(A) The purpose of the regulations contained in this subchapter is to protect the public health, safety, and general welfare; to promote harmonious and orderly development and to foster civic beauty by improving the appearance, character, and economic value of civic, commercial, and industrial development within the town.
(B) The development standards are authorized for the following purposes, among others:
(1) Implement the goals, objectives, and policies of the Town Comprehensive Plan;
(2) Facilitate safe transportation, access, vehicular circulation, and parking;
(3) Ensure the protection and preservation of natural resources, such as trees and wetlands;
(4) Implement the use of vegetated buffers in order to mitigate the effects of incompatible adjacent uses, to provide transition between neighboring properties and streets, to moderate climatic effects, and to minimize noise and glare;
(5) Implement basic architectural standards, right-of-way buffer standards, and sign standards that will promote attractive, well-designed development, foster balanced streetscapes, and reduce visual clutter along major roadways, thus enhancing safe traffic flow; and
(6) Ensure protection from fire, flood, and other dangers, and furthering the public welfare in any regard specified by a local governing body.
(Ord. 2012-06, § 9.1, passed 10-18-2012; Ord. 2013-07, passed 10-17-2013)