Part 504, § 165-504.01 through § 165-504.07
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right44
- Colleges, Universities, Professional Schools, and Junior Colleges
- Libraries
- Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing
- Scientific Research and Development Services including Testing Agencies
- Food and Beverage Retailers excluding Fruit and Vegetable Stands and Vending Machine Operators
- Food Services and Drinking Places excluding Mobile Food Services
- Health and Personal Care Retailers
- Finance and Insurance, Holding, and Office of Real Estate
- Hotel and Motels, including Rooming and Boarding Houses, and Dormitories; excluding Workers Camps
- Coin Operated Laundries, Drycleaners, and Linen Supplies
- Personal Care Services
- Photocopying and Duplicating Services
- Medical Equipment Rental and Leasing
- Data Entry, Data Processing, Data Verification, and Optical Scanning Data Services
- Product Sterilization Services
- Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Physical Fitness Facilities
- Civic and Social Organizations
- Ambulatory Health Care Services, Hospitals, Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
- Continuing-Care Retirement Community (CCRC) (as defined)
- Adult Day-Care Centers
- Child Day-Care Services
- Public Buildings, including Social Service Offices
- Pharmaceutical Machinery Manufacturing
- Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing
- Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
- Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesaler
- Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers
- Dormitories, Medical and Allied Health (as defined)
- Halfway House (as defined)
- Treatment Home (as defined)
- Family Care Home (as defined)
- Group Home (as defined)
- Protected Populations Home (as defined)
- Places of Religious Worship
- Fire Protection
- Conference/Event Centers (as defined)
- Fleet Maintenance Facility
- On-Site Utility Systems (as defined)
- Telecommunications Towers and Facilities (as defined)
- Warehousing, Medical and Allied Health Services (as defined)
- Wellness Centers (as defined)
- residential care facilities
- home occupations
Extracted standards
26 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density
- Maximum residential care density10 DU/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
Maximum residential density shall not exceed 10 units per acre.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. per bedroom for other residential1,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
All other residential land uses shall provide a minimum of 1,000 square feet of average lot area per bedroom.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. per DU for single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. attached/detached3,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Single-family detached and single-family attached residential structures having individual access shall have an average lot area of 3,000 square feet per dwelling unit.
Height
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for hospitals, offices, etc.90 ft
The maximum structural height for hospitals, office buildings, and all land use permitted under § 165-504.02B, shall be 90 feet.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for all other uses35 ft
The maximum structural height for all other land uses permitted in this Part 504 shall be 35 feet.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for residential care facilities, etc.70 ft
The maximum structural height for residential care facilities, nursing and personal care facilities, dormitories, garden apartments and automobile parking structures shall be 70 feet.
Other
- Buffer to agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. parcel100 ft
A 100-foot buffer adjacent to a parcel whose primary use is agriculture.
- Internal residential separation buffer25 ft
An internal residential separation buffer between detached, semidetached, and all other related residential land uses containing a twenty-five-foot buffer.
- Internal separation buffer between support and residential50 ft
A fifty-foot internal separation buffer between all support service land uses and related residential land uses.
- Maximum FARFloor 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 hospitals, offices, etc.2 ratio
Hospitals, office buildings, conference/events centers, wellness centers, and all land use permitted under § 165-504.02B, Educational support services, shall be allowed to develop a maximum floor-to-area ratio (FAR) of two.
- Maximum FARFloor 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 other permitted uses1 ratio
All permitted land uses other than those described in § 165-504.03B providing support services to this district shall be allowed to develop a maximum floor-to-area ratio (FAR) of one.
- Minimum districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. area20 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
All parcels that are zoned MS (Medical Support) District shall contain a minimum of 20 acres.
- Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. for master-planned as one parcel20 pct
Twenty percent of the overall gross area of a master-planned MS (Medical Support) District that is to be developed as one parcel.
- Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. for residential parcels30 pct
and 30% of the total site area of individual parcels that are subdivided for related residential land uses.
- Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. for support services parcels25 pct
Twenty-five percent of the total site area of individual parcels that are subdivided for support services.
- Buffer to orchard parcel200 ft
A 200-foot buffer adjacent to a parcel whose primary use is orchard.
- Parking lot setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from urban collector20 ft
Parking lots shall be set back a minimum of 20 feet from urban collector streets.
- Parking lot setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from urban local10 ft
and shall be set back a minimum of 10 feet from urban local streets.
- Perimeter buffer width50 ft
A fifty-foot perimeter buffer from all adjoining parcels.
- Residential care facilities restricted to older persons
Occupancy of the dwelling units is restricted to older persons.
Setback
- CCRC building spacing10 ft
Residential housing units within a continuing-care retirement community ... shall have a minimum building spacing of 10 feet between units.
- CCRC perimeter setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.50 ft
and no building can be within 50 feet of the perimeter boundary of the development.
- Front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for residential from private urban local20 ft
and a front yard setback of 20 feet from any private urban local road.
- Front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for residential from public urban local25 ft
All permitted related residential uses and continuing care retirement communities shall have a minimum front yard setback of 25 feet from any public urban local street.
- Front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for support services from urban collector50 ft
All permitted educational, research, professional, commercial, and other related support services shall have a minimum front yard setback of 50 feet from any urban collector street.
- Front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for support services from urban local35 ft
and a minimum front yard setback of 35 feet from any urban local street.
From the ordinance
Min 20 acres. FAR up to 2 for hospitals/offices, 1 for others. Max density 10 DU/acre for residential care facilities. Open space 20-30%.