Dimensional standards
Density
Height & bulk
Housing
Uses
Permitted by right10
Conditional / special use39
- agriculture
- forestry
- horticulture
- attached residential
- bed and breakfast inn
- tourist home
- cemetery
- cluster residential subdivision
- commercial swimming pool
- commercial tennis court
- cupola
- spire
- steeple
- day care center
- golf course
- group home
- library
- museum
- historic site
- shrine
- nursery school
- private club
- lodge
- private community facility
- recreation use
- common area improvement
- public use
- utility
- recreational vehicle storage lot
- school
- college
- university
- temporary real estate marketing office
- accessory building
- family day care home
- wildlife rehabilitation center
- transitional living shelter
- post-release housing
- urban agriculture
Accessory8
Prohibited1
Extracted standards
18 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density
- Maximum density for cluster subdivisions5 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
Cluster Subdivisions: Five (5.0) units per net developable acre.
- Maximum density for conventional subdivisions3 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
Conventional Subdivisions: Three (3.0) units per net developable acre.
- Maximum one single family dwellingSingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. per lot1 dwelling/lot
No more than one single family dwelling shall be permitted per subdivision lot.
Other
- General Development Plan and site plan required
All uses within the S-R District shall require a General Development Plan for zoning amendment approval and a site plan for special use permit approval.
- 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.
- Maximum floor area ratioFloor area ratio (FAR)Total floor area divided by lot area — an FAR of 2.0 permits 20,000 sq ft of floor on a 10,000 sq ft lot. for non-residential uses0.25 ratio
A maximum floor area ratio equal to 0.25 shall apply to such non-residential uses and structures
- Maximum lot coverageLot coverageThe share of a lot that buildings may cover, as a percentage. for non-residential uses20 pct
with a maximum percentage of lot coverage equal to 20%
- Maximum percentage of lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. comprised of slopes, wetlands, floodplains, water features25 pct
No S-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.
- Minimum active recreation as percentage of open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. for cluster25 pct
Twenty-five percent (25%) of the required open space area shall be developed as active recreational and active community open space
- Minimum active recreation as percentage of open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. for conventional50 pct
Fifty percent (50%) of the required common open space area shall be developed as active recreational and active community open space
- Minimum districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. size for cluster subdivisions5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Minimum district size for cluster subdivisions: Five (5) acres.
- Minimum common open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. for cluster subdivisions20 pct
In subdivisions approved for cluster development, twenty percent (20%) of the gross site area shall be common open space
- Minimum common open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. for conventional subdivisions with 50+ lots10 pct
In conventional subdivisions with 50 or more lots, ten percent (10%) of the gross site area shall be common open space
- Required open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. shall be contiguous and single parcel
Required open space shall be contiguous and shall occupy a single parcel within the subdivision unless otherwise approved by the Planning Commission.
- Private domestic wells and septic systems prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
No private domestic well and septic systems shall be permitted.
- Public streets and sidewalks required
The S-R district shall require public water and sewer service, public streets, and sidewalks as minimum subdivision improvements.
- Stormwater conveyance system required
new subdivisions shall be constructed with a storm water conveyance system.
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
The S-R, Suburban Residential District is created to provide for single family detached residences at subdivision densities which are compatible with the Comprehensive Plan's goals for traditional suburban-scaled residential development in Danville.