Article 6A, Sections 6A-1 through 6A-15
Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Located within town centers as designated in the Greene County comprehensive planComprehensive planThe long-range policy document zoning is meant to implement; it is not itself binding law., where central water and sewage is available or will be provided, and with access to major transportation routes.
Uses
Permitted by right14
- single family detached dwellings
- duplex dwellings
- triplex dwellings
- quadplex dwellings
- townhouse dwellings
- patio houses
- condominiums
- apartments
- community facilities
- public facilities and utilities
- accessory uses and structures
- home occupations
- temporary family health care structures
- rooftop and ground mounted solar
Conditional / special use2
Accessory1
Extracted standards
20 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Design
- Maximum townhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. units in unbroken facade3 units
Townhouse units shall have no more than three units in an unbroken façade line; an offset must be no less than two and one-half feet.
Frontage
- Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line. for duplexTwo-family dwellingTwo dwelling units in one building — a duplex.20 ft
For lots containing or intending to contain a duplex the minimum lot width shall be 20 feet.
- Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line. for triplexThree-family dwellingThree dwelling units in one building — a triplex./quadplex/townhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot.20 ft
For lots containing or intending to contain a triplex, quadplex or townhouse, the minimum lot width shall be 20 feet for interior lots and 40 feet for end lots.
- Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line. for single family detached40 ft
For lots containing or intending to contain a single family detached dwelling, the minimum lot width shall be 40 feet at the building restriction line.
Height
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.1 storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
no accessory building shall be more than one story high.
Other
- Land set aside for community facilities4 pct
All communities shall set aside four percent of suitable land on site to be developed as community or clubhouse centers, or recreational facilities.
Frontage shall consist of either a road accepted into the state system for maintenance and/or a private road with standards approved by the county.
- Handicapped ramps in setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
Handicapped ramps meeting ICC/ANSI A117.1 standards may be located within the required setback.
- Minimum distance between buildings5 ft
there shall be a minimum distance of five feet between a single family detached dwelling and any other building
- Minimum community area10 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Age restricted community shall consist of not less than ten contiguous acres.
- Minimum pavement width20 ft
the minimum width of pavement may be 20 feet
- Minimum sidewalk width4 ft
sidewalks four feet in width
- Minimum street width curb to curb23 ft
minimum outside of curb to outside of curb width for such internal streets shall be 23 feet
- Open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. percentage by density
For community with four dwelling units or less per acre, 20%; exceeding four but less than eight, 25%; exceeding eight, 30%.
- Public water and sewer required
All uses shall be served by public water and sewer facilities.
Parking
- Minimum parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. space area162 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
minimum of one off-street parking space consisting of not less than 162 square feet
Setback
- Corner side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. from right-of-way20 ft
The corner side yard, shall be 20 feet from edge of right-of-way.
- Minimum side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for triplexThree-family dwellingThree dwelling units in one building — a triplex./quadplex/townhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot.20 ft
The minimum side yard for each group of triplexes, quadplexes or townhouses shall be 20 feet.
- Rear setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. when abutting open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.5 ft
Rear setback may be five feet when the rear lot line abuts common area or open space with a minimum width of five feet within the SR District.
Signage
- Sign regulations
Signs shall conform to article 14 of this ordinance.
From the ordinance
Regulations are designed to accommodate residential land uses at a density average of up to 25 dwelling units per acre. Minimum lot area 4,500 sq ft for SFD, setbacks 20' front, 0' side, 15' rear, height 50' avg, open space 20-30%.
Parking requirements
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"dwelling_unit": "1 space per unit, average 1.5 per unit"
}