Article 5, Sections 5-2 through 5-5
Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
- Maximum density
- 0.2 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
- Lot area per dwelling unitLot area per dwelling unitLand required for each home — the same limit as du/acre, expressed per unit instead of per acre.
- 217,800 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (5 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Height & bulk
Uses
Permitted by right13
Conditional / special use14
- duplex (two-family dwelling)
- group home (max 8 people)
- family day home (6-12 children)
- social/fraternal club/lodge/union hall
- commercial greenhouse (no on-premises sales)
- private airport
- nondistrict serving utility
- fire and rescue facility
- roadside stand (produce raised on premises)
- private cemetery
- home occupation (outside main building)
- temporary manufactured home (<19 ft width) for construction/renovation
- temporary manufactured home (<19 ft width) for convalescent care
- office trailer (real estate sales office)
Extracted standards
11 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Dwelling heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. increase to 45 ft requires increased side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.50 ft
The height limit for dwellings may be increased up to 45 feet and up to three stories provided that a minimum side yard of 50 feet plus one foot or more for each additional foot of building height over 35 feet is provided.
- Public building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. increase to 60 ft requires increased yards60 ft
A public or semi-public building such as a school or church may be erected to a height of 60 feet from grade provided that required front, side, and rear yards shall be increased one foot for each foot the building height exceeds 35 feet.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. limit35 ft
All structures and accessory buildings shall be no more than half the height of the principal building or 35 feet whichever is greater.
- Detached accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line10 ft
No one-story detached accessory structure may be located closer than ten feet to any property line, nor in any front or corner side yard.
- Home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. must be conducted within main building
All activities associated with the home occupation shall be conducted solely within the main building.
- Manufactured homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. foundation and skirting
Permanent foundations with masonry skirting and with a four inch by 12 inch or greater roof pitch.
- Minimum width for permitted manufactured homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site.19 ft
Manufactured homes 19 or more feet in width on individual lots and on permanent foundations with masonry skirting and with a four inch by 12 inch or greater roof pitch.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for private stable3 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
If not more than two horses are kept, the stable shall be located on a tract of not less than three acres.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for private stable with 3-4 horses5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
If three or four horses are kept, the stable shall be located on a tract of not less than five acres.
- Temporary manufactured homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. requires conditional useConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote. permit
Manufactured homes less than 19 feet in width used as temporary residence during construction, emergency repair, or renovation require a conditional use permit.
Parking
- Off-street parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. per section 1-5
Off-street parking is required per section 1-5 of this ordinance.
From the ordinance
Minimum lot area 5 acres; front yard 150 ft; side yards 50 ft; rear yard 70 ft; height 35 ft; permitted uses include single-family dwellings, manufactured homes 19+ ft wide, schools, churches, parks; conditional uses include duplex, group homes, etc.