A.
Purpose and intent.
(1)
A regulating plan is the controlling document and principal
tool for implementing this Code.
(2)
The Regulating Plan makes the development standards place-specific,
by allocating the BFS; the boundaries for the district; new and existing
streets; the build-to line (BTL) and parking setback line (PSL); the
recommended street type; and delineating the public spaces.
(3)
The EGDVD Regulating Plan and the HCDVD Regulating Plan show
a build-to zone between the BTL and PSL. Parking may occur in front
of the building only in this zone and the building face may occur
anywhere in this zone but no further back than the BTL.
(4)
A regulating plan may identify specific characteristics assigned
to a lot or building site and may identify additional regulations
(and opportunities) for lots in specific locations.
(5)
As identified on the Regulating Plans, "existing buildings to
be protected" are structures which should be rehabilitated and reused.
They represent historic buildings (either national, state, or local)
including those not currently in a historic district and structures
of local cultural significance or contributing influence.
B.
Regulating plan/key.
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Design District Boundary
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Main Storefront Building Form Standard
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Existing Buildings to be Protected
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Main Building Form Standard
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Civic Building
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Town Building Form Standard
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Existing Lot (property) Line
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Detached Building Form Standard
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Build-To Line (BTL)
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Open Space
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Parking Setback Line (PSL)
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Collinsville Detached Business
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A.
The BTL represents a forty-eight-inch-deep zone rather than a precise
vertical plane.
B.
In the event that a designated BTL on an approved regulating plan
is within an existing travel way, the ZEO and the property owner shall
make best efforts to resolve such conflict in order that the development
may occur and meet the goals and objectives of the Canton Design Village
District Form-Based Code.
C.
In the event that a designated BTL on an approved regulating plan cannot be achieved and no vehicular access from the fronting street-space is possible due to topography or other constraint, then a planted buffer shall occur on the BTL for a depth of 25 feet. See Zoning Regulations § 470-701D Buffer Yard B for planting requirements. See "build-to line effective" and "primary street facade;" Article XIX, Definitions.
For illustrative purposes only, refer to the Town for Regulating
Plan information. Reduced regulating plans are available in the appendix,
and full size available at the Land Use Office, and on the Town website.
 Illustrations: Multiple redevelopment possibilities.
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 Illustrative redevelopment possibility.
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Illustrative redevelopment possibility.
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A.
Regulating plans.
(1)
Within the Design Village Districts, subdivision of parcels
larger than five acres must follow these regulations, to generate
a detailed regulating plan, and the Subdivision Regulations of the
Town of Canton where:
(a)
It contains at least five acres;
(b)
It complies in all respects with this Code and Canton Zoning
Regulations;
(c)
Each lot shall have a water supply system approved by the Farmington
Valley Health District, Connecticut Water Company or other regulatory
authority acceptable to the Commission; and
(d)
Each lot shall have a sewage disposal system approved by the
Farmington Valley Health District or plan review approval by the Canton
Water Pollution Control Authority.
B.
Building form standards.
(2)
Consistency of application.
(a)
Consistent BFS (of a similar intensity) shall face across streets.
(b)
When separated by an alley (or common access easement), or when
fronting different streets (i.e. a corner lot and its adjacent lot),
any BFS may sit adjacent to one another.
(c)
When separated by a civic space or park, BFS shall be no more
than one-story in height variation (e.g. two-story and three-story
is acceptable but not one-story to three-story).
C.
Urban standards.
(1)
Streets.
(a)
Where
new streets (not in existence at the time of the adoption of the Regulating
Plan) are shown on the Regulating Plan with an asterisk (*), they
shall be considered optional and at the discretion of the property
owner(s). Where new streets are designated on the Regulating Plan
without an asterisk, they are critical to the working of the larger
community and shall be considered mandatory. While the street infrastructure
may not be constructed until some point in the future, the BTL, and
other regulations of the Regulating Plan shall be respected.
(b)
New streets shall be designated and designed in accordance with the street type recommendations in Article XIV, Urban Space Standards.
(c)
New streets shall be public or common access easements.
(d)
Street types are configured such that in-lane bicycle travel is encouraged
and appropriate unless dedicated bike lanes are shown on the Regulating
Plan or in the Urban Space Standards.
(e)
Within neighborhoods, intersections configured as roundabouts
are discouraged. They are encouraged at the edges of and between neighborhoods,
where their ability to break up and distribute traffic flow is most
appropriate and least disruptive to pedestrian comfort.
(f)
No street-space shall be gated.
(g)
All lots shall share a frontage line with a street-space.
(h)
Connectivity of the street grid and intersection alignment throughout is established and regulated by the Regulating Plan and street recommendations shown in Article XIV, Urban Space Standards.
(i)
Streets that do not connect to other streets, as part of an
interconnected network, are not permitted except as below:
[1]
Where streets are configured with a one-way loop
around the perimeter of a central green area, having a maximum depth
(perpendicular to the primary street center line) of 75 feet and a
minimum width (dimension parallel to the primary street) of 75 feet;
[2]
Where streets are less than 120 feet long (measured
from the street intersection center line) and configured as a stub-out
designed for connection to future streets/development;
[3]
Where streets are less than 120 feet long (measured
from the intersection center lines) and connected to alleys or common
drives giving rear lot access, and ending at designated conservation
lands.
[4]
Additional streets may be added to the Regulating
Plan to create a smaller block pattern.
(2)
Blocks.
(a)
No block face shall have a length greater than 300 feet without an alley, common access easement, or pedestrian pathway providing through access to another street-space, alley or common access easement, or conservation restricted land. Individual lots with less than 100 feet of frontage are exempt from the requirement to interrupt the block face; those with over 200 feet of frontage shall meet the requirement within their lot, unless already satisfied within that block face. (See § 470-1503.)
(b)
Unless otherwise specified on the Regulating Plan, no curb cuts
are permitted within 50 feet of another curb cut, intersection, or
driveway. Driveways into or from alleys are not restricted by this
measure.
