Sections 26-47 through 26-54
Dimensional standards
Density
- Maximum density
- 0.16 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
- Lot area per dwelling unitLot area per dwelling unitLand required for each home — the same limit as du/acre, expressed per unit instead of per acre.
- 272,250 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (6.25 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Height & bulk
Uses
Accessory26
- accessory dwelling unit
- home occupation
- keeping of animals
- private stable
- swimming pool
- tennis court
- wind energy system
- solar energy collection system
- family day care home
- greenhouse
- garden
- roadside stand
- parking of commercial vehicles
- parking of recreational vehicles
- storage of boats
- keeping of bees
- short-term rental owner-occupied
- secondary kitchen
- structures for sale of farm products
- storage of farm materials
- farm buildings
- temporary buildings
- accessory off-street parking
- construction trailers
- telecommunications arrays
- dog kennels noncommercial
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Minimum common open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. percentage of conservation area20 pct
The minimum size of the common open space, owned by the owners' association, shall be equal to twenty (20) percent of the conservation area for the first one hundred (100) acres of gross district area plus ten (10) percent of the conservation area calculated for any portion of the district in excess of one hundred (100) gross acres.
- Conservation area structure restriction
The conservation areas shall be free of all structures except historic buildings, stone walls, and structures related to conservation area uses.
- Minimum conservation area percentage70 pct
A minimum of seventy (70) percent of the net acreage of a district shall be conservation areas.
- Owners association requirement
Prior to or contemporaneous with final subdivision approval for any property within an RC district, applicants shall record documents which create an owners' association, convey all common and open space areas to the association and require that the association maintain all open space, common areas and amenities.
From the ordinance
Maximum density shall be one (1) residential unit per six and one-quarter (6.25) acres. ... Height not exceed 2.5 stories or 35 ft.