Within any SRD District, a building, structure, or lot shall only be used for one of the following permitted uses, except as provided in Section 125-20 Special Exception Uses, Section 125-30 Accessory Uses, and Section 260 Non-conforming buildings or structures.

Within any SRD Special Residential Design District, the following Special Exceptions Uses shall be permitted subject to approval by the Zoning Board of Appeals pursuant to Section 270-40, Special Exception Uses. For all listed Special Exception Uses, the site plan shall be submitted and reviewed, pursuant to Section 280-60.

Within any SRD District, the following Accessory Uses shall be permitted, subject to the applicable provisions of Section 230.

Within any SRD District, no building or structure shall be erected, nor any lot used, unless in conformity with the following schedule, except as modified by provisions of Section 230, Supplemental Use and Dimensional Regulations.

[Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Master Plan. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Condominiums.

Single-family attached, townhouses, garden apartments, multi-family, or any combination thereof.

Garden apartments. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Single-family detached dwelling. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Two-family detached dwelling. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Multi-family houses, apartment buildings, row houses or town houses. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Park, playground or recreational area operated by the municipality. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Licensed family child care home, as defined by Section 19a-77 of the Connecticut General Statutes. [Approved 4-4-24, Item #36356-3]

Licensed group child care home, as defined by Section 19a-77 of the Connecticut General Statutes. [Approved 4-4-24, Item #36356-3]

Public Utility Facility.

Home Professional Office. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Recreational Facilities.

[DELETED 12-18-24, Item #36627-3]

Signs, pursuant to Section 250.

Private garage, private parking area pursuant to Section 240.

Home occupation. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

The size of the parcel for which application may be made for a proposed Special Residential Design District shall be at least two (2) acres. A parcel of less than two (2) acres may be permitted to apply if it meets one (1) of the following criteria:

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Subject parcel or parcels shall be incorporated into an existing adjacent Special Residential Design District Master Plan.

2.

A tract of land containing contiguous parcels under common ownership shall be incorporated into an adjacent Special Residential Design District Master Plan. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Subject to the regulations, standards and conditions set forth herein. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Major natural surface drainage channels shall be preserved as part of the required open space. Developed areas shall be served by storm sewers. All surfaces shall be treated to prevent the erosion of soil. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Screening and Landscaping Standards. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Architectural Review Criteria for a Special Residential Design District Designation. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

General Criteria for Evaluating a Proposed Special Residential Design District Zone Designation. The intent of this ordinance is to approve SRD Districts only where specified development proposals are determined feasible. The City Plan Commission and Zoning Subcommittee may recommend to the Common Council, their approval of a petition for a SRD District provided that a finding is made that the facts submitted with the application, meets the requirements of Section 125-60-50. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

The Special Residential Design district ("SRD") is a residential use zoning district that functions like a floating zone. The SRD is available only to property wholly located in any of the following zones T, T-6, OP, A-1, A-2, and A-3. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Unless provided otherwise in this Section 125, uses within the SRD shall be subject to all provisions and definitions of these Regulations. However, because the intent of the SRD is to provide flexibility in design standards in order to achieve important design objectives as described herein, in cases of conflict with other provisions of these Regulations including the zoning definitions, the provisions of this Section 125 shall prevail. Unless expressly prescribed by this Section 125, all uses, dimensional, architectural, bulk, location, landscaping, parking, and lighting requirements for a SRD shall be established by the Common Council, acting in its capacity as zoning authority of the City of New Britain in its sole legislative discretion as part of approved Master Plan for that zone, and the Common Council, acting in its capacity as zoning authority of the City of New Britain may apply as written or may vary to meet the purposes of the SRD all particular requirements of these Regulations pertaining thereto. The Common Council, acting in its capacity as zoning authority of the City of New Britain shall have the final authority to evaluate and make a determination on all such matters. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Master plan for the area to be rezoned, including the following elements:

