Part 502, § 165-502.01 through § 165-502.06
Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
Parking
- Minimum, studio / 1-bedroom
- 1.5
- Minimum, 2+ bedroom
- 2
Uses
Permitted by right17
- age-restricted communities
- indoor and outdoor recreational facilities
- preserves and conservation areas
- restaurants
- hotels and lodges
- boat clubs and service areas
- service stations
- private campgrounds
- heliports or air strips
- recreational vehicle storage
- general business offices
- general merchandise store
- home furnishing store
- public utilities excluding energy-generating facilities
- waste recovery and recycling facility
- movie theater
- backyard chickens and chicken coops
Prohibited2
Extracted standards
25 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Garden apartmentMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. max heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. (accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office.)20 ft
Maximum building height for accessory structures shall be 20 feet.
- Garden apartmentMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. max heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. (principal)65 ft
Maximum building height for principal structures shall be 65 feet.
- TownhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. max heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. (accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office.)20 ft
Maximum building height for accessory structures shall be 20 feet.
- TownhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. max heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. (principal)35 ft
Maximum building height for principal structures shall be 35 feet.
Other
- Garden apartmentMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. building spacing (2-story)30 ft
Two-story buildings: 30 feet front and side, 50 feet rear.
- Garden apartmentMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. building spacing (3-4 story)40 ft
Three- and four-story buildings: 40 feet side, 50 feet front and rear.
- Garden apartmentMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from local street20 ft
Twenty feet from road right-of-way of local streets and from parking areas and driveways.
- Garden apartmentMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from public road ROW35 ft
Thirty-five feet from road right-of-way of public roads, greenways and neighborhood collectors.
- Garden apartmentMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. rear setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from perimeter50 ft
Rear: 50 feet from perimeter boundary.
- Garden apartmentMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. side setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from perimeter50 ft
Side: 50 feet from perimeter boundary.
- Minimum contiguous acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.500 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
No residential recreational community master development plan nor rezoning to the Residential Recreational Community District shall be approved for less than 500 contiguous acres.
- Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. small lot landscaping alternative
Minimum landscape plantings: three trees and 12 shrubs. Trees min 2-inch caliper, shrubs min 12-inch height.
- TownhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. building spacing30 ft
Minimum building spacing: 30 feet side, 50 feet front and rear.
- TownhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. deck extension into rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.5 ft
Decks may extend five feet into rear yard setback areas.
- TownhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. deck extension into rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. abutting open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.12 ft
Where the townhouse housing type abuts open space, decks may extend up to 12 feet into rear yard setback areas.
- TownhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from local street20 ft
Twenty feet from road right-of-way of neighborhood collectors, local streets and from parking areas and driveways.
- TownhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from public road ROW35 ft
Thirty-five feet from road right-of-way of public roads and greenways.
- TownhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.2,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Minimum lot area: 2,000 square feet.
- TownhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.20 ft
Minimum lot width: 20 feet.
- TownhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. front porch extension8 ft
Front porches, stoops and steps may extend eight feet into front yard setback areas.
- TownhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. rear setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from perimeter50 ft
Rear: 50 feet from perimeter boundary.
- TownhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. side setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from perimeter30 ft
Side: 30 feet from perimeter boundary.
Parking
- Garden apartmentMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. parking per 1-bedroom1.5 spaces
One and one-half parking spaces shall be provided for each one-bedroom unit.
- Garden apartmentMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. parking per 2-bedroom2 spaces
Two parking spaces shall be provided for each two-bedroom unit.
- TownhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. parking spaces per unit2 spaces
Two parking spaces shall be provided per unit.
From the ordinance
Minimum 500 contiguous acres. Age-restricted communities allowed with alternative dimensional requirements for garden apartments and townhouses.
Parking requirements
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"townhouse": "2 spaces",
"garden apartment (1-bedroom)": "1.5 spaces",
"garden apartment (2-bedroom)": "2 spaces"
}