Sec. 21-507
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right12
- accessory uses and structures
- churches
- schools
- libraries
- parks
- playgrounds
- athletic fields
- Class A home occupations
- public utility facilities
- individual manufactured or modular homes 19 feet or greater in width placed on continuous masonry foundations
- single-family dwellings
- small scale solar energy facilities
Conditional / special use7
- Class B home occupations
- multiple-family (apartments) and single-family attached (duplexes and townhouses)
- nursery schools
- day care facilities
- family day care homes
- rest homes
- riding horse barns
Accessory1
Prohibited2
- manufactured or mobile homes as accessory
- buses, trailer sections of tractor-trailer combinations or any other vehicle designed to transport people or goods on highways as accessory
Extracted standards
12 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- 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. near party lot line
Accessory buildings which are situated within ten (10) feet of any party lot line shall not be more than one story in height.
- 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. relative to main
All accessory buildings shall not exceed the main building in height.
- Dwelling heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. exception
Dwelling units may be increased to a height of forty-five (45) feet and up to three (3) stories provided each side yard is seven and one-half (7½) feet or more plus an additional one foot or more of side yard for each additional foot of building height exceeding thirty-five (35) feet.
Spires, belfries, cupolas, monuments, water towers, chimneys, flues, flagpoles, roof mounted television antennae, and roof mounted radio aerials are exempt. Private, noncommercial towers for personal use may be erected no closer to any exterior property line than the total height of the tower structure above grade. Parapet walls may be up to four (4) feet above the height of the building.
- Public building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. exception
Public and semi-public buildings may be erected to a height of sixty (60) feet from grade provided that required front, side, and rear yards be increased by one foot for each additional foot of height exceeding thirty-five (35) feet.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
The front setback of all accessory structures shall be equal to or exceed that of the main structure.
- Corner lot front and side determination
Of the two (2) sides of a corner lot, the shortest side fronting upon a street shall be considered the front of the lot and the longest side fronting upon a street shall be considered the side of the lot.
- Corner lot side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. facing side street25 ft
The minimum side yard facing the direction of the side street shall be twenty-five (25) feet or more for both main accessory buildings.
- Individual water/sewage disposal approval
For permitted uses utilizing an individual water or sewage disposal system, the required area for any such use shall be approved by the Health Official. The Administrator may require a greater area if considered necessary by the Health Official.
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. floor area as percentage of principal50 pct
The total floor area of all accessory structures shall be less than fifty (50) percent of that of the principal structure.
- Minimum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line3 ft
No accessory building may be closer than three (3) feet to any property line.
- ProhibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structures
Accessory uses and structures shall not include manufactured or mobile homes, including the storage of unused manufactured or mobile homes. Unless such use is defined as a temporary use, accessory uses and structures shall not include buses, trailer sections of tractor-trailer combinations or any other vehicle or portion thereof designed to transport people or goods on highways.
From the ordinance
The maximum height for all structures erected shall be thirty-five (35) feet.