X — means that the standard is required
- — means that the standard is not required
U — means that standards in the underlying District prevail
In order to subordinate the appearance of services and utilities on individual sites and throughout the town's jurisdiction, the following standards shall apply to all services and utilities in all Districts unless otherwise noted.
(A) Mechanical equipment.
Res. | Mixed | Com. & Ind. | Env | ||||||||||||
OSR | GR | NR | MH-O | MF-O | NC | TC | TND | CI | HC | CB | SP | GI | FP | WS-O | |
(1) Mechanical equipment at ground level shall be placed on the parking lot side of buildings away from public streets and buildings on adjacent sites, except for non-multi-family residential uses and industrial buildings in the SP and GI Districts. All equipment shall be substantially screened from public view. | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | X |
(2) Mechanical equipment and antennas located on rooftops shall be camouflaged as a normal architectural feature of the building or hidden by a decorative cornice or parapet wall, as seen from the ground. | - | - | - | - | - | X | X | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | U |
(B) Utility lines and equipment.
Res. | Mixed | Com. & Ind. | Env | ||||||||||||
OSR | GR | NR | MH-O | MF-O | NC | TC | TND | CI | HC | CB | SP | GI | FP | WS-O | |
(1) All utility equipment (includes meters, boxes, valves, etc. but does not include overhead power lines, light poles and similar equipment) shall be designed and located to be as inconspicuous as possible and shall not be located on the street-side of a principal structure, except industrial buildings located in the SP and GI Districts. | - | - | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | U |
(2) All utility lines serving new development or subdivisions shall be placed underground whenever practicable. | X | X | X | U | U | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | U |
(3) Utilities shall run along alleys whenever practicable. | X | X | X | U | U | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | U |
(C) Trash, garbage and recycling.
Res. | Mixed | Com. & Ind. | Env | ||||||||||||
OSR | GR | NR | MH-O | MF-O | NC | TC | TND | CI | HC | CB | SP | GI | FP | WS-O | |
(1) All trash and recycling receptacles and storage areas shall be located away from public streets and screened entirely from public view. | - | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | U |
(2) All non-vegetative screening used to block public view of trash and recycling receptacles and storage areas shall be made of materials compatible in color and type to the principle structure(s) on the property. | - | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | X | U |
(D) Drive-thru windows and similar accessories.
Res. | Mixed | Com. & Ind. | Env | ||||||||||||
OSR | GR | NR | MH-O | MF-O | NC | TC | TND | CI | HC | CB | SP | GI | FP | WS-O | |
(1) Drive-thru windows, freestanding ATMs, fuel pumps and similar devices shall only be placed in areas that will not interfere with the safe movement of pedestrians and vehicles in parking and driveway areas. | - | - | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | U |
(2) Drive-thru windows, freestanding ATMs, fuel pumps and similar devices shall not be placed between the primary facade of a building and the public street. (This standards does not apply to industrial uses located in the GI and SP Districts.) | - | - | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | U |
(3) Drive-thru services are discouraged in the Town Center District. If provided, they shall be located to the rear or side of buildings away from public streets. | - | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | U |
(E) Engineered storm water control facilities.
Res. | Mixed | Com. & Ind. | Env | ||||||||||||
OSR | GR | NR | MH-O | MF-O | NC | TC | TND | CI | HC | CB | SP | GI | FP | WS-O | |
(1) All storm water detention and/or retention ponds and basins shall be designed as an integral part of the development site and shall be aesthetically pleasing (e.g. neatly landscaped, well-maintained, vegetated slopes, decorative fencing if fencing is used, etc.). | - | - | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | U |
(2003 Code, § 8-3.4.5) (Updated 2009)