Planned Development

5.7 PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
5.7.1 The uses permitted or allowed by Special Use Permit in the Planned Development
District are governed by the following regulations:
A. All Planned Development applications shall require Planning Board approval as a Major Land Development.
B. If there is more than one type of major land use (e.g., residential, commercial, institutional, industrial) in the Planned Area, no one type shall constitute less than ten (10) percent or more than seventy (70) percent of the total dwelling units or major land use.
C. The minimum area of any Planned Area shall be not less than two hundred thousand (200,000) square feet, calculated in accordance with §5.3.1.
D. In addition, there shall be provided for each dwelling unit within the Planned
Area an area equivalent to twenty thousand (20,000) square feet for each single-family structure, forty thousand (40,000) square feet for each twofamily structure and for multi-family dwellings the area required by §5.5.2.
E. No residential building within a Planned Area shall contain more than four (4)
units.
F. No building or structure shall be located closer than one hundred (100) feet from the center line of any public way or other way utilized to meet the

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G. No building or structure shall be located within or closer than twenty-five (25)
feet of an area which is required to be maintained in a natural state.
H. No building or structure shall be located within fifty (50) feet of a property or lot line.
I. If there is more than one building containing dwelling units on a single lot, there shall be a minimum of fifty (50) feet between such buildings.
J. Each dwelling unit shall have at least two (2) sides with full exposures, and shall have two (2) separate exits.
K. No floor, except unfinished basement, of a dwelling shall be located beneath the average finished grade of the ground adjoining the building.
L. Buildings shall be of an architectural style which is compatible with the prevailing style in the area in which the Planned Area is located and shall be compatible with other buildings in the Planned Area.
M. Buildings, open spaces, driveways, parking areas and other development features shall be located and designed in a manner which conforms to the existing natural terrain of the site.
N. Building placement which makes maximum use of solar energy shall be encouraged.
O. All existing or proposed utilities shall be installed underground at the time of initial construction. When required, each structure or dwelling unit shall be equipped with fire protection systems approved by the Fire Department.
P. Lighting facilities, whether placed along service drives, in parking areas or on the exterior of buildings, shall be so arranged and shielded that they do not unreasonably distract the occupants of the buildings or shine directly upon abutting properties and/or public ways. In no case shall illumination upon the window surface of any buildings used for dwelling purposes exceed five-tenths
(0.5) foot candles.
Q. Provisions shall be made for the storage, collection and removal of garbage and trash. All necessary facilities shall be appropriately screened from view.
R. There shall be one entrance road and one exit road to each Planned Area, unless a divided entrance-exit road is approved by the Planning Board.
S. All interior roads, drives and parking areas shall be constructed to the standards of the Planning Board as contained in the Smithfield Land
Development and Subdivision Review Regulations of the Town of Smithfield.
T. Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of
Article 7 except as follows:
(1) All parking spaces, including any which may be in excess of those requirements, shall be located a minimum of seventy-five (75) feet from the center line of any public way or ways utilized to meet the frontage requirements of this Section.

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(2) Unless in an accessory garage within the structure, no parking space shall be located closer than twenty-five (25) feet from a building used for dwelling purposes.
(3) All required parking spaces shall be provided within three hundred
(300) feet of the dwelling units which they are required to serve.
U. All areas not covered by pavement, curbing, buildings and/or structures including such facilities as playing area for court games, swimming pools, and plazas, shall be landscaped with grass, shrubbery, trees, flowers, or ground covers indigenous to the area. Also along the length of each exterior wall for each principal building there shall be a landscaped area with bushes, shrubs or flowers indigenous to the area.
V. Except for cemeteries, an area equivalent to at least one-half (1/2) of the minimum area required for a planned development shall be left substantially in its natural state.
W. The area left substantially in its natural state shall be placed in an ownership which shall provide for its permanent retention and maintenance. The manner of ownership, use and maintenance of such permanent natural area shall be determined by the agreement of the applicant, the owner, and the Planning
Board. The agreement, duly executed in a form suitable for recording by the owner or owners of such natural area, shall provide that, if approved by the
Planning Board, such permanent area shall be owned by a non-profit organization the principal purpose of which is the preservation of natural areas, or a corporation or trust owned or to be owned in common by the owners of the dwelling units within the development in which the ownership of the natural area runs with that title to the dwelling units and is not separably alienable. Such natural area shall be subject to permanent restrictions as agreed under this Section.
X. Such natural areas shall be kept in an open and natural state, and shall not be built upon for residential use, for walkways, driveways and/or parking.
Y. An organization, corporation or trust owned or to be owned in common by the owners of the dwelling units within the development, in a form approved by the Planning Board, shall be responsible for the maintenance of all common areas, including, but not limited to lighting, plowing, roadway, sidewalks, recreation facilities and accessory structures.