9-1-6, 9-1-7, 9-5
Dimensional standards
Uses
Conditional / special use1
Accessory1
Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Buffer from A or RA districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.100 ft
Cluster housing lots other than the open space shall be one hundred (100) feet from any A or RA zoning district.
- Maximum home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. area25 pct
The total area devoted to the home occupation, regardless of whether in the principal structure or a detached structure, shall not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the livable floor area of the principal structure, exclusive of the basement.
- Maximum lot coverageLot coverageThe share of a lot that buildings may cover, as a percentage. for single family40 pct
Single family dwellings, including all accessory structures shall not cover more than 40% of any lot within the cluster development.
- Maximum professional employees2 employees
Use of the professional office is limited to the occupants and up to two (2) employees, assistants or associates.
- Maximum professional office area50 pct
The total area devoted to the professional office shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the ground floor area of the principal structure.
- Minimum cluster development area5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
The minimum area to be developed for cluster housing shall be five (5) acres in the RR, R-1, R-2 and R-3 Districts.
- Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. percentage40 pct
at least forty percent (40%) of the gross acreage of the original tract(s) shall remain in the conservation area or recreation or open space
From the ordinance
Home occupations are a permitted accessory use in the A-1, RA, RR and R-1 Zoning Districts. The resident professional is a conditional use requiring a special use permit as provided for in Article 17 in the A-1, RA, RR and R-1 Zoning Districts. Cluster housing shall be applicable in the RR, R-1, R-2 and R-3 Districts only.