UDO_Adopted Version_February 2025-BAC Updated 4.29.25

Article 5: Development Standards Section 5.9. Building Configuration and Design 5.9.1. Purpose and Intent

b. The Planning Director, in conjunction with the Town Engineer, may waive or modify the requirement for pedestrian cross-access on determining that such cross – access is impractical or undesirable because it would: (1) Require crossing a significant physical barrier or environmentally sensitive area (e.g., railroad, watercourse, floodplain, wetlands, steep slopes); (2) Require connection to a parcel that, due to lot dimensions, physical site constraints, existing development or infrastructure, is unlikely to complete the proposed cross access; (4) Require the connection to a cemetery or an adjoining property owned by a government or public utility to which vehicular access is restricted; or (5) Require connection through an adjoining property zoned as a Park/Greenway/Open Space (PGO) District or an area that is reserved as preserved land (e.g. tree save area or conservation easement). (3) Create unsafe conditions;

(6) Require connection to adjoining property with a current extraction or land fill use.

c. Easements allowing cross-access to and from properties served by a pedestrian cross-access, along with agreements defining maintenance responsibilities of property owners, shall be recorded with the Register of Deeds for the county in which the properties are located before issuance of a Building Permit for the development.

D. Walkway Design Standards

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Main Street (MS) District All sidewalks shall be designed and constructed of concrete with brick bands. Greenways (unless a boardwalk is warranted) shall be designed and constructed of a hard surface that is in accordance with standards in the Engineering Design and Construction Manual and this Ordinance. Alternate greenway materials may be permitted with Planning Director and Town Engineer approval if warranted by unique environmental or topographic conditions. All Other Districts All sidewalks shall be constructed of concrete. Greenways (unless a boardwalk is warranted for a greenway) shall be designed and constructed of a hard surface that is in accordance with standards in the Engineering Design and Construction Manual and this Ordinance. Alternate greenway materials may be permitted with Planning Director and Town Engineer approval if warranted by unique environmental or topographic conditions.

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SECTION 5.9. BUILDING CONFIGURATION AND DESIGN

Purpose and Intent

5.9.1.

These design standards are intended to protect and preserve the quality and character of the Town. More specifically, the intent of this section is to: 1. Encourage distinctive, well-designed, high quality developments as a strategy for investing in the Town’s future; 2. Provide a range of housing options to Town residents; 3. Ensure variability in neighborhood streetscapes; 4. Provide incentives to single-family detached, attached, and duplex development that complies with voluntary design guidelines in this Ordinance; and

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