The following standards are intended to enhance the appearance and natural beauty of the city and to protect and increase property values through preservation of existing vegetation and planting of new screening and landscaping material within the SRD. These standards are intended to reduce excessive heat, glare and accumulation of dust, to provide privacy from noise and visual intrusion and to prevent excessive runoff of drainage water and erosion of the soil. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Landscaping, trees and screening plants shall be planted and in growing condition according to accepted horticultural practices and they shall be maintained in a healthy growing condition. Any landscaping, trees and screening plants which are in a condition that does not fulfill the intent of this section, shall be replaced by the Developer during the next planting season for the particular plant material. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

A screening fence or wall required by this section shall be maintained by the property owner (developer, association, etc.) in good condition throughout the period of the use of the lot. Finished surfaces of the screening fence or wall shall face out. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Groundcover.

The preferred groundcover shall be grass, except for areas that are covered by access walkways or mulched planting beds. In locations where slope, shade or other circumstances dictate, other groundcovers such as pachysandra, myrtle, daylilies, hosta, etc. may be utilized. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Parking lots visible from a street, adjacent to other SRD zoned parcels, shall be continuously screened by a three-foot high wall, fence, or hedge. Parking lots adjacent to properties not associated with the established SRD zone shall be continuously screened by a six-foot high wall, fence, or hedge. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

In all off-street parking areas containing twenty-five (25) or more parking spaces, at least ten percent (10%) of the interior for the aggregate of all parking areas within the SRD shall be landscaped with trees, shrubs, groundcover and other materials. Curbs shall be utilized in all parking areas, except curbs may be omitted when green infrastructure is used to manage stormwater run-off. In the latter case, curb-stops shall be utilized at the end of each parking stall. In calculating the interior landscape area requirement, end caps, landscape islands separating parking spaces and rows, and solely landscaped areas no more than ten (10) feet from the edge of curb may be utilized. The entire stormwater management area may be included in the landscape area calculation when used for managing a parking area's stormwater. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

All loading areas, dumpster and recycling areas shall be screened from view of any public street by means of location relative to the main building and/or by other such means including evergreen plantings a minimum of six (6) feet in height and spaced so as to provide complete visual screening immediately; masonry walls a minimum of six (6) feet in height or any other structure or fence which is opaque, structurally able to withstand the use, and aesthetically compatible in design with the building and surrounding district. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

The above standards may be modified in a specific SRD Development where an equivalent or superior screening will be provided. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

The presence of significant design features such as architectural styles, harmonious use of material, parking areas broken by landscape features, varied use of house types, sitting, circulation patterns, landscaping, etc. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Building or structure intensities - including the dimensions, elevations, and gross square foot area by type. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

General architectural design and appearance. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Relationship between structures and massing of buildings or structures. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Type and colors of building materials, exterior façade and facing and fenestration and fire retardant characteristics. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Special architectural features. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Site identification signs:

The Developer has provided, where appropriate, for the sustained maintenance of the development in general, and also for the open space in accordance with Section 125-60-30 and Section 125-60-40. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

The size and intensity of the proposed residential use and its effect on the compatibility with the adopted Master Plan of Development, the specific zone and the neighborhood.

The capacity of adjacent and feeder streets to handle peak traffic loads created by the zone designation. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

The overall effect on values and utilization of neighborhood properties. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Utilities and drainage and recreational facilities have been laid out not to unduly burden the capacity of such facilities, such other facilities presently connected there with, and such facilities proposed by the adopted Master Plan of Development, and officially adopted Master Utility Plans. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Unusual topography of the location, the natural location, and height of buildings, walls, fences, grades, and landscaping of the site. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

The extent, nature and arrangement of parking facilities, entrances and exits. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Extent of Fire and Police protection. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

The preservation of the character of the neighborhood and environment. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

The proposed development will be in keeping with the general interest and spirit of the City of New Britain's Building/Zone Regulations and City's Master Plan of Development. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

The provisions of the SRD will apply only to specific properties that are rezoned to an SRD designation by the Zoning Subcommittee. Upon rezoning to SRD designation, a unique, numbered zoning district classification (SRD #___) will be created on the Zoning Map of the City of New Britain, and the Master Plan approved in conjunction with the map amendment shall become an integral part of the zoning for the land included within that SRD and shall establish the zoning standards for that SRD. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

