features.
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n/a
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No/Planning Administrator
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Consistency with planning, design and compatibility intent set
forth in each Transect Zone
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10% maximum
deviation in numeric
dimensional standards (excluding building height) |
n/a
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No/Planning Administrator
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Support the adaptive reuse of existing structures
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n/a
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Maximum building footprint may be expanded by up to 100% of
the size of the existing building footprint for new additions
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Yes/Planning Board
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Increase value of
site and adjacent lots by maintaining the Transect Zone block dimensions, frontage
occupancy , and parking placement |
n/a
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Grocery stores may exceed the maximum building footprint
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Yes/Planning Board
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§ 405-11, Special District Waterfront
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Architectural articulation, landscaping or other appropriate
screening that shields views of parking or blank walls at the ground
level from the waterfront,
streets and
pedestrian spaces |
Parking permitted below the first story without a liner building
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n/a
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No/Planning Administrator
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§ 405-12, Building type standards
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Consistency with planning, design and compatibility intent set
forth in each Transect Zone
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n/a
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Proposal of additional building types not listed in § 405-12
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Yes/Planning Board
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§ 405-12, building type dimensional standards
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Consistency with planning, design and compatibility intent set
forth in each Transect Zone
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10% maximum
deviation in numeric
dimensional standards |
n/a
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No/Planning Administrator
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Consistency with planning, design and compatibility intent set
forth in each Transect Zone
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Building wider than 150 feet but meets the requirements for wide buildings [§ 405-14C(4)] |
n/a
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No/Planning Administrator
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Consistency with planning, design and compatibility intent set
forth in each Transect Zone
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n/a
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Up to 2 ADU per
lot (one attached
and one detached) |
Yes/Planning Board
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§ 405-14, Architecture and site design standards
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Consistency with planning, design and compatibility intent set
forth in each Transect Zone
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10% maximum
deviation in numeric
dimensional standards |
n/a
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No/Planning Administrator
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§ 405-14C, Facade composition
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Architectural articulation, landscaping or other appropriate
screening that shields views of parking or blank walls at the ground
level from the waterfront,
streets and
pedestrian spaces |
Exceptions to the
facade composition
requirements for the portion of facade below the first story |
n/a
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No/Planning Administrator
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§ 405-14D(5), shopfronts
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Site constraints
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Shopfront entrances at intervals greater than 50 feet apart
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n/a
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No/Planning Administrator
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§ 405-14G(5), screening of mechanical equipment and service areas
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When equipment is taller than the maximum height for
garden walls and fences |
Garden wall and fence height may
be extended to match that of at-grade mechanical equipment |
n/a
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No/Planning Administrator
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§ 405-14K(3), Steep slopes
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Physical constraints
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n/a
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Development on ground which has an incline of 10% to 25%
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Yes/Planning Board
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§ 405-15C, Waterfront Overlay, public access
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Site constraints or incompatible
uses |
n/a
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No public access on parcels outside of the SD-WMU
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Yes/Planning Board
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§ 405-15D, Waterfront Overlay standards |
Proposed outdoor storage consists of cultural exhibits/displays
or maritime attractions that positively contribute to the waterfront
pedestrian setting.
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Exceptions to required screening of outdoor storage areas
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n/a
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No/Planning Administrator
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§ 405-16C, Parking requirements
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Unique site or
use circumstances |
n/a
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Exceptions to maximum parking limits
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Yes/Planning Board
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§ 405-16E, parking access
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Unique site circumstances (corner
lot , or existing horseshoe driveway) |
One additional curb cut permitted
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n/a
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No/Planning Administrator
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§ 405-16F, Parking lot landscape standards
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Unique site or
use circumstances |
n/a
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Nonpermeable streetscreens
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Yes/Planning Board
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§ 405-17E, Pedestrian-oriented signs
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Unique architectural qualities of a building, a building's historical
significance, a building's civic or institutional
use , civic prominence, or unique configuration of existing
conditions of a building, as well as the quality of design, construction,
and durability of the sign |
Signage that does not fit the specific regulations of § 405-17 but meets the intent of this chapter
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n/a
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No/Planning Administrator
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§ 405-23B, right-of-way width
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Physical constraints (existing buildings or natural features)
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New street right-of-way width less than 45 feet
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n/a
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No/Planning Administrator
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§ 405-24C(1), minimum usable open space
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Restrictive lot dimension or physical constraints (existing
buildings or natural features)
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n/a
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Less than 10%
usable open space provided |
Yes/Planning Board
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§ 405-24C(6), steep slopes, floodplain or other natural areas
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Providing improved, usable access to natural features
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50% maximum allocation of overall
10% minimum public
usable open space |
n/a
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No/Planning Administrator
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§ 405-24C(2), usable open space in a CVP or WNP
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Design constraint, such as restrictive lot dimension or physical
constraints (existing buildings or natural features)
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Backing buildings onto a shared
usable
open space |
n/a
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No/Planning Administrator
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§ 405-25C(1)(b), Transect Zone allocation
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80% of proposed housing units meet the requirements of § 405-19 for affordable housing
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n/a
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10% to 40% of the CVP may be T5N
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Yes/Planning Board
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§ 405-25C(2)(d), External connectivity
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Physical conditions, such as highways, sensitive natural resources,
or unusual topography provide no practical connection alternatives.
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Proposed dead end must be detailed as a close (a small green
area surrounded by a common driveway serving adjoining lots) and should
provide pedestrian connectivity to the maximum extent practicable.
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n/a
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No/Planning Administrator
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§ 405-25C(2)(e), Block size
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Topographic or site constraints
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Blocks larger than set standards
per transect |
n/a
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No/Planning Administrator
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Note:
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Required findings shall be based on the intent of this chapter
or non-self-imposed hardship.
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