Sec. 15-191 to 15-195
Dimensional standards
Density
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Areas in major villages designated for and served by public water and sewer utilities
Uses
Permitted by right7
- Dwelling, single-family
- Dwelling, two-family
- Multi-family
- Assisted living facility
- Group home for eight or fewer
- Family day home, four children or fewer
- Business, Neighborhood uses and structures permitted by right
Conditional / special use3
Extracted standards
12 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Maximum commercial area per dwelling
The area devoted to commercial uses may not be more than one acre per 250 dwelling units.
- Maximum floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. as percentage of common area25 pct
The acceptable area in floodplains cannot exceed 25% of the required common area.
- Maximum lake/pond as percentage of common area50 pct
The acceptable area in lakes and ponds cannot exceed 50% of the required common area.
- Minimum common area for pre-2020 approved RPUDs30 pct
RPUD developments built in compliance with a conceptual plan approved before January 1, 2020, require at least 30% of the gross land area be common area.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for senior congregate care10 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Senior congregate care uses are only permitted on lots of 10 or more acres.
- Minimum right-of-way width40 ft
All rights-of-way must be at least 40-feet wide.
- Minimum RPUD area20 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
No RPUD may encompass less than 20 gross acres of contiguous land.
- Perimeter buffer width35 ft
A buffer strip of natural or supplemental woody vegetation at least 35 feet wide must be provided along any adjacent non-RPUD property.
- Phasing plan required for RPUDs over 100 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.100 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
For RPUDs of more than 100 acres, a plan for phasing must be approved by the planning commission with a tentative plat.
- Sidewalk requirement
Sidewalks ... required on at least one side of all roadways, except for cul-de-sac roads that are less than 150 feet long or serve fewer than eight lots.
- Underground utilities required
All onsite utilities serving the RPUD ... must be public and constructed underground.
Setback
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
Front yard setback: Behind main building.
From the ordinance
This district applies to those areas in major villages designated for and served by public water and sewer utilities. ... maximum density of 2.5 units per acre. ... Developments zoned RPUD after January 1, 2020 require at least 25% of the gross land area be common area.