Article II, Sec. 42-32 to 42-39
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right16
- single-family dwellings
- agriculture and forestry
- public buildings (fire, police, rescue, schools, recreational facilities)
- parks and playgrounds
- churches and other places of worship
- preserves and conservation areas
- minor home occupations
- utility facilities and structures (normal distribution)
- off-street parking and loading
- signs
- accessory buildings and uses
- family day homes (1-5 children)
- portable storage containers
- assisted living facilities and group homes (8 or fewer individuals)
- construction trailers on active construction sites
- animal pens and poultry enclosures (small-scale)
Conditional / special use17
- intensive animal confinement operations (feedlots, dairying, etc.)
- private schools and recreational facilities
- temporary sawmills
- temporary planing mills
- airports and heliports
- clubs and lodges
- cemeteries
- major home occupations
- public utility generating, booster or relay stations; major transmission lines and towers; communications monopoles; railroad yards and terminals; treatment facilities
- industrialized building units
- fraternity and sorority houses
- overnight campgrounds
- adult day care centers (accessory to institutional use)
- child day care centers (accessory to institutional use)
- kennels
- rehabilitation centers
- loudspeaker/sound amplification systems exceeding noise ordinance
Extracted standards
10 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- 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. within 20 ft of property line1 story
No accessory building which is within 20 feet of any property line shall be more than one story high.
- Parapet wall heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. above building4 ft
Parapet walls may be up to four feet above the height of the building on which the walls rest.
- Public/semi-public building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.60 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 in height over 35 feet.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure side and rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.3 ft
Accessory structures shall have a side and rear yard of three feet or more.
- Corner lot side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. on side street35 ft
The side yard on the side facing the side street shall be 35 feet or more for both main and accessory buildings.
- Handicap ramp encroachment criteria
Handicap ramps shall be allowed to encroach in all yards if the encroachment is minimum necessary, meets building code, and landing size max 6x6 ft.
- HeightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. exemptions for spires, belfries, etc.
Church spires, belfries, cupolas, monuments, water towers, chimneys, flues and flagpoles shall be exempt from this section.
- Structural projections into required yards
Structural projections into minimum required yards shall be permitted in accordance with section 42-15.
- Swine/goat setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. boundary100 ft
The keeping of swine or goats shall require a minimum setback of 100 feet from all zoning district boundary lines other than the A Agricultural, I-1 Limited Industrial or I-2 General Industrial Districts.
Parking
- Parking lot setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from street right-of-way15 ft
Parking lots shall have a minimum setback of 15 feet from any street right-of-way.
From the ordinance
Minimum lot area one-half acre; front setback 35 ft; side yard 25 ft; rear yard 50 ft; height 35 ft.