Dimensional standards
Density
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right71
- Agriculture
- Greenhouse, Private
- Roadside Stand
- Silvicultural activities
- Stable, Commercial
- Stable, Private
- Accessory Apartment
- Condominium
- Dwelling, Multifamily Conversion
- Dwelling, Single-Family, Attached
- Dwelling, Single-Family, Detached
- Dwelling, Two-Family
- Family Day Care Home
- Group Home
- Guest House
- Home Occupation, Community
- Kennel, Private
- Multifamily Dwelling
- Temporary Emergency Housing
- Townhouse
- Club
- Community Center
- Community Recreation
- Crisis Center
- Day Care Center
- Educational Facility
- Nursing Home
- Park and Ride Facility
- Post Office
- Public Facilities
- Public Park and Recreational Area
- Religious Assembly
- Utility Service/Minor
- Antique Shop
- Bank
- Bed and Breakfast
- Business Support Service
- Business or Trade School
- Commercial Indoor Recreation
- Commercial Outdoor Recreation
- Construction Office, Temporary
- Convenience Store
- Farmer's Market
- Funeral Home
- Gasoline Station
- General Service and Repair
- Golf Course
- Hospital
- Hospital, Special Care
- Hotel/Motel/Motor Lodge/Inn
- Kennel, Commercial
- Laundry
- Marina
- Medical Office
- Mini Warehouse
- Office, General
- Personal Improvement Service
- Personal Service
- Real Estate Office, Temporary
- Restaurant, General
- Retail Sales
- Studio, Fine Arts
- Veterinary Hospital/Clinic
- Custom Manufacturing
- Laboratory
- Alternate Discharge Sewage System
- Amateur Radio Tower
- Communication Tower
- Outdoor Gathering
- Parking Facility
- Reconstructed Wetland
Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density bonus
- HistoricHistoric districtAn area where exterior changes need design review to protect its character. site density bonusDensity bonusExtra units allowed above the base cap in exchange for something — usually affordable homes.7.5 pct
A seven and one-half percent bonus to the gross density may be approved when a historic site is preserved.
- Open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. density bonusDensity bonusExtra units allowed above the base cap in exchange for something — usually affordable homes.1 du/acdu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land. per 5% open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
For each additional five percent of open space the maximum gross density shall be increased one dwelling unit per acre, up to 25% bonus.
Other
- Maximum commercial/office area20 pct
Maximum area for commercial and/or office uses: 20 percent of gross area of PD.
- Maximum percentage of single residential type70 pct
Maximum percentage devoted to any single residential use type: 70 percent of total residential units.
- Minimum districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. size10 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Minimum district size: Ten acres of contiguous land.
- Minimum countable open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.5,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Minimum countable open space: 5,000 contiguous square feet.
- Minimum horizontal dimension for open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.50 ft
Minimum horizontal dimension: 50 feet, except areas with 20 ft if containing facilities.
From the ordinance
Maximum gross density 3 du/ac; minimum common open space 15%; minimum district size 10 acres; open space bonus up to 25%.