19 Osprey Ln Gardiner, NY 12525-5339

Special site design and operational considerations in the CLI District. (1) The purpose of the CLI District is to allow larger-scale nonresidential uses that contribute to the Town's tax base and provide jobs for local residents, while protecting the Town's treasured scenic and rural qualities using open space buffers. Impervious surfaces are limited to 70% of total project area, requiring 30% to be maintained as open or undeveloped "green space." This green space shall be arranged in a manner that adequately buffers buildings and parking areas from public roads and neighboring properties, while protecting wetlands, watercourses, and scenic views. (2) Buildings shall be placed in front of their parking lots to screen the parking from the road. This requirement shall not apply if the entire site is screened from the road by natural vegetation and/or natural topography. The Planning Board may modify or waive this requirement where environmental or topographic constraints or unusual lot configurations such as corner lots or through lots make compliance with this requirement impractical or impossible, or where the predominant character of surrounding development is such that compliance with this requirement would serve no useful purpose, provided that the applicant minimizes the visual impacts of such parking areas as seen from residential streets or main thoroughfares. See § 220-38 for additional parking standards and parking lot design requirements. I.