Extracted standards
20 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Deck encroachment into rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.
Nothing in these standards shall prevent a deck from encroaching into a required rear yard setback.
- Dormitories accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. to educational facility
All dormitories shall be accessory to an educational facility located on the same site or campus, and house only persons who are students or staff at the educational facility.
- Drive-through facilities prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Drive-through facilities are prohibited.
- Employee limit1 person
Employees shall be limited to occupants of the residential portion of the building plus up to one person not residing in the residential portion.
- Screening of utility equipment
Ground based, roof-based, and wall-mounted electrical equipment, HVAC equipment and other utility connection devices shall be grouped and shall be screened or located outside the view from any adjacent public street.
- Upper-story dwelling floor2 floor
Upper-story residential dwelling units shall occupy the second or higher floor of a building with a nonresidential use on the ground floor.
- Maximum abutting units with same setbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.2 units
No more than two abutting units in a row shall have the same front and rear setbacks, with a minimum setback offset being 2 1/2 feet.
- Maximum building length250 ft
No individual building shall exceed a length of 250 feet.
- Maximum driveways per block face1 driveway
Except for circular driveways, no duplex dwelling lot shall be served by more than one driveway on the same block face.
- Maximum dwellings per lot1 dwelling
No more than one single-family dwelling may be located on a single lot, except for vertical stacks of two units on one lot or in Planned Development Districts, where more than one single-family attached dwelling may be located on a single lot, in accordance with a General Development Plan.
- Maximum dwellings per lot1 dwelling
No more than one single-family detached dwelling may be located on a single lot, except in Planned Development Districts, where more than one single-family detached dwelling may be located on a single lot, in accordance with a General Development Plan.
- Maximum units per building8 units
A single-family attached building shall contain at least three units (six units, if in vertical stacks of two units) but no more than eight side-by-side dwelling units (sixteen units, if in vertical stacks of two side-by-side dwelling units).
- Minimum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure separation10 ft
No accessory structure shall be less than 10 feet from another structure.
- Minimum separation between buildings20 ft
Individual buildings containing single-family attached units shall be separated from one another by at least 20 feet.
- Minimum units per building3 units
A single-family attached building shall contain at least three units (six units, if in vertical stacks of two units) but no more than eight side-by-side dwelling units (sixteen units, if in vertical stacks of two side-by-side dwelling units).
- Nonresidential portion on ground floor
The nonresidential portion of the building shall be located on the ground floor.
- Nonresidential parking location
Any nonresidential off-street parking shall be located as far as practicable from existing adjacent single-family detached dwellings.
- Parking and landscaping for mixed uses
The use shall comply with the parking, and landscaping standards for mixed uses in Article 72-5, Development Standards.
- Recreation area location20 ft
No improved recreation area shall be located within required exterior setbacks or within 20 feet of any dwelling unit.
- Residential portion of gross floor area50 pct
The residential portion of the building shall occupy over 50% of the gross floor area.
From the ordinance
Dwellings, duplex. Duplex dwellings shall comply with the following standards: