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 right27
- single-family dwelling
- home occupation
- horticultural uses including nurseries, truck farming and the cultivation of crops
- raising, grazing and feeding of animals including dairy cows, livestock, swine and poultry, and the keeping of bees
- game preserves and conservation areas
- fish hatcheries and fish ponds; wildlife/waterfowl ponds
- drainage, erosion and flood control devices
- wells, water reservoirs and water control structures
- public utilities' generating, booster or relay stations, transformer substations, transmission and distribution lines and towers, pipes, meters and other facilities
- accessory structures
- schools, churches
- seafood and shellfish landing, receiving, storage and shipping facilities
- aquaculture and mariculture facilities and activities
- commercial kennels
- commercial riding and boarding stables
- public parks, recreational areas, golf courses, yacht and country clubs, marinas and other public buildings
- facilities for repair and fueling of watercraft
- commercial seafood and shellfish receiving, processing, packing and shipping facilities
- lodges, hunting clubs, boating clubs, golf clubs
- commercial facilities for grading, processing, packing, storage and marketing of agricultural and horticultural products
- fences
- public utilities
- signs
- Pony Penning sales
- yard sales
- mobile home
- site trailers
Conditional / special use4
- cemetery
- airports and aircraft landing strips
- radiowave and microwave transmission and relay towers, and appurtenant structures and facilities
- the use of semi-trailers or trailers as accessory structures for storage
Extracted standards
12 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
- Maximum fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. (front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.)4 ft
All fences to be located from a point even with the rear of the main structure (excluding open decks and open porches) extending to the front lot line shall have a maximum height of four feet and shall be at least 30 percent open space
- Maximum fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. (remainder of property)6 ft
Any fence on the remainder of the property shall have a maximum height of six feet and may be of solid construction.
- Maximum fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. (no main structure, rear lot line)6 ft
As to any lot on which there is no existing main structure, all fences shall have a maximum height of four feet... except for a fence erected or constructed along the rear lot line which may have a maximum height of six feet
- Maximum containment fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft
Fully enclosed containment fences of solid construction may be erected to enclose aboveground sewage disposal systems and fuel storage tanks... shall not exceed a maximum height of six feet.
- Minimum fence open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. (front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.)30 pct
shall be at least 30 percent open space when viewed at any point perpendicular (90-degree angle) to the fence line
- Minimum containment fence setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from side/rear lot line5 ft
Such containment fences shall not be placed closer than five feet from any side or rear lot line
- Minimum containment fence setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from front lot line15 ft
shall not be placed closer than 15 feet from the front lot line.
Height
- Maximum 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.25 ft
No accessory building or structure shall be more than 25 feet in height.
- Maximum chimney heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. above building6 ft
Chimneys and flues shall not be more than six feet above the height of the main buildings upon which they rest.
- Maximum parapet wall heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. above building4 ft
Parapet walls shall not extend more than four feet above the maximum building height for non-residential structures.
- Maximum spire/monument heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. above mean sea level70 ft
Church spires, belfries, monuments, flagpoles, television antennae and radio aerials may be no higher than 70 feet above mean sea level
Other
- Minimum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.30 ft
The minimum side yard for accessory structures shall be 30 feet or more.
From the ordinance
The following uses shall be permitted in the A agricultural district... The minimum lot size for permitted residential dwellings shall be five acres, or a minimum individual lot size of one acre as long as the allowable gross density does not exceed one unit per five acres... Structures... shall be located a minimum of 50 feet from the edge of any street right-of-way... The minimum side yard setback for each main structure shall be 50 feet, and the total width of the two required side yards shall be 100 feet or more... Buildings... may be erected up to 36 feet in height... No structure shall exceed three stories in height.