Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right15
- accessory uses
- temporary family health care structures
- bed and breakfast lodging
- religious assembly
- government facilities
- home occupations
- homestays
- libraries
- museums; art galleries; civic or cultural centers; and historic exhibits
- offices
- public parks
- single-family dwellings
- two-family dwellings
- yard sales
- utilities, public
Conditional / special use11
- accessory dwelling units
- childcare centers
- clinics and doctors offices
- eating establishments; establishments for sale of convenience goods and personal service; establishments other than those permitted as principal uses
- funeral homes
- group homes for children
- homes for adults
- lodges
- private parks, playgrounds and other outdoor recreation, and open space areas
- schools
- private utilities
Extracted standards
8 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. for structures with approval200 ft
Chimneys, water, fire, radio and television towers, church spires, domes, or cupolas, cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, smokestacks, flag poles, silos, granaries, windmills, and similar structures and their necessary mechanical appurtenances may only be erected above the height limits herein established with the specific written approval of the zoning administrator. For structures exceeding 200 feet in height, prior written approval from the Federal Aviation Administration is also necessary.
Other
- Maximum floor area for accessory usesAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office.10 pct
such uses shall be in connection with a principal use and shall, in combination, not occupy more than ten percent of the total floor area involved in the principal use.
- Common walls exemption
Minimum yard setbacks for two-family dwellings, condominiums, townhouses, duplexes, and apartments shall not apply to common walls.
- Maximum front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. encroachment6 ft
Balconies, stoops, stairs, open porches or decks, bay windows, and awnings are permitted to encroach into the front yard setback area no more than six feet
- Average front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. exception25 ft
When the average of the front yard setback for existing primary structures on the same side of the street within 300 feet is less than 25 feet, the average shall be recognized as the minimum front yard setback.
- Maximum rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. encroachment14 ft
the aforementioned as well as attached garages and carports, into the rear yard setback area no more than 14 feet.
- Rear and side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. setbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. abutting public street rights-of-way25 ft
Rear and side yard setbacks abutting public street rights-of-way shall be equal to the required front yard setback for the district.
- Uncovered parking setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.0 ft
Uncovered parking lots and spaces, sidewalks and walkways, etc., shall have no minimum yard setback.
From the ordinance
The minimum lot area shall be 6,000 square feet. The minimum lot width at the setback line shall be 50 feet for lots with frontage on one public street and 75 feet for corner lots fronting on two or more public streets. The maximum percentage of any lot that may be covered by the footprint of a building shall be 40 percent. The maximum height of any building shall be 50 feet.