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Salisbury City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

116 - PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT NO. 1—SPRING CHASE

17.116.010 - Purposes.

The purpose of planned residential district No. 1 is to provide for the development of lands between the Tide Mill Apartment Project on Edgewater Drive and Glen Avenue with one hundred four (104) one-story units in a cluster-type development which provides approximately fifty (50) percent of the site retained in open space, use of restricted development areas as useable and natural recreation areas, a reduced utility network and a transitional type of development between existing adjoining multifamily and single-family development. The following regulations are based on these purposes and the approved preliminary development plan and subdivision plat, which are in accordance with the zoning recommendations of the metro core comprehensive plan.

(Prior code § 150-165.1)

17.116.020 - Area of reclassification.

The area to be rezoned as planned residential district No. 1—Spring Chase includes lands now or formerly owned by Salisbury Joint Venture and James I. Humphrey et al. under contract to Weatherby, Harkins, Inc., consisting of approximately twenty-one and seventy-seven hundredths (21.77) acres situated in the Parsons Election District, in the City of Salisbury, bounded on the north by Glen Avenue; bounded on the south by land occupied by the Tide Mill Apartments; and bounded on the west by the Schumaker Glen Subdivision and lands of Monahan, McNaughton and Cuomo, in part; and bounded on the east by lands now or formerly owned by Annie G. Barkley and David L. Brown, in part. The two properties in the rezoning site are shown on Assessment Map No. 38 as Parcels 124 and 200 and are more specifically defined by a preliminary development plan approved by the Salisbury-Wicomico planning commission on August 21, 1986.

(Prior code § 150-165.2)

17.116.030 - Permitted uses.

Permitted uses shall be as follows:

A.

Cluster development, limited to one-story residential structures in two-unit and four-unit buildings as shown on the final development plan approved by the planning commission and incorporated herein by reference.*

(Prior code § 150-165.3)

* Editor's Note: Said final development plan is on file in the office of the city clerk.

17.116.040 - Accessory uses and structures.

Accessory uses and structures shall be as follows:

A.

Home occupation;

B.

Home office;

C.

Family day-care home;

D.

Private garages and other accessory uses normally associated with residential use, such as, but not limited to, detached home workshop, swimming pool, cabana, greenhouse, private studio and boathouse, all of which shall be incidental to the use of the property as a residence;

E.

Storage of recreational vehicles and boats on residential lots, limited to two in any combination, in back of the front building setback line, where such recreation vehicles and boats are for use and enjoyment of the residents thereon;

F.

Other accessory uses and structures clearly incidental to, customary to and associated with the permitted use.

(Prior code § 150-165.4)

17.116.050 - Development standards.

Development standards for the planned residential district No. 1 shall be as follows:

A.

Minimum Lot Requirements.

1.

Lot area: three thousand seven hundred fifty (3,750) square feet average;

2.

Lot width: thirty-five (35) feet;

3.

Individual lot areas should be as shown on the subdivision plat incorporated herein by reference. *

B.

Minimum yard and perimeter requirements shall be as follows:

1.

Front: eighteen (18) feet;

2.

Rear: fifteen (15) feet;

3.

Side: five feet;

4.

Perimeter: twenty (20) feet.

C.

The height limitation shall be thirty-five (35) feet.

D.

Parking shall be provided in accordance with chapter 17.196. Parking of vehicles of any type shall not be permitted within the front yard other than in driveways providing access from public streets. No storage of trucks or vans used in the conduct of a business shall be permitted.

E.

Landscaping. All areas not devoted to building or required parking areas shall be landscaped as defined in Section 17.04.120 and planted and maintained in accordance with chapter 17.220.

F.

Signs. Signs shall be in accordance with chapter 17.216, Section 17.216.060.

(Prior code § 150-165.5)

* Editor's Note: The subdivision plat is on file in the office of the city clerk.

17.116.060 - Street standards.

A.

Streets shall be designed and constructed in accordance with city standards and specific street profiles developed by the department of infrastructure and development specifically for Spring Chase. These standards shall be provided at the time the final subdivision plat is submitted to the planning commission for review and approval.

B.

The right-of-way for Edgewater Drive shall be as shown on the preliminary development plan as adopted by the city council.

(Prior code § 150-165.6)

(Ord. No. 2459, 10-9-2017)

17.116.070 - Amendments.

Amendments to the preliminary development plan and the final development plan shall be in accordance with the procedures established in chapter 17.204.

(Prior code § 150-165.7)

17.116.080 - Final development plan.

A final development plan shall be prepared and submitted in accordance with chapter 17.204, Section 17.204.070.

(Prior code § 150-165.8)

17.116.090 - Control of development after completion.

Once the preliminary development plan and all related development controls are adopted by the city council, development of the area shall be consistent with the standards of Section 17.204.080. In the event that specific provisions are not addressed in this district, all other regulations of Title 17 of the city Code shall govern.

(Prior code § 150-165.9)