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Ordinance 2006-11
Ordinance Adopting Regulations for Cluster Housing
Adopted: March 7, 2006
Effective: March 7, 2006
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ORDINANCE 2006-11
ORDINANCE ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR
CLUSTER HOUSING
WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia has considered it to be in
the best interests of the public and determined it is consistent with the general welfare
of the citizens to amend the zoning regulations by adding Section 612 "Special
Regulations for Cluster Home Developments"; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia has considered the best
interests of the community and its citizens and bases the following amendments to the
Zoning Regulations and Zoning Ordinance upon the public necessity, convenience,
general welfare and good zoning practices; and
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ORDAINED by the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski,
Virginia sitting in regular session this 7th day of March, 2006 that the attached
"Addendum to Ordinance 2006-11" is hereby adopted as if set expressly forth herein.
This ordinance is effective upon adoption and is hereby adopted this 7th day of March,
. 2006 by the duly recorded vote of the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia as
follows:
Jeffrey S. Worrell -Aye Lane R. Penn -Aye
Daniel Talbert, Jr. -Aye John T. Bolen -Aye
Bettye H. Steger -Absent Joel B. Burchett, Jr. -Aye
THE TOWN OF PULASKI, VIRGINIA
By: ~-
harles L. Wade, ayor
ATTEST:
Patricia Cruise, Clerk of Council
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Attachment to Ordinance 2006-11
Section 612
Special Regulations for Cluster Home Developments
612.1. A cluster home development shall be a minimum of two (2) acres in area.
612.2. There shall be at least three (3) but no more than eight (8) contiguous
living units grouped together.
612.3. There shall be no more than twelve (12) living units per acre.
612.4. The gross floor area for living units shall not be less than 950 square
feet nor greater than 1,800 square feet in area, exclusive of attics,
garages, porches, decks, patios, and basements more than fifty (50)
percent underground.
612.5. The maximum height of a cluster home group or an individual living unit
shall not exceed thirty-five (35) feet.
612.6. Cluster home groups and their individual living units shall be no more than
a story and a half.
612.7. Each individual living unit shall have individual water and sewer
connections.
612.8. Each individual living unit shall provide a driveway for ingress and egress
to a public street or road right of way.
612.9. Each individual living unit within 'a cluster home development, shall
provide sufficient off-street parking. A minimum of two (2) parking spaces
per living unit shall be required. Parking spaces shall be located in
required driveways and garage areas and not on the common areas or
public street or road right of ways.
612.10. The following setbacks shall be maintained:
612.10-1. Cluster home groups shall be located no closer than twenty-five
(25) feet from any public street or road right of way.
612.10-2 Cluster home groups shall be located no closer than twenty-five
(25} feet from the common property lines shared with adjacent
properties immediately bordering the cluster home development.
612.10-3 The minimum distance between groupings of cluster home units
shall be twenty (20) feet.
612.11 An approved homeowner's association shall be required of all cluster
home developments, with membership consisting of all the individual living
unit owners within the development. The charter of the association, which
shall contain minimum property maintenance standards for individual living
units, shall be subject to the association's board. Upkeep of all commonly
held space shall be the responsibility of the homeowner's association.
612.12 Cluster home developments shall be designed and constructed to include
firewall resistance, and shall conform to the Virginia Statewide Building
Code, as adopted and amended by the Town of Pulaski.
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I, Patricia Cruise, Clerk of Council, certify that the forgoing Ordinance
2006-11 Ordinance Adopting Regulations for Cluster Housing is a true and
correct copy as adopted by the Pulaski Town Council at their regular
meeting on March 7, 2006.
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Patricia Cruise, Clerk of Council
TC/clordinance/ccrti6cation 2006-11
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