§ 125-17
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right2
Extracted standards
14 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lighting
- Lighting restriction
Lighting for buildings, accessways and parking areas shall be so arranged as not to reflect toward public streets or cause any annoyance to building occupants or surrounding property owners or residents.
Other
- Access drive setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.15 ft
All access drives shall be at least 15 feet from any multiple-dwelling building on the lot and from exterior lot lines.
- Entrance/exit width12 ft
Entrance- and exitways shall have a minimum width of 12 feet for each lane of traffic entering or leaving the site, but shall at no time exceed 30 feet in width.
- Front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. landscaping10 pct
At least 10% of the required front yard shall be landscaped in both garden apartment and townhouse developments.
- Horizontal distance between groups
The horizontal distance between groups of townhouses or garden apartments shall be: two times the average height for front or rear walls facing front or rear walls; one and one-half times for front or rear walls facing side walls; equal to the height of the highest building for side walls facing side walls.
- Maximum garden apartmentMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. building length150 ft
Garden apartment buildings shall not exceed 150 feet in length.
- Maximum townhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. group size8 units
There shall be no group of townhouses consisting of more than eight dwelling units.
- Minimum side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. abutting street30 ft
The minimum width of any side yard abutting a street, driveway or parking area should not be less than 30 feet.
- Minimum townhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. width16 ft
Minimum width of a townhouse dwelling is 16 feet per unit.
- Paving requirement
All accessways and parking areas shall be suitably paved with a permanent hard-surface covering.
- Public water and sewer required
The proposed development shall be served by approved public water and sewer systems.
- Screening between parking and residential
Screening shall be provided between off-street parking areas and adjoining residential districts.
- Trash storage
Exterior storage areas for trash and rubbish shall be well screened on three sides, with appropriate screening and trash and rubbish contained in verminproof containers with tightly fitting lids.
Parking
- Parking spaces per unit2 spaces
Off-street parking, whether garage or on-lot, shall be provided on the premises at the rate of two spaces for each dwelling unit.
From the ordinance
The proposed development shall be served by approved public water and sewer systems. Off-street parking, whether garage or on-lot, shall be provided on the premises at the rate of two spaces for each dwelling unit.
Parking requirements
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"dwelling unit": "2 spaces per unit"
}