Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Housing
- Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
- conditionalConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote.
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right46
- Multifamily Dwelling
- Single-family, Attached
- Townhouse
- Two-family Dwelling
- Home Occupation
- Administrative Services
- Community Recreation
- Cultural Services
- Day Care Center
- Home for Adults
- Life Care Facility
- Nursing Home
- Open Space
- Post Office
- Public Parks and Recreational Areas
- Public Recreation Assembly
- Religious Assembly
- Safety Services
- Shelter
- Utility Services, Minor
- Financial Institutions (without drive-through)
- General Office
- Medical Office
- Automobile Renting/Leasing
- Automobile Parts/Supply
- Brewpub
- Clinic
- Commercial Indoor Entertainment
- Communication Services
- Consumer Repair Services
- Hotel/Motel
- Neighborhood Convenience Store
- Parking Facility
- Personal Improvement Services
- Personal Services
- Restaurant, Fast Food
- Restaurant, General
- Restaurant, Small
- Retail Sales
- Small-scale Brewery, Cidery, or Seltzery
- Small-scale Distillery
- Small-scale Winery or Meadery
- Specialty Shop
- Studio, Fine Arts
- Veterinary Hospital/Clinic
- Accessory Structures
Conditional / special use24
- Single-family, detached
- Club
- Educational Facilities, Primary/Secondary
- Educational Facilities, College/University
- Lighting, public park and recreation area field
- Public Assembly
- Utility Services, Major
- Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Center
- Financial Institutions (with drive-through)
- Automobile Repair
- Bed & Breakfast
- Business Support Services
- Car Wash
- Commercial Indoor Sports and Recreation
- Expansion of Small-scale Brewery, Cidery, Seltzery, Winery, Meadery or Distillery
- Funeral Home
- Gasoline Station
- Grocery Store
- Pawn Shop
- Restaurant, Drive-in
- Retail Sales, Large Format
- Broadcasting and Communication Facility
- Laboratory
- Research & Development
Extracted standards
15 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density
- Maximum residential density (bedrooms per acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)48 bedrooms/acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Maximum Residential Density: Forty-eight (48) bedrooms per acre in the MXD Development.
Height
- HeightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. reduction near residential districts10 ft
When a building abuts a RR1, RR2, R-4, R-5, OTR, RM-27, RM-48 or a PR zoning district boundary, its height shall not exceed the base maximum height permitted in the abutted zoning district by more than ten (10) feet for any part of a structure within one hundred (100) feet of the abutted district.
Other
- Maximum contiguous wall length without windows30 ft
Each facade shall have no more than thirty (30) feet of contiguous horizontal wall length devoid of transparent windows on any floor, unless that length of wall includes architectural features.
- Maximum curb cuts per street frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.2 count
A maximum of two (2) curb cuts shall be allowed per street frontage of any lot.
- Maximum MXD Development coverage85 pct
Maximum MXD Development Coverage: Eighty-five (85) percent of the total MXD Development area.
- Maximum dwelling unitDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance. occupancy
The maximum dwelling unit occupancy shall be a family, plus two (2) persons unrelated to the family; or no more than four (4) unrelated persons.
A minimum of ten (10) percent of the MXD Development gross land area shall be reserved as open space.
- Pedestrian amenities required
Each new structure and every expansion to an existing building shall provide pedestrian amenities located to serve the subject structure.
- Recreational activity area minimum5 pct
This recreational activity area shall be a minimum of five (5) percent of the residential gross floor area in the MXD Development.
- Recreation area distance from residences1,000 ft
Such recreational area shall be provided within one thousand (1,000) feet of the residences served.
- Gross residential floor area percentage
The gross residential floor area in any MXD Development shall be no less than a minimum of ten (10) percent and no greater than a maximum of seventy-five (75) percent of gross floor area within the MXD Development.
- Roof-top equipment screening
All roof-top equipment shall be screened in building materials that match the structure or which are visually compatible with the structure.
- SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for structures facing public roads
Setbacks for structures with elevations facing an abutting public road (excluding alleys) shall be as follows: Local Street: Front None, Side None, Rear None; Collector Street: Rear None; Arterial Street: Rear None.
- Transit shelterShelterTemporary accommodation for people without housing, usually with support services. required for large developments75,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Any MXD Development with gross floor area in excess of seventy-five thousand (75,000) square feet shall provide a transit shelter.
- Underground utilities
All utility lines (electric, telephone, cable television lines, etc.) shall be placed underground.
From the ordinance
The purposes of the Mixed Use Development (MXD) District are as follows: ...
Use details
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"permitted_uses": [
"Outdoor Display (pursuant to Section 3302)"
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