Extracted standards
12 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
- Maximum screening heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.8 ft
Screening shall be at least six (6) feet in height with a maximum of eight (8) feet in height.
- Minimum screening heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft
Screening shall be at least six (6) feet in height with a maximum of eight (8) feet in height.
- Screening heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for parking lots adjacent to public streets4 ft
Screening, including walls and plant material, for parking lots and garages adjacent to public streets may be a minimum of four (4) feet in height rather than six (6) feet.
Other
- Maximum occupants in accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. living unit2 persons
Accessory living unit: A portion of a detached single-family dwelling unit to include such incidental and subordinate facilities necessary to accommodate either relatives, nontenant employees, or no more than two (2) persons.
- Maximum occupants in boardinghouse10 persons
Boardinghouse or rooming house: ... lodging and/or meals are provided for three (3) persons to a maximum of ten (10) persons.
- Minimum occupants in boardinghouse3 persons
Boardinghouse or rooming house: ... lodging and/or meals are provided for three (3) persons to a maximum of ten (10) persons.
- Boardinghouse requires special use permitConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote.
The resident property owner or resident property lessee, who operates the boardinghouse or rooming house, shall be responsible for making an application for any required special use permit.
- Maximum children in minor family day home4 children
Family day home, minor: ... for one (1) through four (4) children under the age of thirteen (13), exclusive of any children who reside in the home.
- Minor family day home requires home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. permit
A minor family day home shall be considered a home occupation and therefore requires that a home occupation permit be granted by the zoning administrator.
- Steep slopeSteep slopeGround above a stated gradient, where building is restricted or barred. threshold15 pct
Steep slopes: Natural slopes prior to land disturbance or construction that exceed fifteen (15) percent (0.15).
Parking
- Parking space length18 ft
Parking space: The area required for parking one (1) automobile which shall be a minimum of nine (9) feet wide and eighteen (18) feet long, not including passageways.
- Parking space width9 ft
Parking space: The area required for parking one (1) automobile which shall be a minimum of nine (9) feet wide and eighteen (18) feet long, not including passageways.
From the ordinance
Definitions for parking space, screening, steep slopes, accessory living unit, boardinghouse, family day home.