Dimensional standards
Density
Height & bulk
Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.15 ft
no accessory structure shall be more than 15 feet in height without a conditional use permit
- Maximum building footprint in town center core6,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
no building within the town center core shall exceed 6,500 square feet in footprint area unless permitted under subsection (k)(5)(f)
- Maximum building footprint with conditional useConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote. permit18,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Building footprint shall not exceed 18,500 square feet for any use in the town center core.
- Minimum districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. size20 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
A T-C district consists of an area of not less than 20 contiguous acres.
- Minimum sidewalk width in town center core6 ft
Sidewalks shall be a minimum of six feet in width in the town center core area.
- Minimum sidewalk width in town center residential area4 ft
Sidewalks shall be a minimum of four feet in width in the town center residential area.
- Utilities underground
All public utilities located within the T-C zoning district shall be located underground
Parking
- Minimum parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from front property line for nonresidential25 ft
Parking areas for nonresidential uses shall be located a minimum of 25 feet from the front property line.
From the ordinance
This district is established to provide for a compatible mixture of commercial, cultural, institutional, governmental, and residential uses in a compact pedestrian oriented traditional town center.