§ 175-2

Other

• Basement inclusion in floor area

  Floor area shall include the area of basements when used for residential, commercial or industrial purposes but not include a basement or portion of a basement used for storage or housing of mechanical or central heating equipment.

• Bed-and-breakfast requires special use permitConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote.

  BED-AND-BREAKFAST — A home occupation use of a single-family dwelling requiring a special use permit

• Carport treated as accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building

  When freestanding, carports shall be treated as accessory buildings subject to all applicable provisions of the underlying zoning district

• NonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. use discontinuance period2 years

  whenever a nonconforming use of land has been discontinued for a period of two years, such use shall not thereafter be reestablished

• Dwelling must comply with building code

  A dwelling shall be constructed in accordance with the Uniform Statewide Building Code.

• Ground-level parking/patios excluded from coverage

  Parking areas or patios constructed at ground level shall not be included in the calculation of coverage.

• Swimming pools and tennis courts as accessory usesAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office.

  Swimming pools and tennis courts shall be considered accessory uses.

• Maximum name plate area2 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  no advertising sign is displayed other than a name plate not exceeding two square feet in area on each face of said plate

• Minimum distance to side/rear lot lines5 ft

  When a privacy fence does not exist along a lot line, a deck, terrace or patio shall not be built closer than five feet to any side or rear adjacent lot lines

• Minimum distance to privacy fence5 ft

  Deck construction shall be located no closer than five feet to a privacy fence.

• Minimum distance to street line10 ft

  or closer than 10 feet to any side or rear street line.

• Minimum residential floor area for modular unit800 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  containing not less than 800 square feet of residential floor area

• No advertising vehicle

  there is no motor vehicle regularly operated from the premises that carries advertising

• No employees

  provided that no person not a resident on the premises is employed

• No exterior evidence

  there is no exterior evidence that the building is being used for any purpose other than a dwelling

• No mechanical equipment

  no mechanical equipment is used except that which is normally used for purely domestic or household purposes

• No permanent roof structures

  No permanent roof structures, other than open lattice pergola type structures, shall be permitted on any deck, terrace or patio.

• No stock kept or commodities sold

  no stock is kept or commodities sold