Sec. 106-531 through 106-548
Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right23
- single-family dwelling
- two-family dwelling
- townhouse
- apartment (up to 25 units)
- retail store (10,000 sqft and under)
- professional office building (10,000 sqft and under)
- commercial/shopping/office center (10,000 sqft and under)
- bed and breakfast inn (up to 5 guest rooms)
- school
- church/house of worship
- post office
- public safety facility
- professional office within dwelling
- home occupation
- private noncommercial small boat dock
- accessory dwelling on conservation lot
- accessory use
- private recreational facility
- playground/park (no outdoor nighttime lights)
- public utility (except water/sewerage facilities)
- general agricultural/forestry use on conservation lot
- senior housing/assisted living (25 beds or less)
- hotel (up to 16 guest rooms)
Conditional / special use18
- accessory dwelling (up to 650 sqft, on 20,000 sqft lot)
- farm stand/seafood stand
- restaurant (up to 6,000 sqft interior)
- small wind energy system (on 5+ acres)
- residential development (more than 25 units)
- farm market/seafood market
- retail store (over 10,000 sqft or 1+ acre site)
- professional office building (over 10,000 sqft or 1+ acre site)
- commercial/shopping/office center (over 10,000 sqft or 1+ acre site)
- restaurant (6,000 sqft or greater)
- public/semi-public recreational facility (with or without lights)
- waterfront business
- public/community water or sewerage facility
- hotel/motel
- senior housing/assisted living (over 25 beds)
- mixed use development
- apartment (more than 25 units)
- wetlands off-site compensatory mitigation site
Prohibited1
Extracted standards
18 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. near lot line18 ft
No accessory building or structure which is within ten feet of any lot line shall be more than 18 feet high.
- Maximum dwelling heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. with increased setbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.45 ft
Dwellings may be erected to an overall height of 45 feet, provided that both required side yard setbacks are increased one foot for each foot in height by which the dwelling exceeds 35 feet.
- Maximum public/semi-public building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.60 ft
A public or semi-public building such as a school or church may be erected to a height of 60 feet from grade provided that required front, side and rear yards shall be increased one foot in width for every two feet in height by which the building exceeds 35 feet.
- Maximum small wind energy system tower heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.80 ft
Small wind energy system towers shall not exceed a height of 80 feet on a parcel of five acres or more.
Other
- Maximum accessory dwelling unitAccessory dwelling unit (ADU)A second, smaller home on a lot that already has one — a garage flat, basement flat or backyard cottage. size650 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The maximum size of the accessory dwelling unit is 650 square feet of total floor area.
- Maximum accessory dwelling unitsAccessory dwelling unit (ADU)A second, smaller home on a lot that already has one — a garage flat, basement flat or backyard cottage. per lot1 units
Only one accessory dwelling unit or apartment is permitted on any single lot, unless allowed by conditional use permit.
- Maximum floor area ratioFloor area ratio (FAR)Total floor area divided by lot area — an FAR of 2.0 permits 20,000 sq ft of floor on a 10,000 sq ft lot. for accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structures0.05 farFloor area ratio (FAR)Total floor area divided by lot area — an FAR of 2.0 permits 20,000 sq ft of floor on a 10,000 sq ft lot.
The total floor area ratio (FAR) of accessory structures shall not exceed 0.05 FAR.
- Maximum floor area ratioFloor area ratio (FAR)Total floor area divided by lot area — an FAR of 2.0 permits 20,000 sq ft of floor on a 10,000 sq ft lot. on conservation lots0.08 farFloor area ratio (FAR)Total floor area divided by lot area — an FAR of 2.0 permits 20,000 sq ft of floor on a 10,000 sq ft lot.
A conservation lot may not have total development, including main structures and accessory structures, in excess of 0.075 floor area ratio (FAR).
- Maximum mixed use development size40 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
The maximum size of a mixed use development shall be 40 acres unless there is a recommendation by the planning commission and a finding by the board of supervisors that a mixed use development larger than 40 acres is appropriate.
- Minimum number of integrated land uses in mixed use development2 uses
Mixed use developments shall include an integrated combination of at least two or more land uses or types of uses.
- Residential setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. boundary200 ft
All residential structures in a development district 'VDD' must be set back a minimum of 200 feet from the boundary line of any adjacent tract that is zoned agriculture.
- Lots triggering resource quality protection plan50 lots
Any residential subdivision creating 50 or more lots is subject to resource quality protection plan requirements as specified in section 106-235 of this chapter.
- Road access points for high traffic roads2 access points
Roads which will serve a combined traffic loading exceeding 250 vehicles per day, shall generally have two access points to the existing public road network.
- Lots triggering traffic impact study50 lots
Applications proposing to create 50 or more lots shall submit a traffic impact study...
- Vegetative buffer width along public roads (cluster option)25 ft
A 25-foot vegetative buffer area, consisting of existing or planted trees, shrubs and grass, shall be provided abutting all existing public roads.
- Maximum village green length/width ratio3 ratio
Maximum length/width ratio: three to one (3:1).
- Minimum village green area15,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Minimum area: 15,000 square feet.
- Village green required per number of lots50 lots
At least one village green must be provided for every 50 lots in a village development.
From the ordinance
Village development district is intended to preserve village character by allowing for a mix of residential and commercial uses...