The zoning district only exists with the text of these regulations and is not placed on the New Britain Zoning Map until approval of an application to create a particular SRD and to affix that zoning district to a specific property. The creation of an SRD can only be accomplished by approval of a zoning map change, which requires a concurrent master plan. Subsequent to the approval of a zoning map change and master plan, a building permit application and accompanying Site Plan must be approved before site development can begin. Such detailed Site Plan shall be submitted and reviewed pursuant to Section 280-60 and any other applicable provisions of these Regulations. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Master Plan Requirements.

Petitions to amend the Zoning Map to create an SRD District shall provide the following information. All maps shall be of a size that complies with the requirements for filing with the New Britain Town Clerk; [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Boundary survey of the land to be included in the district at a scale no smaller than one (1) inch equals fifty (50) feet, and prepared at the A-2 standard of accuracy by a Connecticut Licensed Land Surveyor; [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Existing topography with two-inch contours to T-2 or T-3 level of accuracy show the general gradient of the site, existing structures, existing roads and rights-of-way, major topographic features, and limits of inland wetlands, watercourses and floodplains as mapped in the field by a qualified Soils Scientist and plotted by a Connecticut Licensed Land Surveyor; [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Existing land uses and zoning within five hundred (500) feet of the area to be rezoned; [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Names of all property owners located within five hundred (500) feet of the boundary of the property to be rezoned, as listed on the Town Assessor's records; [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Location of proposed land uses within the area to be rezoned; the number of residences, and the allocation among various types of residences; the aggregate square footage of each type of dwelling unit; the aggregate maximum number of bedrooms for each type of residential use; the residential density and the method used to calculate it; [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Proposed contours with intervals adequate to indicate drainage and grades; [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Reserved. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Location and size of proposed buildings and structures, including:

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The square footage of each proposed building

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The allocation of uses for each type of building

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The height of each building or structure

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The location and use of existing buildings or structures, and the intended use thereof

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And the architectural and site Design Guidelines.

[Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Public and private streets and circulation patterns and potential traffic improvements proposed by the applicant; [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

General locations of on and off-street parking, loading and delivery areas; [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Existing and proposed pedestrian facilities and circulation routes; [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Potential location of public transit connections or stops; [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Public and private open spaces, both improved and natural, and the square footage or acreage thereof; [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

General locations of utilities and drainage facilities to serve the area to be rezoned; [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

General landscaping plans, including existing vegetation to be preserved and general location of landscape buffers, including general type of landscaping proposed (e.g., evergreen tree, shade tree, flowering tree, evergreen shrub or hedge, flowering shrub, ground cover, existing vegetation to remain) and general location of landscaping (buffers, street trees, parking lot islands, foundation plantings); provided that details such as the species, number, size, and exact location of such landscaping may be deferred to the subsequent review; [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Proposed project phasing of improvements and provisions to address construction traffic; and [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

The location of all inland wetlands and watercourses as delineated by a certified soil scientist in Connecticut. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

A traffic and parking impact statement including information such as: [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

All submitted Master Plans shall include elevations subject to the architectural review criteria of Section 125-60-50.

Once adopted, the Master Plan for a newly established SRD zone shall establish the zoning standards and govern all the development within the specific SRD district. Any modification in the planned development, that is deemed by the City Planner to be a substantive change from the approved Master Plan, is not permissible, unless the Master Plan is revised to depict and explain the proposed changes and modifications and unless the modified Master Plan submitted and subjected to through the standard zone change process and reapproved by the Common Council, acting in its capacity as zoning authority of the City of New Britain. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

Subject to the regulations, standards and conditions set forth herein. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]

The Special Residential Design district ("SRD") is a residential use zoning district that functions like a floating zone. The SRD is available only to property wholly located in any of the following zones T, T-6, OP, A-1, A-2, and A-3. [Approved 9-29-23, Item #36186-3]