A.
Intent. The purpose of the Recreational Golf Course
District is to encourage major recreational concentration and open
space conservation, with sufficient controls.
B.
Regulations in district. The use, height and area regulations of §§ 114-80 through 114-86, inclusive, and those regulations set forth elsewhere in this chapter, where applicable to these sections, and the general regulations of Article XX are the regulations in the RGC Recreational Golf Course District.
A building or land shall be used only for the
following purposes:
B.
Accessory use and buildings. Accessory uses and buildings
shall be uses and buildings customarily incidental to the principal
uses listed as permitted. They shall be understood to include:
(1)
Accessory recreational facilities:
(a)
Tennis courts.
(b)
Private swimming pools intended for use of motel
and club guests, provided that:
[1]
The water edge of the pool shall be at a minimum
of 25 feet from all property lines.
[2]
Adequate fencing with a lock shall be provided
to prevent unauthorized use. Such fencing shall surround the pool
itself.
[3]
Pool lighting shall be designed and located
to prevent glare on contiguous properties.
[4]
The machinery used in connection with said swimming
pool shall be housed in a soundproof structure.
[5]
Safety lighting shall be provided to illuminate
the pool when not in use during hours of darkness.
[6]
Utility sheds for the storage of maintenance
tools and equipment, to be used solely on the property on which they
are located, provided that they comply with all other sections of
this article.
(2)
Off-street parking facilities. [2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Former Subsections (a) through (d), regarding coffee shops, restaurants, summer stock theater and conference facilities, of Subsection B(2), Accessory uses to a motel facility, were repealed 7-9-1992 by Ord. No. 20-1992. Said ordinance also redesignated former Subsection B(2)(e) and (f) as Subsection B(2) and B(3), respectively.
(3)
Appropriate facilities for the placement of trash,
garbage and recycling containers and the collection and removal thereof,
provided that:
(a)
The facility is completely enclosed and so constructed
that the trash, garbage and recycling containers shall not be visible
to the general public.
[Amended 7-9-1992 by Ord. No. 20-1992]
(b)
Such structure meets the approval of the Construction
Official and the Board of Health.
(c)
Such facilities fit within the overall project
design.
Area and bulk requirements shall be as follows:
B.
Lot coverage.
(1)
The maximum land area which may be used to site the
principal (except the golf course, but including the clubhouse) and
accessory uses noted herein is 15% of the total recreational golf
course area.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(2), regarding
motel facilities, which immediately followed this subsection, was
repealed 7-9-1992 by Ord. No. 20-1992.
C.
Perimeter setback. No building or accessory or conditional
use may be sited within 100 feet to any property line of the subject
recreational golf course area.
D.
Building height.
[Amended 7-9-1992 by Ord. No. 20-1992]
B.
For all uses within this district there shall be one
on-site off-street loading area, 14 feet wide by 35 feet long. This
loading space shall be screened from view. [1]
C.
All principal and conditional uses within this district shall be required to submit an impact statement as part of the site plan review process. The statement will include information called for in Article XXII, § 114-143B(18), and additionally shall include the following for all uses:
(1)
A general lighting and graphics program.
(2)
Fire protection, police and other security systems.
(3)
A circulation and off-street parking plan.
(4)
A solid waste management and disposal plan, including
provisions for all waste resulting from on-site uses.
(5)
A landscaping and preservation plan, including existing
natural features.
(6)
An off-tract traffic survey showing the impact of
the proposed facility on existing roadways.
(7)
An energy conservation program for operation.
D.
All uses, principal, accessory and conditional, within
this district are subject to Planning Board site plan review and approval.
[Amended 3-10-1988 by Ord. No. 3-1988; 7-9-1992 by Ord. No.
20-1992]
Regulations governing all uses, except motel
facilities, shall be as follows:
A.
The natural, existing vegetation found on the recreational
golf course shall be maintained whenever possible.
B.
All parking areas shall be landscaped around their
perimeter, excluding driveways, with evergreen shrubs of four feet
minimum height at planting, spaced four feet on center. All parking
areas shall be compartmentalized with landscaped islands at least
six feet wide to limit random traffic patterns within the parking
area. Islands shall be landscaped with trees and evergreen shrubs.
Trees shall be planted within such islands every 35 feet on center
and shall be at least eight feet in height at the time of planting.
Evergreen shrubs planted within such islands shall be of a variety
that does not grow to more than two to three feet in height and shall
be spaced four feet on center.
C.
All utility storage areas, loading areas, rear entrances
and trash storage areas located adjacent to adjoining residential
properties shall be screened from view with a landscaped buffer strip
planted with double alternating rows of evergreen trees at least four
to six feet high at time of planting which shall substantially screen
such views.
D.
Fences. Fences shall be permitted, provided that:
Parking requirements shall be as follows:
A.
Eighteen-hole golf course: 150 on-site off-street
parking spaces.
B.
Coffee shops and restaurants: one on-site off-street
parking space for each three seats devoted to service. [1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B, Motel
facility, was repealed 7-9-1992 by Ord. No. 20-1992. Said ordinance
also redesignated former Subsections C through H as Subsections H
through G, respectively.
C.
Summer stock theater: one on-site off-street parking
space for each three seats devoted to service.
D.
All parking areas shall not be located any closer
than 10 feet to any building.
E.
For exterior parking areas, parking is permitted in
stalls at angles of 45° to 90°, subject to review and approval
by the Planning Board.
F.
Widths and lengths of access lanes will vary with
angle subject to review and approval by the Planning Board.
G.
Five percent of all parking required shall be provided
for and reserved for the handicapped.
A.
For all uses within this district, adequate lighting
to ensure safe pedestrian and vehicular travel shall be provided subject
to Planning Board review as part of the site plan process. The following
standards shall apply:
(1)
Lights shall be directed toward the center and designed
so as to prevent glare beyond property lines.
(2)
The maximum height of freestanding light standards
shall be 25 feet, and their bases shall be landscaped and maintained.
(3)
Standards shall be set back a minimum of 30 feet from
the street right-of-way line, except along ingress and egress lanes
where light standards may be located not closer than five feet from
the lanes and not closer than 10 feet from street right-of-way lines.
(4)
All lighting shall be designed to blend with the architectural
style of buildings.
(5)
Low or mushroom-type standards shall be provided along
pedestrian walkways.