Sec. 3-1201, 3-1202, 3-1203
Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right71
- Agriculture
- Greenhouse, Private
- Roadside Stand
- Silvicultural activities
- Stable, Commercial
- Stable, Private
- Accessory Apartment
- Condominium
- Dwelling, Multifamily Conversion
- Dwelling, Single-Family, Attached
- Dwelling, Single-Family, Detached
- Dwelling, Two-Family
- Family Day Care Home
- Group Home
- Guest House
- Home Occupation, Community
- Kennel, Private
- Multifamily Dwelling
- Temporary Emergency Housing
- Townhouse
- Club
- Community Center
- Community Recreation
- Crisis Center
- Day Care Center
- Educational Facility
- Nursing Home
- Park and Ride Facility
- Post Office
- Public Facilities
- Public Park and Recreational Area
- Religious Assembly
- Utility Service/Minor
- Antique Shop
- Bank
- Bed and Breakfast
- Business Support Service
- Business or Trade School
- Commercial Indoor Recreation
- Commercial Outdoor Recreation
- Construction Office, Temporary
- Convenience Store
- Farmer's Market
- Funeral Home
- Gasoline Station
- General Service and Repair
- Golf Course
- Hospital
- Hospital, Special Care
- Hotel/Motel/Motor Lodge/Inn
- Kennel, Commercial
- Laundry
- Marina
- Medical Office
- Mini Warehouse
- Office, General
- Personal Improvement Service
- Personal Service
- Real Estate Office, Temporary
- Restaurant, General
- Retail Sales
- Studio, Fine Arts
- Veterinary Hospital/Clinic
- Custom Manufacturing
- Laboratory
- Alternate Discharge Sewage System
- Amateur Radio Tower
- Communication Tower
- Outdoor Gathering
- Parking Facility
- Reconstructed Wetland
Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density bonus
- HistoricHistoric districtAn area where exterior changes need design review to protect its character. site density bonusDensity bonusExtra units allowed above the base cap in exchange for something — usually affordable homes.7.5 pct
A seven and one-half percent bonus to the gross density may be approved by the administrator when a historic site will be preserved and maintained as an integral part of the development proposal.
- Open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. density bonusDensity bonusExtra units allowed above the base cap in exchange for something — usually affordable homes.1 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land. per 5% open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
For each additional five percent of open space the maximum gross density specified in [subsection] A.2. above shall be increased one dwelling units per acre. The maximum open space bonus shall be 25 percent.
Other
- Commercial construction trigger25 pct
Construction of commercial and office uses shall not begin until 25 percent of the residential units of the total PD have been completed.
- Maximum commercial/office area20 pct
Maximum area for commercial and/or office uses: 20 percent of the gross area of the PD.
- Maximum percentage of any single residential use70 pct
Maximum percentage devoted to any single residential use type: 70 percent of the total number of residential dwelling units.
- Minimum countable open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.5,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Minimum countable open space: 5,000 contiguous square feet.
- Minimum horizontal dimension50 ft
Minimum horizontal dimension: 50 feet, except that areas with a horizontal distance of not less than 20 feet shall be counted as open space
Common open space shall not include proposed street right-of-ways, open parking areas, driveways, or sites reserved for schools or places of religious assembly.
From the ordinance
The purpose of this district is to provide for the development of planned communities... Minimum district size: Ten acres of contiguous land. Maximum gross density: Three dwelling units per acre... Minimum common open space and/or recreational areas: 15 percent of the gross area of the PD district.