Article 3, Section C, Subsection D.1
Dimensional standards
Density
Height & bulk
Uses
Permitted by right12
Conditional / special use41
- agriculture
- forestry
- horticultural use
- attached residential
- bed and breakfast inn
- tourist home
- cemetery
- cluster residential subdivision
- commercial swimming pool
- commercial tennis court
- cupola
- spire
- steeple
- day care center
- golf course
- group home
- library
- museum
- historic site
- shrine
- nursery school
- private club
- lodge
- private community facility
- recreation use
- public use
- utility
- storage lot for recreational vehicles
- school
- college
- university
- temporary real estate marketing office
- waiver of contiguous open space parcel requirement
- waiver of district size for cluster subdivisions
- waiver of side yard requirement
- accessory building without primary building
- family day care home
- wildlife rehabilitation center
- transitional living shelter
- post-release housing
- urban agriculture
Extracted standards
14 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
Required open space shall be contiguous and shall occupy a single parcel within the subdivision unless otherwise approved by the Planning Commission.
- General Development Plan required
All uses within the S-R District shall require a General Development Plan for zoning amendment approval and a site plan for special use permit approval.
- Geotechnical report for shrink/swell soils
Any subdivision or lot which is proposed to be developed on shrink/swell soils shall require a geotechnical report to be submitted with the preliminary plat and plans.
- Maximum floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions./wetland/slope as % of open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.40 pct
no more than 40% of the required common open space shall consist of land classified as 100 year floodplain, stream valleys, wetlands, water features, stormwater management and BMP facilities, slopes greater than 30%, and/or drainage easements.
- Max steep slopeSteep slopeGround above a stated gradient, where building is restricted or barred./wetland/floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. as % of lot25 pct
No S-R District residential lot shall be designed in such a way that an area of more than 25% of the prescribed minimum lot area is comprised of one or more of the following physical land units: (a) slopes 30% or greater, (b) wetlands, (c) 100-year floodplains, and (d) water features.
- Minimum active recreation as % of open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. (cluster)25 pct
Twenty-five percent (25%) of the required open space area shall be developed as active recreational and active community open space, as defined.
- Minimum active recreation as % of open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. (conventional 50+ lots)50 pct
Fifty percent (50%) of the required common open space area shall be developed as active recreational and active community open space, as defined.
- Minimum common open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. (cluster)20 pct
In subdivisions approved for cluster development, twenty percent (20%) of the gross site area shall be common open space dedicated to common usage and ownership.
- Minimum common open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. (conventional 50+ lots)10 pct
In conventional subdivisions with 50 or more lots, ten percent (10%) of the gross site area shall be common open space dedicated to common usage and ownership.
Common open space, recreational areas and other common properties shall be owned, administered and maintained by a not-for-profit, property owners' association
- Private well/septic prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
No private domestic well and septic systems shall be permitted.
- Public streets and sidewalks required
The S-R district shall require public water and sewer service, public streets, and sidewalks as minimum subdivision improvements.
- Stormwater conveyance system required
new subdivisions shall be constructed with a storm water conveyance system.
Parking
- RV parking prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. in front/side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.
Recreational vehicle parking shall not be permitted within front yard and side yard setbacks.
From the ordinance
Conventional Subdivisions: Three (3.0) units per net developable acre.