In reviewing a site plan, the Technical Review Committee shall consider the above-mentioned components as follows:
(A) Land use.
(1) The development must comply with the land use plan.
(2) The development must be consistent with area development trends.
(3) The development must be properly zoned for the intended use.
(4) Natural features of the property to be developed must be maintained and accentuated.
(5) The development must be consistent with adjacent land use.
(6) Compatible uses shall be located adjacent to each other, while incompatible uses shall be buffered from each other.
(7) Uses shall be located in direct proximity to that portion of the transportation system best suited to accommodate these uses.
(8) The developer shall locate uses so as to continue areas containing such uses.
(9) Uses should be located in a manner that will minimize changes to topography and vegetation.
(10) The development must organize density to locate the largest number of people in closest proximity to their destination.
(B) Traffic impact.
(1) The development must contain an appropriate level of accessibility.
(2) The thoroughfare system, on which the development depends, must have sufficient capacity.
(3) The residual impact to adjacent roadways and intersections must be minimized.
(4) Functional and alignment continuity between developments must be maintained.
(5) Adequately-sized and paved off-street parking must be a part of each development.
(6) Pedestrian/bicycle routes should be encouraged, while maintaining safe separation from vehicular movements.
(7) All industrial, highway-oriented businesses, and high-density multi-family uses shall be provided principal access via an arterial.
(8) All neighborhood and general businesses and offices shall be provided principal access via an arterial or collector.
(9) Shared access and continuous access road shall be encouraged.
(10) Other factors being equal, the amount of pavement shall be minimized.
(11) Parking shall be separated from access drives.
(12) Delivery and loading areas shall be separated from customer/pedestrian areas.
(13) Pedestrian and vehicular movement areas shall be separated to the extent possible.
(14) The distance between parking areas and structures they serve shall be minimized.
(15) When possible, parking shall be obscured from the roadway system, and rather the structure and accompanying landscaping shall dominate the line of sight.
(16) Access roads shall be defined and align with other roadways to result in four-way intersections, rather than offset intersection.
(17) T or offset intersections shall be discouraged, but if unavoidable, shall be a minimum of 250 feet apart, measured at their centerline.
(18) Roadways shall intersect with others at or near 90 degrees.
(19) Developments or phases of develop-ments shall not result in deadened streets.
(20) Frontage roads paralleling arterials shall intersect with adjacent roadways a minimum of 250 feet from the arterial.
(21) One-way diagonal parking areas are preferable to two-way, 90-degree parking.
(C) Utilities.
(1) The utilities servicing the development must have sufficient current and potential capacity.
(2) The potential benefits of oversizing for the future use must be weighed against the cost.
(3) The development shall not have an adverse effect on the downstream storm water outlet.
(4) The off-site utilities must be installed consistent with the capital improvements program.
(5) All developments must result in a storm water management system that simulates or is better than the pre-developed condition.
(6) Pond design and placement shall be regionalized when possible, but otherwise shall result in an aesthetically pleasing architectural amenity.
(7) Utility location shall result in maximizing maintenance access and avoiding backyard or side yard locations.
(8) No development shall occur that is reliant on individual septic systems.
(9) When developments are phased, each phase must be viewed as the last phase, and shall therefore not rely on any future phase in order to satisfy the provisions of this policy.
(D) Urban design principles.
(1) The proposed development must be compatible as to form with neighboring developments.
(2) Each development must become a part of a larger neighborhood, and therefore cannot be an island unto itself.
(3) Each site to be developed must be well defined, and shall be large enough to avoid a piecemeal approach.
(4) The development must be adequately screened and buffered to minimize the ill effects of both the development on the surrounds and vice versa, and to provide identity and definition to the development.
(5) Open space, trees and shrubs, fences, earth berms, or compatible transitional land uses may all serve as buffers.
(6) Adequate landscaping shall be placed around the perimeter of the site, near the building, and internal to the parking lot to minimize the ill effect of excessive paved areas.
(7) Features that possess uniqueness on a site shall be preserved.
(8) Structures shall not be located in the floodway.
(9) Changes to the natural terrain, including stands of mature trees, shall be minimized.
(10) Open space proposed by a developer must be accessible, and where possible, linked to an overall town-wide system.
(11) The development must result in a separation of residential areas from major noise-producing sources.
(12) Development shall be restricted on lands with steep slopes, wetlands, unstable soil, filled areas, or areas of unique vegetation.
(E) Public services.
(1) The proposed development shall not pose an undo burden on police or fire services.
(2) If the development results in a significant increase for park, school or other public services, property dedicated for these purposes shall be required as a condition of development.
(3) Appropriate right-of-way and easement dedications shall occur in order to provide necessary access for proper utility maintenance.
(4) Streets internal to a development may be dedicated or private, depending on their design and function.
(Ord. 2014-23, passed 11-24-14)