Sec. 98-291 to 98-295
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right9
Conditional / special use12
Accessory1
Extracted standards
18 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building side and rear setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.5 ft
Accessory buildings in the R-O, R-OA, R-1 and R-1A district shall have a side and rear yard of not less than five feet.
- AgriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. grass strip width5 ft
Maintain a five-foot wide grass strip on-site along all rights-of-way and streams to slow down runoff waters and filter out sediment.
- ChurchReligious facilityA building used for organised worship, often with halls and schools attached. location on residential collectors
Churches, synagogues and other houses of worship shall only be located on rights-of-way classified as residential collectors.
- Commercial timbering plan required
No commercial timbering shall be allowed in any development once any lot in the development has been sold.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of radio/television/communication towers50 ft
Radio, television or communication towers not exceeding 50 feet in height and satellite dishes provided any of these uses are located in the rear yard of a principal permitted use.
- Community center requires approved site plan
Community center with an approved site plan.
- Maximum duration for construction trailers12 months
The use shall be allowed for a period of one year or 30 days beyond the date of the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for the permanent structure, whichever occurs first.
- Construction trailer not for living quarters
The temporary structure shall not be used as temporary living quarters at any time.
- Secure fencing required
All pastures, runs, or similar areas used for horse keeping shall be surrounded by secure fencing.
- Horse keeping distance from drinking water reservoir1,000 ft
Horses shall not be stabled, pastured, or otherwise kept within 1,000 feet of a drinking water reservoir unless it can be proven to the satisfaction of the health department and the zoning administrator that any runoff will be away from the reservoir and that public health will not be negatively impacted. In such cases, a 200-foot buffer must be maintained.
- Stable required
A stable must be provided for the housing of all horses.
- Additional acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones. per additional horse2 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Additional horses may be kept at a ratio of one horse for each additional two acres to a maximum of ten horses.
- Maximum number of horses10 horses
to a maximum of ten horses.
- Minimum parcel size for horsekeeping3 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
The minimum parcel size for keeping horses shall be three useable acres on which one horse may be kept.
- Manure storage prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. in Chesapeake Bay Resource Protection Area
Manure or animal wastes shall not be stored, stockpiled, or permitted to accumulate within a designated Chesapeake Bay Resource Protection Area.
- Parks and playgrounds require approved site plan
Parks and playgrounds with an approved site plan.
- Public schools require approved site plan
Public schools with an approved site plan.
- Public utilitiesPublic utilitiesInfrastructure serving the wider area — substations, pump stations, towers. require approved site plan
Public utilities other than those requiring a conditional use permit under the provisions of section 98-294 with an approved site plan.
From the ordinance
The regulations for this R-O, R-OA, R-1 and R-1A district are designed to stabilize and protect the essential characteristics of the R-O, R-OA, R-1 and R-1A district, to promote and encourage a suitable environment for family life where there are children, and prohibit all activities of a commercial nature.