Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
Extracted standards
12 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Access drive setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from building and lot lines15 ft
All access drives shall be at least 15 feet from any building on the lot and from exterior lot lines.
- Additional lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. per unit above 32,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
with an additional 2,000 square feet of lot area for each additional unit above three units.
- Cul-de-sac radius50 ft
The radius of cul-de-sacs shall be at least 50 feet.
- Maximum entrance/exit width at street line30 ft
but shall at no time exceed 30 feet in width at the street line.
- Entrance/exit width12 ft
Entrance and exit ways to parking areas shall have a minimum width of 12 feet for each lane of traffic entering or leaving the site
- Horizontal distance between groups (front/rear walls)2 times heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
Two times the average height of the two groups of garden apartments for front or rear walls facing front or rear walls
- Horizontal distance between groups (front/side walls)1.5 times heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
One and one-half times the average height for front or rear walls facing side walls
- Horizontal distance between groups (side/side walls)1 times heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
Equal to the height of the highest building for side walls facing side walls.
- Maximum dwelling unitsDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance. on cul-de-sac25 units
No more than 25 dwelling units shall have sole principal access on any cul-de-sac.
125 feet at the setback line.
- Usable open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. ratio for developments 2+ acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.0.25 ratio
There shall be provided 0.25 square foot of usable open space (not including parking or driveway areas) devoted to recreational use for every one square foot of gross residential floor area.
- Sidewalk width4 ft
Sidewalks of four [feet] in width, constructed of concrete or brick, shall be installed from parking areas to all apartment structures
From the ordinance
The minimum lot size for garden apartments developments is 10,000 square feet for an apartment structure having three units, with an additional 2,000 square feet of lot area for each additional unit above three units.