Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Front addition shall not extend into required side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.
Such front addition shall not in any case extend into a required side yard.
- Maximum number of additions per property1 addition
No property shall have more than one addition approved under this provision.
- Maximum front addition encroachment into front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.8 ft
May extend up to eight feet into a front setback in the PD-R district on lots having a front yard of 35 or more feet in depth. Uncovered steps may extend for an additional four feet into a front setback.
- Maximum length of front addition10 ft
Such front addition shall not in any case exceed 10 feet in length.
- Maximum rear addition encroachment into rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.12 ft
May extend up to 12 feet into a required rear yard in the PD-R district on lots having a rear yard 25 or more feet in depth.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of rear addition14 ft
Such rear addition shall not in any case exceed 14 feet in height measured from the floor of the main living level featuring kitchen, dining, and living room areas.
- Maximum length of rear addition15 ft
The length of such rear addition shall not in any case exceed 1/3 of the horizontal linear measurement across the entire rear facade of the principal dwelling unit or 15 feet in length, whichever is more.
- Open porch side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
Open porch additions only may extend the full length of the front elevation. Such open porch additions shall be no closer to any adjacent side lot line than a distance equal to the minimum required rear side yard for the residential zoning district in which it is located.
From the ordinance
PD-R | Planned Development - Residential