ORDER
STANDISH TOWN COUNCIL
DATE: December 12, 2006
ORDER NUMBER: 184-06 SUBMITTED BY: Christy
TITLE: AMENDMENT TO STANDISH TOWN CODE, CHAPTER181, LAND USE, PART 1, DISTRICT REGULATIONS, ZONING, ARTICLE III,
The Town of Standish hereby ORDAINS the following amendments to the Standish Town Code effective immediately upon adoption:
The Land Use Ordinance of the Town of Standish shall be amended as follows (additions are underlined and deletions are Struck out.
ARTICLE III, District Regulations
§ 181-5. RU-Rural Districts.
These areas are generally rural now, unsewered, and it is proposed that they remain in a very low density of development in order to prevent future problems, with site plan review providing careful controls to ensure the compatibility of future development.
D. Uses listed below shall first require approval from the Board of Appeals as a special exception, in accordance with standards set forth in this Part 1. Such uses shall also require site plan review and approval from the Planning Board.
(1) Bed-and-breakfast.
(2) Commercial recreation.
(3) Expansion of a mobile home park in existence as of December 12, 2006. All expansions of a mobile home park shall comply with the mobile home park standards in §~181-33 of this Part 1.
(4) Day-care center.
(5) Finished wood product processing.
(6) Fueling station.
(7) Hospitals.
(8) Inn.
(9) Mechanical repair garage.
(10) School.
ARTICLE IV, General Standards
§ 181-33. Manufactured housing units.
A. Manufactured housing units which are placed on lots outside of mobile home parks must:
(1) Not be located within an historic district which has been included on the National Historic Register.
(2) Meet all applicable state standards, including but not limited to 30A M. R.S.A. §~4358 and 1 0 M. R.S.A. §~9094, as amended.
(3) Be sited such that a minimum horizontal distance of 20 feet, which may include such attachments as enclosed porches, breezeways or garages, faces the street.
B. Mobile home park space and bulk standards. Mobile home parks shall conform to the following space and bulk standards:
(1) Lot size: 20,000 square feet, except that where a clustered septic system is utilized, lot sizes may be reduced to 12,000 square feet, provided that the entire park parcel contains at least 20,000 square feet per lot or unit. In shoreland zones, lot sizes shall be 30,000 square feet.
(2) Minimum road frontage: 100 feet.
(3) Minimum distance between buildings: 30 feet.
(4) Minimum setback from property line of individual lot: 15 feet.
(5) Minimum setback from property line: 60 feet.
(6) Maximum building height: 25 feet.
(7) Road standards: these standards shall conform to standards developed by the Manufactured Housing Board.
C. Mobile home park road standards. Mobile home parks shall conform to the following road standards:
(1) Streets within a mobile home park that are to be dedicated to the Town for acceptance as town ways shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the standards contained in Chapter 252.
(2) Streets within a mobile home park that are to be privately owned roads shall be built according to acceptable engineering standards, shall be designed by a professional engineer licensed to do business in the State of Maine, and shall meet the following design standards:
(a) Right-of-way width, 23 feet.
(b) Width of paved travel way, 20 feet, which shall be paved with a minimum of 3½” of pavement.
(c) Privately owned roads within a mobile home park that intersect with public ways adjacent to the mobile home park shall meet the following standards:
[1] The desired angle of intersection shall be 90 degrees, and the minimum angle of intersection shall be 75 degrees.
[2] The maximum permissible grade within 75 feet of the intersection shall be 2%.
[3] The minimum sight distance shall be 10 feet for every mile per hour of posted speed limit on the existing public way. Sight distances shall be measured from the driver’s seat of a vehicle that is 10 feet behind the curb or edge of shoulder line, with the height of the eye 3½ feet, to the top of an object on the roadway 4½ feet above the pavement. Where the Planning Board finds it necessary, the mobile home park land bordering the intersection shall be cleared of all growth and sight obstructions to achieve the required visibility.
[4] The centerline of any privately owned road within a park intersecting an existing way shall be at least 125 feet from the centerline of any other street intersecting that public street.
(3) On-street parking shall be prohibited on privately owned roads in a mobile home park.
(4) No mobile home park lot shall have direct vehicular access onto an existing public way.
(5) Any mobile home park expected to generate average daily traffic of 200 trips per day or more shall have at least two street connections with existing public ways.
(6) The Planning Board shall require a traffic impact analysis if the mobile home park will generate more than 500 trips per day.
APPROVED __________________ DISAPPROVED__________________
ROLL CALL YEA NAY ABSTAIN
BIEGEL _________________________________________________
CHRISTY __________________________________________________
EDWARDS ________________________________________________
POMERLEAU ______________________________________________
SIMPSON __________________________________________________
SPENCER __________________________________________________
STACK ____________________________________________________
COUNCIL CHAIR ______________________________
CLERK/SECRETARY ____________________________
Proposed timeline:
Planning Board Public Hearing:
Introduction- December 12, 2006
First Reading- January 9, 2007
Town Council Public Hearing- February 13, 2007
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