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. See § 470-1201B for details.

Build-to-line.

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.

D. Any other necessary, not design, adjustments to a designated BTL on an approved regulating plan should follow the procedures of § 470-1105, Design plan submittal and review process.

E. When a BTL requirement conflicts with a landscaping requirement under § 470-701D or E of Zoning the BTL shall govern provided full limits of the BTL zone have been expended.

Sample regulating plan and information.

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, (see Land Use) and on the Town website (see Canton, CT).
See also § 470-1203: Sample regulating plan and information for more, detailed information.

Rules for new regulating plans.

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.

(1) General

(a) When creating a regulating plan, the following standards apply.
(b) In determining the allocation, and thereby the form and mixed-use character of the district, attention must be paid to both the physical context (what goes next to what) and diversity of allowed/required uses.

 

(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.

(3) Alleys.

(a) New alleys may be public or private, but public access must be dedicated via a common access easement.

(b) Alleys may be incorporated into (rear) parking lots as standard drive aisles. Access to all properties adjacent to the alley shall be maintained. Access between parking lots across property lines is required, see Article XVI, Parking and Loading Standards.