Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Gardening exempt from zoning permit
Gardening shall be exempt from zoning permit requirements in any district allowing residential uses, provided that such gardening shall not be objectionable by reason of odor, dust, noise, pollution, soil erosion, sedimentation, or drainage.
- Special exception requires Town Council approval
A special exception is one which may be allowed when the Elkton Town Council, after review of the application and hearing thereon, finds as a fact that the proposed use or uses and conditions are consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and the policies of the Town and the public interest...
- Required yards open to sky
Every part of a required yard or court shall be open from its lowest point to the sky unobstructed, except as otherwise provided herein, for the ordinary projection of sills, cornices, buttresses, ornamental features, chimneys, flues, and eaves provided such projections shall not extend into the required yard areas for a distance exceeding two feet.
- Maximum projection into required yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.2 ft
projections shall not extend into the required yard areas for a distance exceeding two feet.
From the ordinance
The regulations established herein within each district shall be minimum regulations... No building shall hereafter be erected... to exceed the height limit... No part of a yard... shall be open from its lowest point to the sky unobstructed... Gardening shall be exempt from zoning permit requirements...