Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
14 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Exempt districts
R-LL, RT-1, MD-48 1, MD-2, MD-18 3, MD-4, P0-1, P0-2, DT-1, DT-2, DT-3, HRC-1, HRC-2, HRC-3, BB-1, BB-2, BB-3, BB-4, BB-5, FM-1, FM-2, FM-3, FM-4, PH-1, PH-2, PH-3, O-CBP and O-CC, and all one-family, two-family and duplex dwellings
- Maximum driveway length in street frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.25 ft
and an improved path of travel three feet (3') in width from the driveway to the front door.
- Maximum driveway width in street frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.12 ft
all lots which do not abut an alley with an improved surface that allows vehicular access shall be permitted an improved driveway not to exceed twelve (12) feet in width and twenty-five (25) feet in length
- Minimum driveway side property line setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.3 ft
All expansions to and newly established driveways and/or parking areas shall be a minimum of three (3) feet from the side property line.
- Minimum green area percentage10 pct
A minimum of ten (10) percent of the land area of the lot shall be designated as green area
- Minimum path width from driveway to front door3 ft
an improved path of travel three feet (3') in width from the driveway to the front door.
- Green area adjacent to right-of-way in parking areas10 ft
In any parking area, including drive aisles and drive-throughs regardless of size, a minimum ten (10) foot green area shall be provided immediately adjacent to any existing or future public right-of-way.
- Interior green area for parking areas with 30+ spaces7 pct
In any parking area containing thirty (30) or more spaces, seven (7) percent of the interior of the parking area shall be reserved and maintained as green area.
- Minimum contiguous area of interior green area150 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
and contain at least one hundred fifty (150) contiguous square feet of green area.
- Minimum width of interior green area8 ft
Each green area within the parking area shall be no less than eight (8) feet wide
- Street frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. green area percentage for yards 1/2 to 1 acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.70 pct
When a street frontage yard is ½ acre or greater but less than one (1) acre, the street frontage yard shall be a minimum of 70% green area.
- Street frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. green area percentage for yards 1/4 to 1/2 acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.60 pct
When a street frontage yard is ¼ acre or greater but less than ½ acre, the street frontage yard shall be a minimum of sixty (60) percent green area.
- Street frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. green area percentage for yards less than 1/4 acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.50 pct
When a street frontage yard is less than ¼ acre, the street frontage yard shall be a minimum of fifty (50) percent green area.
- Street frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. green area percentage for yards 1 acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones. or greater75 pct
When a street frontage yard is 1 acre or greater, the street frontage yard shall be a minimum of seventy-five (75) percent green area.
From the ordinance
A minimum of ten (10) percent of the land area of the lot shall be designated as green area for trees, shrubs, and turf for all properties except for those zoned R-LL, RT-1, MD-48 1, MD-2, MD-18 3, MD-4, P0-1, P0-2, DT-1, DT-2, DT-3, HRC-1, HRC-2, HRC-3, BB-1, BB-2, BB-3, BB-4, BB-5, FM-1, FM-2, FM-3, FM-4, PH-1, PH-2, PH-3, O-CBP and O-CC, and all one-family, two-family and duplex dwellings.