Landscape design standards shall be as follows:
A. Landscape treatment for plazas, roads, walks, service
and parking areas shall be designated as an integral part of a coordinated
landscape design for the entire development.
B. Primary landscape treatment shall consist of shrubs,
ground cover and trees and shall be combined with appropriate walks and street
surfaces to provide an attractive development pattern. Landscape materials
should be appropriate to the local growing conditions.
C. Whenever appropriate, existing trees and shrubs shall
be retained and integrated into the landscape design.
Circulation system design standards shall be as follows:
A. Where commercial development abuts or contains an existing
or proposed expressway or major arterial street or railroad right-of-way,
the Town Board may require separation of local and through traffic. This shall
be achieved by one of the following means:
(1) A marginal access street, separate from the arterial
street by a planting strip.
(2) Reverse frontage lots, with lot fronts on the interior
local street and having a nonaccess reservation along the rear property line.
B. All proposed traffic accessways shall be adequate, but
not excessive, in number, adequate in grade, width, alignment and visibility
and not located too near street corners, entrances to schools or public assembly
and other similar considerations.
C. There shall be an adequate, safe and convenient arrangement
of pedestrian circulation facilities, roadways, driveways, off-street parking
and loading spaces.
D. Roads, pedestrian walks and open spaces shall be designed
as an integral part of the overall site design. They shall be properly related
to existing and proposed buildings and appropriately landscaped.
E. There shall be an adequate amount, in suitable locations,
of pedestrian walks, malls and landscaped spaces in order to discourage pedestrian
use of vehicular ways and parking and loading spaces from general vehicular
circulation facilities.
F. Buildings and vehicular circulation open spaces shall
be arranged so that pedestrians moving between buildings are not unnecessarily
exposed to vehicular traffic.
G. Landscaped, paved and comfortably graded pedestrian walks
shall be provided along lines of the most intense use, particularly from building
entrances to streets, parking areas and adjacent buildings.
H. Location and design of pedestrian walks should emphasize
desirable views of new and existing development in the area.
I. The maximum separation of private automobiles and service
vehicles shall be provided through the use of separate service lanes.
J. Materials and design of paving, lighting fixtures, retaining
walls, bulkheads, fences, curbs, benches, etc., shall be of good appearance,
easily maintained and indicative of their function.
Requirements for parking and loading facilities shall be as follows:
A. Parking and loading facilities shall be landscaped and
screened from public view to the extent necessary to eliminate unsightliness
and the monotony of parked vehicles.
B. Pedestrian connections between parking areas of buildings
shall be via special pedestrian walkways.
C. Parking facilities shall be designed with careful regard
to arrangement, topography, landscaping and ease of access and shall be developed
as an integral part of the overall site plan.
D. Any above-grade loading facility should be screened from
public view to the extent necessary to eliminate unsightliness.
If topographical or other barriers do not provide adequate privacy for
existing uses adjacent to the proposed development, the following shall be
required:
A. Structures located on the perimeter of the proposed development
shall be permanently screened in a manner which is sufficient to protect the
privacy and amenity of adjacent existing uses.