Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right44
- antique shops
- assembly halls
- bakeries
- banks and financial institutions
- barbershops and beauty shops
- bed and breakfasts, boardinghouses
- carwashes
- churches
- department stores
- drugstores
- dry cleaners
- fire and rescue squad stations
- fraternal and auxiliary organizations
- funeral homes
- furniture sales and repair
- garages, public and commercial
- greenhouses and plant nurseries
- hardware stores
- home appliance sales and service
- hospitals, nursing homes, convalescent homes, rest homes
- hotels or motels
- laundries
- libraries
- motor vehicle parking lot, commercial
- motor vehicle sales, rental, and service
- motor vehicle service stations
- newspaper office buildings
- office buildings, private or governmental
- personal and professional services
- pet shops
- printing shops
- radio and TV broadcasting stations and studios, or offices
- restaurants
- retail stores and shops
- theaters, indoor
- wearing apparel stores
- residential uses above the first floor
- off-street parking for permitted uses
- pipes, meters, and other facilities for town water and sewer services
- poles and lines for electric service
- signs as set forth in section 50-105
- fences as set forth in section 50-101
- accessory uses clearly incidental to the principal use
- short term rentals
Conditional / special use6
- shopping centers
- conversion of residential and/or commercial structures into buildings with a greater number of dwelling units
- public billiard parlors and pool rooms, bowling alleys, dancehalls, health spas and clubs
- wholesale and distributive establishments
- artisan, crafter and other businesses with significant tourist value
- motorsports facility
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
Church spires, belfries, cupolas, water towers, chimneys, flues, flagpoles, parapet walls, television antennae and radio aerials are exempt.
- Public or semipublic building maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.60 ft
A public or semipublic building such as a church, library, or hospital may be erected to a height of 60 feet from grade, provided that required front, side, and rear yards shall be increased one foot for each foot in height over 45 feet.
- Rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. when adjacent to residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.20 ft
if the property is adjacent to a residential district, the minimum rear yard for the main and accessory buildings shall be 20 feet
- Short term rentalShort-term rentalA dwelling let to guests for brief stays — the zoning category behind Airbnb rules. common space entrance requirement25 pct
Short term rentals, on all floors, provided they shall meet the definition of a short term rental and shall have a common space entrance on the front street level that equals a minimum of 25 percent of the square footage of the lower units total floor area.
- Side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. when adjacent to residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.10 ft
if the property is adjacent to a residential district, each minimum side yard for the main and accessory buildings shall be ten feet
From the ordinance
There are no requirements for commercial uses. For permitted residential units, area requirements shall be the same as in the R-3 district. There are no requirements for frontage and yards. However, if the property is adjacent to a residential district, each minimum side yard for the main and accessory buildings shall be ten feet, and the minimum rear yard for the main and accessory buildings shall be 20 feet. Buildings may be erected up to 45 feet in height from grade.