Extracted standards
38 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Basement counted as story if used for business or dwelling
A basement shall be counted as a story for the purpose of height regulations, if it is subdivided and used for business purposes, or for dwelling purposes by other than a janitor employed on the premises.
Other
- Accessory useAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. housekeeping prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
No such accessory building shall be used for housekeeping purposes.
- Boardinghouse capacity range
lodging or meals are provided for at least five and up to 14 persons.
- Cellar dwelling prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
A cellar ... may not be occupied for dwelling purposes.
- Home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. in accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
No home occupation shall be conducted in any accessory building
- Home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. noise/vibration/glare/fumes/odors/electrical interference prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
No equipment or process shall be used in such home occupation which creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors, or electrical interference detectable to the normal senses off the lot.
- Home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. sales prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
There shall be no sales in connection with such home occupation
- Home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. traffic limit
No traffic shall be generated by such home occupation in greater volumes than would normally be expected in a residential neighborhood
- Maximum bed and breakfastBed and breakfastAn owner-occupied dwelling letting a limited number of guest rooms. rooms4 rooms
rental of up to four rooms to overnight guests
- Maximum home day careDay careSupervised care for children or adults during part of the day. children/elderly4 persons
Use of a residence or part thereof for the temporary day care of not more than four children or four elderly persons for compensation
- Maximum home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. floor area25 pct
not more than 25 percent of the floor area of the dwelling unit shall be used in the conduct of the home occupation
- Maximum neighborhood grocery floor area3,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A single-store, the ground floor of which is 3,000 square feet or less
- Maximum neighborhood grocery gasoline pumps3 pumps
No more than three gasoline pumps are permitted at a neighborhood grocery
- Maximum outdoor craft/food sales duration5 days
These sales are limited to five days duration at any one time
- Maximum outdoor craft/food sales events per year2 events
and no more than two events are allowed in a calendar year.
- Maximum retail outlet floor area as percentage of manufacturing25 pct
Outlet stores shall not exceed 25 percent of the total floor area of the manufacturing facility.
- Maximum roominghouse capacity4 persons
lodging and meals are provided for one to four persons.
- Maximum tourist home capacity14 persons
lodging is provided for compensation for up to 14 persons
- Maximum two-family dwellingTwo-family dwellingTwo dwelling units in one building — a duplex. units2 units
not more than two dwelling units
- Minimum apartmentMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. house families3 families
three or more families
- Minimum hotel capacity14 individuals
14 or more individuals
- Minimum mobile homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. park acreage3 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Mobile home park or subdivision shall contain at least three acres
- Minimum mobile homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. park units18 units
and contain 18 or more mobile homes for residential occupancy.
- Minimum motel capacity14 transient guests
more than 14 transient guests
- Minimum multifamily dwellingMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. units3 units
three or more dwelling units
- Minimum screen planting heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft
The installation of and maintenance of plant material arranged so as to provide a visual barrier at least six feet in height between abutting uses.
- Minimum townhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. units3 units
Three or more single-family dwelling units
- Miniwarehouse sales prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Miniwarehouses shall not be used as a site for the sale of goods or services.
- Neighborhood grocery auto repair prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
no auto repair work is allowed on the premises.
- Professional office repairs/noise prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
The term, however, does not include repairs on sales or tangible personal property stored or located within the structure nor any use which would create any loud noise or noxious odors.
- Recycling processing prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
No processing of such items is allowed.
- Sawmill timber source restriction
A portable sawmill located on a private proper processing of timber cut only from that property or from property immediately contiguous and adjacent thereto.
- VarianceVariancePermission to depart from a specific dimensional rule, granted on a showing of hardship. flood increase prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
No exception to or variance from the terms of this zoning ordinance shall be granted for any proposed use, development or activity within the floodway as herein defined which will cause any increase in flood levels during the 100-year flood
- VarianceVariancePermission to depart from a specific dimensional rule, granted on a showing of hardship. for use prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
establishment or expansion of a use otherwise prohibited shall not be allowed for variance
Signage
- Maximum directional sign area2 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A directional sign is one ... being two square feet or less in area.
- Maximum home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. sign area2 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
One sign not greater than two square feet is permitted in the conduct of a home occupation
- Maximum projecting sign extension15 in
A projecting sign ... extends not more than 15 inches from the face of such wall.
- Maximum wall sign extension18 in
A wall sign ... not extending more than 18 inches from the face of such wall.
From the ordinance
Various definitions containing regulatory standards.