Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
- Rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. screen heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft
The rear yard of any townhouse in which any such accessory building is located shall be screened from all adjacent properties by a solid ornamental screening type fence or solid brick or ornamental masonry wall six feet in height.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure max area64 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
nor covering more than 64 square feet in area.
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure max heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.7 ft
Each townhouse shall be permitted one accessory structure not exceeding seven feet in height
- Max contiguous townhousesTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot.10 count
No more than ten townhouses shall be constructed contiguously.
From the ordinance
No more than ten townhouses shall be constructed contiguously. Public water and sewer are required for all townhouse developments. A minimum ten percent of the gross acreage for each townhouse development shall be provided in one contiguous parcel of land for common open space