Sec 21-179.3 through Sec 21-179.9
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right36
- accessory use
- bank
- financial institution
- business school
- professional school
- trade school
- contractor's shop
- contractor's office
- contractor's display room
- day care center
- day nursery
- fire station
- rescue squad facility
- hotel
- motel
- manufacturing (M-1 uses)
- manufacturing or assembly of electronic devices
- office and business support service
- office
- off-street parking
- personal service establishment
- printing
- publishing
- photographic processing
- public utility
- radio or television broadcasting station
- recording studio
- motion picture studio
- repair service (enclosed)
- research facility
- development facility
- laboratory
- testing facility
- restaurant (not drive-in or fast food)
- retail store
- wholesale and distribution business
Conditional / special use4
Extracted standards
10 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. with conditions75 ft
a building shall be permitted to a height of seventy-five (75) feet when such building is located not less than fifty (50) feet from all streets, not less than one hundred fifty (150) feet from all property in an RR-1 or residential district and when the lot on which such building is located is provided with not less than forty (40) percent open space.
Other
- Maximum floor area for individual retail store, personal service establishment, or restaurant10,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
No individual retail store or shop, personal service establishment or restaurant shall exceed ten thousand (10,000) square feet of floor area.
- Maximum total floor area of retail, personal service, and restaurants20 pct
The total floor area of all retail stores and shops, personal service establishments and restaurants in a Planned Office-Business District shall not exceed twenty (20) percent of the total floor area of all uses in the district.
- Minimum front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. when across street from RR-1 or residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.75 ft
Front yards of seventy-five (75) feet shall be provided when the property is across the street from an RR-1 or residential district
- Minimum front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. when across from residential and no parking between building and street50 ft
except that when no parking or other area for circulation of vehicles is located between a building and the street line, a front yard of not less than fifty (50) feet may be provided.
- Minimum front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. when no parking or circulation area between building and street30 ft
except that when no parking or other area for circulation of vehicles is located between a building and the street line, a front yard of not less than thirty (30) feet may be provided.
- Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. with mature trees10 pct
Minimum required open space may be reduced to ten (10) percent of the lot when such area contains mature healthy trees, is left in a natural state except for selective thinning, and is located adjacent to a public street so as to provide a natural wooded buffer.
- Minimum rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. abutting RR-1 or residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.100 ft
a rear yard of not less than one hundred (100) feet shall be provided abutting property in an RR-1 or residential district.
- Minimum side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. abutting RR-1 or residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.100 ft
side yards of not less than one hundred (100) feet shall be provided abutting property in an RR-1 or residential district.
Signage
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of business/identification signs6 ft
business/identification signs shall not exceed six (6) feet in height.
From the ordinance
Structures to be erected or land to be used shall be for the following uses: Accessory uses as defined... The minimum permitted size for a POB District shall be three (3) contiguous acres... The minimum size of lots in a POB District shall be established in conjunction with the development plan approved by the town council, provided that no lot shall be less than one hundred fifty (150) feet in width. A front yard of not less than fifty (50) feet shall be provided... No building or structure in a POB District shall exceed a height of forty-five (45) feet... Not less than twenty (20) percent of each lot shall be devoted to open space