Each development shall have a compatible architectural theme throughout and shall specify how the following considerations have been incorporated:
A. 
Landscaping techniques.
B. 
Building orientation to the site and to other structures.
C. 
Topography.
D. 
Natural features such as wooded areas.
E. 
Drainage courses.
F. 
Soil conditions including susceptibility to erosion.
G. 
Topographic relief.
H. 
Individual dwelling unit design in townhouses or the design of segments of individual structures in apartments such as varying unit widths, staggering unit setbacks, providing different exterior materials, changing roof lines and roof designs, altering building heights, and changing types of windows, shutters, doors, porches, colors and vertical or horizontal orientation of the facades, singularly or in combination.
A. 
The configuration of structures shall meet the yard requirements and not exceed any of the following lengths:
(1) 
Two hundred feet on one plane.
(2) 
Three hundred and forty feet on any angle.
(3) 
Five hundred feet along the center line.
B. 
For purposes of measuring any of these distances, any passage way between two structures which has a roof above it and is attached to both structures shall be included in calculating any of the lengths designated above as illustrated below. Structures, as measured along their center lines, shall provide at least one passageway at ground level, at least every 250 feet. Such passageway shall be a minimum of 15 feet in clear width and height and located so that the floor level has no more than an eighteen-inch differential from the finished grade of the adjoining ground. The following are examples of the manner in which these requirements shall be determined, but are not intended to limit in any way types or styles of buildings which may be constructed so long as they conform to these dimensional standards:
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No apartment or townhouse development shall exceed a design density of 10 or six dwelling units per acre, respectively.
To provide adequate light, air and circulation between buildings, no multifamily residential building, including buildings containing dwelling and detached garages, recreation buildings, or any other building on the site, shall be constructed so that any point on the outside wall thereof is less than 40 feet from the nearest point in the outside wall of any other multifamily residential building, provided that wherever any access driveway or private roadway within the tract may pass between buildings, the width of such driveway or roadway shall be added to the minimum distance between the buildings. No dimension of any open courtyard formed by either one building or a group of connected buildings shall be less than 60 feet. All dwelling units shall have at least two walls with 75% exposure to the outside for cross-ventilation, and not more than eight dwelling units per story shall be permitted, but nothing herein shall prohibit attachment of buildings to one another, provided that where buildings are so attached, they must conform to the standards of § 310-10.
For any multifamily residential development containing a total of more than 12 dwelling units, in addition to the minimum space between buildings and off-street parking spaces herein required, and, in the case of townhouses, in addition to the individual lot area, there shall be reserved and improved open space within the multifamily residential development site for usable recreation space. The open space shall be equal to the floor area of each dwelling unit for the first 1,000 square feet of floor area exclusive of basement plus one square foot of open space for each two square feet of floor area where floor areas exceed 1,000 square feet. No such contiguous usable recreation space shall be smaller than one acre, and no building containing dwelling units shall be more than 1,000 feet from the nearest usable recreation space. Usable recreation space shall be approved for such use by the Board incidental to site plan approval as hereinafter provided. In no case shall swampy or poorly drained land be approved for such purpose nor shall any part of any recreation area be within 200 feet of any public street lines, or 100 feet of any property line. Swimming pools, ballfields, play courts and other recreation facilities shall be confined to these approved recreation areas. All lighting fixtures shall be so designed and located that light shall be reasonably confined to the recreation area. Any recreational facilities erected in such a development shall be maintained in safe and operating condition and shall be kept open for the use of the residents of the development at reasonable hours.
A. 
Sewer and water. Garden apartments and townhouses shall be served by sanitary sewers and central water and shall be constructed in accordance with a site plan which shall be reviewed and approved by the Board.
B. 
Floor levels. No dwelling unit shall have a first floor level lower than the finished grade along the front of the structure. Dwelling units may contain usable basements, provided the basement shall not be the main dwelling level.
C. 
Primary walls. All transverse party walls shall be continuous from the basement floor to the roof.
D. 
Soundproofing. Each multifamily residential unit shall be insulated for sound by the installation of adequate soundproofing materials within all walls separating the multifamily residential unit from abutting residential units, hallways, or other areas devoted either to common use or reserved for the landlord's use.
All townhouse and apartment dwelling units shall have a minimum livable floor area, exclusive of porches, staircases, balconies, breezeways, hallways, basements, cellars and attached garages as follows:
A. 
