Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
12 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Maximum amateur radio tower heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.75 ft
Amateur radio towers and antennas... shall not exceed a height of 75 feet above ground level.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure spacing from principal structure6 ft
Accessory structures shall be located no closer than six feet to a principal structure or another accessory structure.
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure rear/side setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.5 ft
Accessory structures shall be located no closer than five feet to a rear or side lot line.
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure street setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
Accessory structures shall be located no closer to any street than the principal building.
- Detached garage setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from alley3 ft
The minimum setback requirement from a lot line abutting an improved alley shall be three feet.
- Non-residential dumpster setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from residential lot15 ft
Where dumpsters or refuse containers for non-residential uses are located on a lot which abuts a residentially zoned lot, such containers shall be located no closer than 15 feet to the abutting residentially zoned lot.
- Dumpster enclosure minimum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. above dumpster1 ft
Dumpsters and refuse containers shall be screened with an enclosure... at a minimum height of one foot above the height of the dumpster.
- Maximum cumulative accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure area40 pct
The cumulative square footage of all accessory structures... shall not exceed 40 percent of the gross floor area of the principal structure.
- 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. relative to principal
The maximum height of any accessory building shall be less than the height of the principal building.
- ProhibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structures in residential districts
In any residential zoning district, a manufactured home, mobile home, trailer, camper, or motor vehicle, or portion thereof, shall not be used as an accessory structure.
- Temporary family health care structure maximum area300 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The structure shall not exceed 300 square feet in gross floor area.
- Temporary family health care structure permanent foundation prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Placement of the structure on a permanent foundation shall not be permitted.
From the ordinance
Accessory structures shall be located no closer than five feet to a rear or side lot line...