Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Accessory structures
- Considered accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure
Satellite dishes are considered to be an accessory structure and must meet setbacks accordingly.
Height
No satellite antenna mounted in any such yard shall exceed 16 feet measured vertically from the highest point of the signal receiving apparatus, when positioned for operation, to the bottom of the base which supports the satellite antenna.
Other
- Maximum number per lot2 antennas
No more than two satellite antennas not exceeding six feet in diameter may be erected or installed on any one building lot in the town regardless of the zoning district in which it is located.
- Rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. location required
Any such antenna shall be located only in the rear yard of such lot no closer than five feet to any side or rear lot line, nor less than ten feet from the rear of a main building.
- Screening required for antennas over 4 feet
All ground-mounted satellite antennas over four feet in diameter shall be screened from adjoining properties by a wooden or masonry fence of six feet in height or by a living screen of coniferous plantings four feet in height minimum on planting planted five feet on center and of a variety which will mature to a height at least equal to the height of the antenna at its highest point.
From the ordinance
Satellite dishes are considered to be an accessory structure and must meet setbacks accordingly.