[Added 7-26-1995 by Ord. No. 95-002]
In order to allow for residential retirement
communities containing mixed residential and accessory uses, with
characteristics distinct from those other residential districts permitted
pursuant to the provisions of the Georgetown Zoning Chapter, in order
to focus on the particular needs of retirees, including the need for
support services such as medical care, meal services and recreational
facilities, the need for transportation, the need for a community
meeting area, and the need for limited commercial establishments,
in order to recognize the potential compatibility between a retirement
community and single-family residential land uses, a compatibility
which may not exist between other multifamily land uses and single-family
residential land uses, and in order to provide for the application
of design ingenuity while protecting existing and future developments,
the RRPC District is hereby established.
Uses permitted in an RRPC District under this
article shall be as follows:
A.
Uses, accessory uses and signs permitted in any residential
district in accord with the additional requirements and specific provisions
of this article, provided that said uses are intended for the use
of residents of a retirement community.
B.
Nursing home or convalescent center.
C.
Community center, which may include meeting facilities,
food preparation and service primarily for residents of the development,
craft area, nursing offices, management offices and related uses normally
associated with a retirement community.
D.
As accessory uses incidental to other permitted uses,
commercial uses of convenience and necessity to a retirement community
as a whole, including a retail convenience store, bank, beauty parlor
and similar uses, such uses and accessory off-street parking and loading
spaces incident to such commercial uses not to exceed one acre for
each 100 dwelling units in the planned development.
A.
To enable the district to operate in harmony with
the plan for land use and population density embodied in these regulations,
the RRPC District is created as a special district to be superimposed
on other districts contained in these regulations and is to be so
designated by a special symbol for its boundaries on the Zoning District
Map.
B.
The housing types, minimum lot requirements, maximum
height, minimum yard requirements and accessory uses and accessory
signs shall be determined by the requirements and procedure set forth
in this article, which shall prevail over conflicting requirements
of these regulations or ordinances governing the subdivision of land.
The land in an RRPC District need not be under
single ownership, provided that proper assurances are given, through
the procedures contained in this article or elsewhere in these regulations,
that the project can be successfully completed.
[Amended 7-13-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-7]
The procedures for the establishment of an RRPC District and approval and amendment of the site plans are those contained in Article XIA, RPC - Residential Planned Community.
An application for approval of an RRPC may show and be processed concurrently with a separate application for establishment of a residential district in accord with regulations applicable to such a district. Establishment of the district boundaries shall be in accord with the procedures for changes and amendments contained in Articles XXV and XXVI.
A.
The Planning Commission and the Town Council shall
review the conformity of the proposed development with recognized
principles of civic design, land use planning and landscape architecture.
The minimum lot and yard requirements and maximum height requirements
of the zoning district in which the development is located need not
apply, except that the Planning Commission and the Town Council shall
ensure an appropriate relationship between uses of high intensity
or height within the RRPC District and uses of low intensity or height,
existing or future, outside the proposed RRPC District, and to this
end may require that the regulations for minimum lots and yards and
maximum height shall be complied with inside of and near the boundaries
of the RRPC District.
B.
The Planning Commission and the Town Council may impose
conditions regarding the layout and design of the proposed development
and, where applicable, shall require that the appropriate deed restrictions
be filed to assure compliance with the development plan.
C.
The Planning Commission and the Town Council shall
review the location of proposed townhouses, multiple-family dwellings,
commercial uses, nursing home or convalescent center, and community
center, where allowed, and shall determine the appropriate character
of such uses.
The number of dwelling units permitted shall
be determined by dividing the net development area by the minimum
lot area per family required by the district or districts in which
the area is located for single-family dwelling types, or by a density
of 12 units per acre for multifamily dwelling types. Net development
area shall be determined by subtracting the area set aside for nonresidential
uses and state wetlands from the gross development area and deducting
25% of the remainder for streets or the actual area of proposed streets,
whichever is less. The area of land set aside for common open space
or recreational use shall be included in determining the number of
dwelling units permitted.
The minimum lot area and minimum width of detached
single-family dwelling lots established within the development shall
not be less than 2/3 of the normal minimum lot area and minimum lot
width required for detached single-family dwellings in the district
in which the lot is located. In no case shall a detached single-family
lot be created with an area of less than 7,200 square feet or a lot
width of less than 60 feet.
Off-street parking shall be provided meeting
the minimum requirements of these regulations. Design and improvements
of parking lots and garages shall also conform to these regulations
and other applicable regulations or ordinances. Design, arrangement
and improvement of streets and driveways shall conform to the ordinance
or ordinances and regulations governing the subdivision of land.[1]
Before approval of a development plan, the Town
Council may require a contract with safeguards approved by the Town
Solicitor guaranteeing completion of the development plan in a period
to be specified by the Council in approving the site plan.
In approving an RRPC District, the Town Council
may adopt a schedule of construction. If such a schedule is adopted,
no permits for construction shall be issued except in accordance with
the adopted schedule. Where both single-family and multifamily dwelling
types are part of the development or where nonresidential uses are
part of the development, the schedule of construction may require
concurrent construction of a given type, number or use in that proportion
adopted by the Council.
If, after approval and recording of the final site plan, the permit holder desires to incorporate additional or after-acquired adjacent land area into the development plan, an informal conference with the Town Council shall be requested pursuant to § 230-67 herein, for the purpose of outlining the scope of the application. If an application is filed for inclusion approval, the general procedural requirements of this article shall apply, with the application being deemed an application to extend or amend an existing RRPC. Any application for an extension or an amendment of an RRPC District to incorporate additional land area into a previously approved plan shall be considered within the parameter of the establishment of a new and separate RRPC District.
