Uses
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- private garages
- guest houses
- swimming pools
- hot tubs
- Jacuzzis
- accessory buildings for storage of household goods and maintenance items
- tennis courts
- basketball courts
- volleyball and badminton areas
- home gardens
- landscaping features
- private security or dusk-to-dawn lighting
- children's play structures
- gazebos
- dog houses
- dog pens
- private greenhouses
Extracted standards
46 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- Base flood elevation
Base flood elevation (BFE) means the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) designated 100-year water surface elevation plus one foot.
- Floodway 100-year capacity
For the purposes of this chapter, the floodway shall be capable of accommodating a flood of the 100-year magnitude.
- Start of construction permit days180 days
Start of construction means the date the building permit was issued, provided the actual start of construction, repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, placement, or other improvement was within 180 days of the permit date.
- Substantial damage threshold50 pct
Substantial damage means damage of any origin sustained by a structure whereby the cost of restoring the structure to its before damaged condition would equal or exceed 50 percent of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred.
- Substantial improvement threshold50 pct
Substantial improvement means any reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, or other improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50 percent of the market value of the structure before the start of construction of the improvement.
Other
- ApartmentsMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. minimum families3 count
Apartments means a building used or intended to be used as the residence of three or more families living independently of each other.
- Automobile graveyard vehicle count5 count
Automobile graveyard means any lot or place which is exposed to the weather upon which more than five motor vehicles of any kind, incapable of being operated
- Boardinghouse maximum persons14 count
Boardinghouse means a building where, for compensation, lodging and meals are provided for at least five and up to 14 persons.
- Boardinghouse minimum persons5 count
Boardinghouse means a building where, for compensation, lodging and meals are provided for at least five and up to 14 persons.
- Dog house/pen location
All such structures shall be placed in the rear yard
- Double-wide manufactured homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. maximum length90 ft
A double/triple-wide manufactured/mobile home is 20 feet or more in width and 90 feet in length or less
- Double-wide manufactured homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. minimum width20 ft
A double/triple-wide manufactured/mobile home is 20 feet or more in width and 90 feet in length or less
The home occupation shall not cause any odor, dust, smoke, vibration, noise, heat glare or electromagnetic interference, which can be detected at, or beyond, the property line.
There shall be no exterior evidence that a building is being used for any purpose other than a dwelling or an accessory structure.
- Home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. employees1 count
provided that not more than one person other than a family member of the resident family is employed on the premises
Business Licenses are required in accordance with chapter 8 "Business Licenses".
More than one home occupation may be conducted on the premises
The business must be conducted by a full-time resident of the property.
Off-street parking will be provided by the homeowner, where necessary, to handle all vehicle visits authorized under specific traffic classifications.
- Home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. uses
a home occupation shall not be interpreted to include the conduct of beauty parlors, barbershops, nursing homes, convalescent homes, rest homes, antique or craft resale, restaurants, tearooms, tourist homes, fortunetellers, firearm sales, or similar establishments.
- Home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. sign area4 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Home occupation sign means a sign not exceeding four square feet in area
- Home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. sign count1 count
Only one such sign is permitted per dwelling
- Home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. sign illumination
such signs may not be illuminated
- Home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. square footage
There is no limit to the amount of square footage that can be used within the residential structure for business activity.
There will be no outdoor storage of equipment, material or stock.
- Home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. teaching pupils2 count
Teaching with musical or educational instruction limited to two pupils at a time
- Hotel minimum persons14 count
Hotel, motel or inn, means a building designed or occupied as the more or less temporary abiding places for 14 or more individuals
Kennel means any place in which more than three dogs, more than six months of age are kept
- Manufactured homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. minimum area256 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Manufactured/mobile homes are constructed on a chassis for towing, and are designed for use with or without permanent foundation in which in the traveling mode is eight body feet or more in width or 32 feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is 256 or more square feet.
- Manufactured homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. minimum length32 ft
Manufactured/mobile homes are constructed on a chassis for towing, and are designed for use with or without permanent foundation in which in the traveling mode is eight body feet or more in width or 32 feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is 256 or more square feet.
- Manufactured homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. minimum width8 ft
Manufactured/mobile homes are constructed on a chassis for towing, and are designed for use with or without permanent foundation in which in the traveling mode is eight body feet or more in width or 32 feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is 256 or more square feet.
A manufactured/mobile home is limited to single-family use only.
- Maximum dog houses per lot2 count
No more than two such structures are permitted per lot in any residential district, and no more than two dogs may be maintained permanently in such structures.
- Maximum dog pens per lot1 count
One such structure is permitted per lot.
- Modular home minimum width19 ft
A modular home which is 19 or more feet in width and designed to be placed on permanent foundations once sited.
- Modular home permanent
Once sited, the modular home is considered a permanent improvement to the property and may not be relocated.
- Modular home use
Limited to single-family use only.
- Recreational vehicle maximum area400 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Recreational vehicle means a vehicle which is: 2. 400 square feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal projection
- Recreational vehicle permanent dwelling
No recreational vehicle shall be used to provide additional dwelling space at the owner's place of residence on a permanent basis.
- Single-wide manufactured homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. maximum length90 ft
A single-wide manufactured/mobile home is 20 feet or less in width and 90 feet or less in length
- Single-wide manufactured homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. maximum width20 ft
A single-wide manufactured/mobile home is 20 feet or less in width and 90 feet or less in length
- Tourist home maximum persons14 count
Tourist home means a dwelling where only lodging is provided for compensation for up to 14 persons
Parking
- Private garage capacity3 count
Garage, private, means an accessory building designed or used for the storage of not more than three automobiles owned and used by the occupants of the building to which it is accessory.
- Private garage capacity multifamilyMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive.1.5 ratio
On a lot occupied by a multiple-unit dwelling, the private garage may be designed and used for the storage of 1½ times as many automobiles as there are dwelling units.
Signage
- Billboard sign minimum area10 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Billboard sign means a sign, either affixed to a building or other structure or self-supporting by means of a freestanding support structure, generally ten square feet or larger
- Sign area minimum for definition1 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A display of less than one square foot in any area is excluded from this definition.
From the ordinance
Accessory use or structure means a subordinate use or structure customarily incidental to and located upon the same lot occupied by the main use or building. Permitted accessory uses or structures include private garages, guest houses; swimming pools, hot tubs and Jacuzzis; accessory buildings for storage of household goods and maintenance items, tennis courts, basketball courts, volleyball and badminton areas; home gardens and landscaping features, private security or dusk-to-dawn lighting, children's play structures, gazebos, dog houses, dog pens, private greenhouses.