Sec. 23-7.4.4, Sec. 23-7.4.7
Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density
- Maximum density for clustered lots0.2 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
the total number of lots may not exceed a density of one dwelling unit per five (5) gross acres
Other
- Land application of biosolids prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Land application of biosolids shall not be allowed.
- Aboveground storage limit1,000 gallon
The aboveground storage of hazardous liquid materials, including fuel oil, pesticides, herbicides, etc., in bulk greater than one thousand (1,000) gallons without approved containage structures is prohibited.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. clustered with private septic2 acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Two (2) acres in subdivisions served by private septic systems, provided that the lots are clustered to achieve a minimum of fifty (50) percent open space or rural preservation area (in PRR zoning), a one hundred fifty (150) foot buffer is maintained as open space and/or within a conservation easement along waters with perennial flow, and the total number of lots may not exceed a density of one dwelling unit per five (5) gross acres.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. with private septic5 acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Five (5) acres for lots to be served by private septic systems.
- Septic fields in floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
The placement of septic fields within the one-hundred-year floodplain is prohibited.
- Sewage pumping stations prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Sewage pumping stations shall not be allowed.
- Site plan required for disturbance >10,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Before the issuance of a land-disturbing activity permit for any activity that will disturb more than ten thousand (10,000) square feet of land, a site plan for the control of erosion and sediment runoff shall be submitted to and approved by the department of utility construction and erosion control.
From the ordinance
The minimum lot size for single-family dwellings in river protection overlay districts shall be: (a) Five (5) acres for lots to be served by private septic systems. ... The placement of septic fields within the one-hundred-year floodplain is prohibited.