Development Area Policy

DEVELOPMENT AREA AND TENNIS/SPORTS COURTS,

DRIVEWAYS, AND PERVIOUS SURFACES

Code Sections and Design Guidelines:

Section 10-1.502(b) of the Zoning Code defines "development area" to include floor area as well as other coverage, including parking areas, patios, decks, walkways, swimming pools, and tennis courts, and other surfaces comprised of artificially emplaced building materials (paving, roofing, masonry, stone or wood). Page 4 of the Design Guidelines explains the relationship of development area to slope and defines development area as total floor area plus the amount of other land covered by development.

Intent:

The purposes of limiting development area on a site are twofold: 1) to protect the natural features and rural character of the Town; and 2) to minimize runoff and erosion concerns related to construction on slopes. The City Council finds that tennis/sports courts, driveways and parking areas appear as development regardless of the surface used, and generally require considerable land alteration to be accommodated on a site.

Policy:

1. No development credit will be granted for the use of semi-permeable material(s) on any of the following:

a. Tennis or sports courts

b. Driveways

c. Required parking areas

d. Turnarounds

e. Above-ground decks

2. In other development areas, credit for the use of semi-permeable material(s) (grasscrete, etc.) of up to 100% may be granted depending on the permeability and appearance of the surface.

Approved by City Council: June 21, 1995

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