Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
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
5 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 by the administrator when a historic site will be preserved and maintained as an integral part of the development proposal.
- 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.
For each additional five percent of open space the maximum gross density specified in [subsection] A.2. above shall be increased one dwelling unit per acre. The maximum open space bonus shall be 25 percent.
Other
- Maximum percentage devoted to any single residential use type70 pct
70 percent of the total number of residential dwelling units.
- 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 dimension50 ft
Minimum horizontal dimension: 50 feet
From the ordinance
Minimum district size: Ten acres of contiguous land. Maximum gross density: Three dwelling units per acre. Minimum common open space and/or recreational areas: 15 percent of the gross area of the PD district. Maximum area for commercial and/or office uses: 20 percent of the gross area of the PD.