Efficiency unit: 500 square feet.
B. 
One-bedroom units: 700 square feet.
C. 
Two-bedroom units: 900 square feet.
D. 
For each additional bedroom, an additional 150 square feet.
No multifamily residential building shall be constructed so that any exterior surface thereof shall be of wood or other combustible material or material requiring painting or surface treatment other than doors, window frames and normal trim. Individual air-conditioning units may be installed through the exterior walls of multifamily residential buildings, provided that the exterior portions thereof do not project more than six inches beyond the exterior surface of the outside walls of the buildings.
The site shall be graded and landscaped by planting and maintaining shade trees wherever reasonably convenient, and evergreen shrubs, as well, so as to effect an aesthetically pleasing residential community. All grading, seeding and shrubbing shall be designed, executed and maintained in such manner to prevent erosion by rapid runoff and to screen from view such facilities as garbage and refuse deposits or parking areas, and other necessary improvements, as well as to provide lawns, windbreaks, snow drift barriers and serve other necessary and useful purposes. Street and shade trees shall be provided as required elsewhere in this section. Within parking areas, shade trees shall be provided at the rate of one for each 10 parking spaces.
Adequate sidewalks and walkways for pedestrians, no less than four feet in width and of a permanent nature, shall be provided between all buildings and the parking areas serving the same. Sidewalks shall be provided on at least one side of all driveways serving as vehicular ingress and egress from the public roads to the interior parking lots and entrances to residential structures within the multifamily residential development.
All parking areas, driveways, and sidewalk areas, as well as the improved recreation space, shall be adequately lighted in accordance with normal standards applicable to multifamily residential developments. All such lights shall be confined to the areas required to be so lighted and with directional shields in order to prevent the unnecessary diffusion of light onto adjacent properties. Lighting shall provide a minimum of 0.4 average maintained footcandles in parking areas and 0.6 average maintained footcandles in driveways.
A. 
Every off-street parking facility shall be on the same side as, and no more than 150 feet from the entrance of the multifamily residential building it is to serve. All parking areas shall be properly designed to provide adequate ingress and egress of vehicles and shall be clearly marked to indicate the space assigned for each vehicle to be parked. A minimum space of 200 square feet shall be allowed for each vehicle. No trucks or other commercial vehicles in excess of one-half-ton rated capacity shall be permitted, nor shall any inoperable or unregistered motor vehicles of any class or description be parked or stored in any parking area.
B. 
All driveways and roadways within the tract shall be designed, graded, constructed, paved, lighted, drained, and maintained so that all parts thereof, including all grades and curves therein, may be easily and safely negotiated by service and emergency vehicles, including but not limited to fire equipment, ambulances, vans, garbage and refuse trucks. No inside curve shall follow an arc having a radius of less than 25 feet and no turn angle in any roadway shall exceed 90°.
C. 
The owner or operator or homeowners' association of the multifamily residential tract shall, at his/its own expense, maintain, repair, regulate, and prevent obstruction of all roadways, driveways, and parking areas, including the prompt and adequate removal of snow, ice, leaves, or any debris therefrom. No parking shall be permitted on access drives or roadways.
D. 
All parking areas, drives and roadways shall be so designed, graded, constructed, paved and maintained that surface water therefrom shall not run off, into or upon any public road.
The owner or operator or homeowners' association of each multifamily residential development shall, at his own expense, provide proper and adequate receptacles at convenient locations within the site area for the disposition of garbage, refuse and debris and for the prompt and regular collection, removal and disposition of such garbage, refuse, and debris deposited by occupants and all other garbage, refuse, trash, papers, leaves and other debris from any part of the tract.
Sufficient laundry and clothes-drying equipment shall be located within each multifamily residential structure to provide for washing and drying clothes of the inhabitants thereof. No exterior clotheslines or laundry-drying equipment shall be permitted in any part of the premises. One commercial-type washing machine shall be provided for each four apartments. One commercial type dryer shall be provided for each washer. Townhouse units shall have provisions in each unit for installation of washers and dryers.
A minimum of 400 cubic feet of storage space shall be provided for the exclusive use of the occupants of each multifamily residential unit within the building in which the residential unit is located. Such space shall be specifically allotted for each tenant in a garden apartment and specifically provided within each townhouse unit.
No more than one external master television antenna shall be permitted on each principal multifamily residential building and no external individual TV antennas shall be permitted.