81-15

DATE: September 8, 2015

ORDER NUMBER: 81-15                                                                                                                                            SUBMITTED BY: Blanck

The Town of Standish hereby ordains the following amendments to the Land Use Ordinance, to be effective immediately upon adoption.

(Additions are underlined; deletions are struck out):

 

ARTICLE III

 

 

C.    Standish Corner District Standards.

 

(4)     Town Gateway (TG) standards.

 

(c)  Lot dimension and curb cuts (TG).

 

 

Lot width                                   200 feet minimum

Curb cut*                                   1 per 200 feet

 

*On corner lots, curb cuts shall not be located on primary SCD street. Shared drives are encouraged between adjacent lots to minimize curb cuts.

 

 

All floors must have a primary ground-floor entrance that faces the SCD street.  Buildings on corner lots must have articulated entrances along primary and side SCD streets.

Rear-facing buildings, loading docks, overhead doors, and other service entries are prohibited on the primary SCD street-facing facades; provided, however, that overhead doors are allowed for buildings existing as of the effective date of adoption of the SCD if (i) the size of the overhead door does not exceed 10 feet wide by 12 feet high; (ii) there are no more than two overhead doors on the existing building; and (iii) the use of the overhead door(s) relates to a permitted collision repair garage, heavy-duty repair garage and/or mechanical repair garage use of the existing building.

Maximum building floor area not to exceed 40,000 square feet.

 

D.    Sebago Lake Village District standards.

 

(2)     SLV Fringe (SLVF) standards.

 

(b)  Building placement (SLVF).

 

 

Rear-facing buildings are prohibited.

 

Loading docks, overhead doors, and other service entries on facades facing the primary SLVD street are prohibited; provided, however, that overhead doors are allowed for buildings existing as of the effective date of adoption of the SLVD if (i) the size of the overhead door does not exceed 10 feet wide by 12 feet high; (ii) there are no more than two overhead doors on the existing building; and (iii) the use of the overhead door(s) relates to a permitted collision repair garage and/or mechanical repair garage use of the existing building.  Existing service facilities that do not meet this requirement may continue to be used but must be brought into conformance if the use of the building changes or the building is substantially renovated.

 

The first floor must have a primary ground-floor entrance that faces the primary SLVD street.  Maximum building footprint of 5,000 square feet.

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

 

 

 

 

A.      Pedestrian accessways shall be provided along the street frontage of every commercial, business or professional establishment developed along a collector or arterial street in the  Form Based Code Village Districts andVillage Center or the Business and Commercial Districts.   Within the Form Based Code Village Districts, pedestrian accessways shall meet the standards per the applicable FBCVD street frontage type.  In the Business and Commercial Districts, pedestrian accessThese  ways shall be at least six feet in width and shall providefor the through transit of pedestrians along the travel corridor.  All such ways shall be placed in the Town or state right-of-way directly adjacent to the property line of the project.  The construction of such walkways shall be the responsibility of the developer.  Once constructed, ownership of the walkways shall revert to the Town of Standish.  Snow removal on such walkways shall be the responsibility of the developer or any subsequent owner of the abutting property.

 

B.       Existing buildings which have any frontage on a collector or arterial street in the Village Center or the Business and Commercial Districts and which by change of use become a commercial, professional or business establishment shall conform to the above standards to the maximum extent feasible.  Expansions of existing business, commercial or professional establishments which have any frontage on a collector or arterial street in the Village Center or the Business and Commercial Districts shall also conform to these standards to the maximum extent feasible. Any modifications of the above standards shall be approved by the Planning Board.

 

C.      Within the Form Based Code Village Districts, pedestrian accessways shall meet the standards per the applicable FBCVD street frontage type.

 

APPROVED __________________ DISAPPROVED__________________

 

ROLL CALL            YEA                         NAY             ABSTAIN

 

BLANCK           __________________________________________

HIGGINS           __________________________________________

NESBITT            __________________________________________

OLSON            __________________________________________

ORDWAY         __________________________________________

POMERLEAU   _________________________________________

SARGENT         _________________________________________

 

CLERK/SECRETARY ___________________________

 

 

Proposed timeline:

Planning Board Public Hearing – 10/5/15

Council introduction – 9/8/15

Council First Reading – 10/13/15

Council public Hearing – 11/10/2015