Dimensional standards
Lot
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
- 16,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.37 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
- Minimum lot depth
- 125 ft
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 20%
Housing
Uses
Permitted by right23
Conditional / special use26
- accessory apartment
- drive-thru facility
- antique shop
- community facility
- congregate care facility
- cupola
- spire
- steeple
- fast food restaurant
- golf course
- group home
- office with retail sales
- parking lot
- private club
- lodge
- public use
- utility
- residential apartment
- restaurant
- homeless shelter
- transitional living shelter
- post-release housing
- museum
- hotel
- motel
- retail sales
Extracted standards
16 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Environmental
- Maximum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. in wetlands/water features25 pct
No TO-C District lot shall be designed or employed for use in which an area more than 25% of the prescribed minimum lot area is comprised of wetlands or water features.
Height
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.24 ft
Accessory buildings: 24 feet.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. with special permit50 ft
Building heights may be increased by special permit up to a maximum height of 50 feet if one additional foot of yard setback is provided for each foot over 35 feet.
- Public or semi-public building maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.45 ft
Public or semi-public building: 45 feet, provided that required yards shall be increased by 1 foot for each foot of height over 45 feet.
Other
- Corner lot minimum width125 ft
Corner lot: 125 feet.
- General Development Plan and site plan required
All uses within the TO-C District shall require a General Development Plan for rezoning approval and a site plan for special permit or lot development approval.
- Landscaped open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.20 pct
Twenty percent (20%) of the gross lot area shall be landscaped open space.
- Rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for accessory usesAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office.5 ft
Rear yard (accessory uses): 5 feet.
- Refuse enclosure and screening
All refuse shall be contained in completely enclosed facilities, located in a paved area and screened from public view.
- Geotechnical report for shrink/swell soils
Any subdivision or lot proposed on shrink/swell soils shall require a geotechnical report prepared by a registered professional engineer.
- Interior side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. abutting residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.20 ft
If the property's interior side yard abuts a residential zoning district, then the required setback is 20 feet.
Overlay
- FloodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. overlay districtOverlay districtA second set of rules laid over the base district, adding requirements without replacing it.
Refer to the Floodplain Zoning Overlay District, where applicable.
Parking
- Parking in front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.
No parking is located within a front yard. If parking is provided in a front yard, the front yard shall be the depth of the parking plus 25 feet.
- Parking in rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.
If parking is provided in a back yard, the back yard shall be the depth of the parking plus 25 feet.
- Parking in interior or street sideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.
If parking is in an interior or street side yard, the required setback is the parking area width plus 15 feet.
- Recreational vehicle parking
Recreational vehicle parking shall not be permitted within a front yard and side yard.
From the ordinance
Minimum lot area: 16,000 sq ft. Max FAR 0.25. Front yard 25 ft, side yard 15 ft, rear yard 25 ft. 20% landscaped open space.