Dimensional standards
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Uses
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- Detached private garages
- Detached private greenhouses
- Fallout shelters
- Off-street parking and loading facilities
- Recreational courts, fields and equipment
- Pool houses and gazebos
- Swimming pools
- Storage structures and buildings
- Freestanding heating and air conditioning equipment and pump houses
- Fences, walls and hedges
- Guesthouses and servants quarters
- Abovegrade fuel storage containers
- Satellite dish antennas, TV and radio communication towers/antennas
- Signs
- Children's playhouses and recreational equipment
- Windmills
- Flagpoles
- Large trash containers (dumpsters) or trash enclosures
- Permanent outdoor cooking structures
- Freestanding book exchanges
- Home occupations
- Garage and yard sales
- Keeping of pets
- Outside storage
- Gardening
- Chickens (up to 6 female chickens in single-family districts)
Extracted standards
16 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Flagpole setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from right-of-way and property lines
Any flagpole shall be set back from the edge of the pavement of any existing street right-of-way and from any adjoining property a distance that is equal to the height of the pole plus three (3) feet.
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
The height of the accessory structure above the grade of the property shall not exceed the height limitations of the zoning district or exceed by 25% the height of the dwelling, whichever is less.
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure lot coverageLot coverageThe share of a lot that buildings may cover, as a percentage. relative to principal building75 pct
The total combined lot coverage for all accessory structures shall not exceed 75% of the lot coverage of the principal building or structure.
- Maximum on-street parking for regular periodic assemblies4 vehicles
All parking beyond that for four (4) vehicles associated with the assembly is provided off of the street and other than in the required front yard.
- Maximum number of basketball goals per residence1 count
Only one front yard goal is permitted per residence.
- Maximum number of female chickens allowed6 count
Six (6) or fewer female chickens may be kept as an accessory use in all single-family residential zoning districts, subject to the following requirements: (i) the chickens shall be housed in a fully enclosed accessory structure that meets the requirements of subsections 14-102.B.1—6. set out below, and (ii) the accessory structure shall be located in a rear yard.
- Maximum firewood stack heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft
The storage of firewood shall be permitted, provided that such stack shall not exceed six (6) feet in height at any point.
- Maximum firewood storage area625 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The lot area devoted to such stacking shall not exceed a total of six hundred twenty-five (625) square feet or five (5) percent of the total lot area, whichever is greater.
- Maximum flagpole heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.35 ft
No flagpole may exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height, measured from the grade of the lot, unless a use permit is obtained from the city council.
- Maximum size of storage building allowed to encroach into yards150 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Any storage building which is (a) less than one hundred fifty (150) square feet in floor area, and (b) less than eight and one-half (8.5) feet in height may encroach into the required side or rear yard, provided that a setback of not less than three (3) feet is maintained.
- Minimum separation between principal and accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structures6 ft
An accessory structure must be detached and separated from the principal structure by a distance of at least 6 feet.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for basketball goal from street right-of-way15 ft
The goal is set back at least fifteen (15) feet from the nearest street right-of-way line.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for guesthouse20,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Detached guesthouses and servants quarters shall be permitted under the following conditions: The property is zoned for single-family residential use and has a lot area of at least 20,000 square feet.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for kennelsKennelBoarding or breeding animals above the number kept as household pets. from residential property lines250 ft
Kennels, as defined in this ordinance, shall require a setback of two hundred fifty (250) feet from any lot line of any property zoned or used for residential purposes; or where the structure is soundproofed, the required setback shall be one hundred (100) feet.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for stables/enclosures from contiguous residential lot50 ft
If a contiguous lot is zoned for any residential use other than RE-1, then the enclosure or stable shall be setback fifty (50) feet from the lot line of that contiguous lot.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for stables and enclosures from exterior property lines25 ft
All enclosures and stables shall be located at least twenty-five (25) feet from all exterior property lines.
From the ordinance
Accessory uses and structures shall be permitted only in connection with and incidental to a permitted principal use or structure and in compliance with the restrictions of this ordinance.