Extracted standards
9 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Design
- TownhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. facade variation requirement
Not more than four of any 12 abutting townhouses having the same architectural facades and treatment of materials.
Other
- Assisted living facility requires special use permitConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote.
Assisted living facilities shall only be permitted upon issuance of a special use permit by city council.
- Maximum rooms in boardinghouse6 rooms
A building or portion thereof where no more than six rooms, limited to no more than one occupant each, are rented on a weekly or monthly basis.
- Maximum private garage area900 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
An accessory building, not exceeding 900 square feet in area, designed or used for the storage of not more than four motor-driven vehicles.
- Minimum townhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. offset1 ft
Minimum setback offset shall be one foot.
- Small solar panel permitted in all districts
The use is permitted in all zoning districts.
- Solar farm requires special use permitConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote. in A, M-1, M-2
The use is permitted in A, M-1, and M-2 Zoning Districts, pursuant to an approved special use permit.
Parking
- Minimum off-street parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. space area180 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
An all-weather surfaced area, not in the street or alley, and having an area of not less than 180 square feet, exclusive of driveways.
Signage
- Maximum home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. sign area1 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
In connection with which there is no advertising other than an identification sign of not more than one square foot in area.
From the ordinance
Definitions and use regulations for parking spaces, private garages, home occupations, townhouses, assisted living facilities, solar farms, and small solar panels.