Dimensional standards
Lot
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
- 130,680 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (3 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
- Minimum lot depth
- 300 ft
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
Housing
Servicing
- Applies near
- Sandy River
- Geographic extent
- Sandy River area of Danville
Uses
Permitted by right10
- single-family detached dwelling
- agricultural and horticultural uses
- church or other house of worship
- fish ponds and fish hatcheries
- forests and forestry uses
- commercial communication antennas
- irrigation wells
- private swimming pools and tennis courts
- public parks and playgrounds
- yard sale/garage sale (temporary)
Conditional / special use28
- accessory building without primary building
- animal hospital and veterinary office
- animal shelter
- beekeeping
- bed and breakfast inn
- boarding house
- tourist home
- commercial swimming pools and tennis courts
- cupolas, spires and steeples
- commercial communication tower
- commercial kennel
- commercial horse stable
- community facility
- country club or lodge
- day care centers (adult and child)
- extraction of mineral resources
- golf course
- greenhouse and plant nursery
- private clubs and lodges
- sod farm
- waiver of lot frontage requirements
- waiver of requirements for public water and sewer service
- waiver of minimum district size
- family day care home
- wildlife rehabilitation center
- transitional living shelter
- post-release housing
- campgrounds
Accessory7
Prohibited2
- feed lots and confinement operations for swine, veal, poultry
- permanent saw mills
Extracted standards
12 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for cupolas, spires, steeples90 ft
Cupolas, spires and steeples (by special permit): 90 feet.
- YardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. increase for public buildings over 35 feet1 ft per ft over 35
Provided that required front, rear, and side yards shall be increased by 1 foot for each foot of height over thirty-five (35) feet for public or semi-public buildings.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from non-SR-R property lines150 ft
Accessory buildings that house farm equipment, materials, animals or the like shall be a minimum of one hundred fifty (150) feet from all property lines of property not zoned Sandy River Residential.
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from SR-R property lines5 ft
The minimum separation from property lines between two (2) properties zoned Sandy River Residential shall be five (5) feet.
- Maximum guest rooms for bed and breakfastBed and breakfastAn owner-occupied dwelling letting a limited number of guest rooms.5 rooms
There shall be a maximum of five (5) guest rooms and the total number of residents in the dwelling unit, including permanent residents and paying guests, shall not exceed eight (8).
- Beekeeping hive setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property lines100 ft
Beekeeping, provided hives are located a one hundred-foot minimum from all adjacent property lines.
- General Development Plan required for all uses
All uses within the SR-R District shall require a General Development Plan for zoning amendment approval and a site plan for special use permit approval.
- Maximum percentage of lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. in slopes, wetlands, floodplains, water features25 pct
No SR-R District residential lot shall be designed in such a way that an area of more than 25% of the prescribed minimum lot area is comprised of one or more of the following physical land units: (a) slopes 30% or greater, (b) wetlands, (c) 100-year floodplains, and (d) water features.
- Site plan approval for non-residential uses
The location of all non-residential uses shall be subject to site plan approval.
- Open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. between pasture and adjacent residential30 ft
A minimum of thirty (30) feet of open space shall be kept between any pasture of any type and adjacent residentially zoned property.
- Geotechnical report required for shrink/swell soils
Any subdivision or lot which is proposed to be developed on shrink/swell soils shall require a geotechnical report to be submitted with the preliminary plat and plans.
Parking
- Recreational vehicle parking prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. in front and side yards
Recreational vehicle parking shall not be permitted within front yard and side yard setbacks.
From the ordinance
Minimum lot area: Three (3) acres. Maximum density of one unit per five acres.