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June 16, 2022 <br />75 <br /> <br />a. New electrical substation developments shall be exempt from this requirement; <br />they are however encouraged to minimize the visual impact as much as is possible. <br />2. Lots which abut existing easements or public rights-of-way where overhead electric or <br />telephone distribution supply lines and service connections have heretofore been installed <br />may be supplied with electric and telephone service from those overhead lines, but the <br />service connections from the utilities' overhead lines shall be installed underground. In the <br />case of existing overhead utilities, should a road widening, or an extension of service, or <br />other such condition occur as a result of the subdivision and necessitate the replacement or <br />relocation of such utilities, such replacement or relocation shall be underground and <br />installed in accordance with the prevailing standards and practices of the utility or other <br />companies providing such services. <br />3. Where overhead lines are permitted as the exception, the placement and alignment of poles <br />shall be designed to lessen the visual impact of overhead lines as follows: Alignments and <br />pole locations shall be carefully routed to avoid locations along horizons; clearing swaths <br />through treed areas shall be avoided by selective cutting and a staggered alignment; trees <br />shall be planted in open areas and at key locations to minimize the view of the poles and the <br />alignments; and alignments shall follow rear lot lines and other alignments. <br />(x) Vehicular Parking Facilities. All vehicular parking facilities and internal drives within <br />parking areas shall be designed to allow for the safe and efficient movement of vehicles <br />within a development and on the adjacent street. Developments shall minimize parking <br />as the dominant land use of a proposed development and preferably, parking will be <br />provided on the side and rear of lots. <br />(y) Variance and Exception. <br />1. It is the intent of these regulations that all new subdivisions shall be provided with a <br />sufficient amount of off-street motor vehicle parking, while allowing for some flexibility of <br />site design to accommodate the unique characteristics of individual properties. <br />2. Except for buildings or parts of buildings used or occupied for residential use, all or part of <br />the off-street parking requirements may be waived by the Planning Commission when <br />sufficient publicly owned parking spaces are within five hundred (500) feet of the proposed <br />subdivision. <br />3. If the applicant believes the required parking amounts are in excess of what is needed for <br />the proposed use, the applicant may submit a written request with justification to the <br />Planning Commission for a reduction in parking space requirements. <br />4. The Planning Commission may approve parking lots with more spaces than the allowed <br />maximum provided all of the spaces above the maximum number are composed of pervious <br />surface. The Planning Commission may also approve parking lots with additional impervious <br />parking spaces above the allowed maximum spaces where the use of pervious spaces would <br />not be environmentally sound; in such case the applicant shall provide written <br />documentation supporting such claim and the decision to allow additional impervious <br />surface shall ultimately be made by the Planning Commission. <br />a. Examples of pervious materials include, but are not limited to, grid pavers, block <br />pavers, and porous pavements and surfaces.