Dimensional standards
Lot
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- All districts where townhousesTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. are permitted
Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Maximum contiguous townhousesTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot.12 units
Not more than six contiguous townhouses shall be built in a row with the same or approximately the same front line, and not more than 12 townhouses shall be contiguous.
- Maximum townhousesTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. with same front line6 units
Not more than six contiguous townhouses shall be built in a row with the same or approximately the same front line
- Minimum private yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. area per townhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot.1,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
each townhouse shall have, on its own lot, one yard containing not less than 1,500 square feet, reasonably secluded from view from streets or from neighboring property. Such yard shall not be used for off-street parking or for any accessory building.
- Minimum separation between townhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. groups20 ft
No portion of a townhouse or accessory structure in or related to one group of contiguous townhouses shall be closer than 20 feet to any portion of a townhouse or accessory structure related to another group, or to any building outside the townhouse area.
- Visibility triangle at private drives
At the intersection of any private drive or entrance or exit for a common parking area with a public street, no fence, wall, hedge or other planting or structure forming a material impediment to visibility between a height of 2½ feet and eight feet shall be erected, planted, placed or maintained, and no vehicle so impeding visibility shall be parked, within triangular areas defined by lines connecting points, as follows: Beginning at the point where the midline of the private drive or entrance or exit for a common parking area intersects the public right-of-way, thence to a point 35 feet along the right-of-way line in the direction of approaching traffic, thence to a point 25 feet toward the interior of the property along the previously described midline, and thence to point of beginning.
Parking
- Maximum parking distance from dwelling100 ft
No off-street parking space shall be more than 100 feet by the most direct pedestrian route, from a door of the dwelling unit it is intended to serve.
- No parking in right-of-way
Provision of parking facilities in the right-of-way is not permitted.
From the ordinance
Minimum width for the portion of the lot on which the townhouse is to be constructed shall be 20 feet. ... One off-street parking space shall be provided for each dwelling unit on the premises.
Parking requirements
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"townhouse": "1 space per dwelling unit"
}