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Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Detached garage prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. on townhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. lot
No detached garage or carport or other detached accessory building shall be permitted on a lot occupied by a townhouse.
- Facade variation required
The facades of dwelling units in a townhouse shall be varied by changed front yards of not less than three (3) feet and variation in materials or design so that no more than three (3) abutting units will have the same front yard depth and the same or essentially the same architectural treatment of facades and roof lines.
- Maximum dwelling unitsDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance. per townhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. building group8 units
not more than eight (8) dwelling units shall be included in any one (1) townhouse building group
- Minimum townhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.18 ft
lot width measured at the building line, for individual dwelling units of a townhouse may be reduced to not less than eighteen (18) feet
- Parking may be in rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. or within 150 ft
Required off-street parking space of two (2) spaces per dwelling unit may be provided on the lot in the rear yard or within one hundred fifty (150) feet of the lot.
- Side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. when adjacent to single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.25 ft
Any side yard adjacent to the line of a lot occupied by a detached single-family dwelling or a lot in a single-family residential district shall not be less than twenty-five (25) feet.
From the ordinance
The following regulations shall apply to townhouses in any district where townhouses are permitted.
Parking requirements
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"townhouse": "2 spaces per dwelling unit"
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