Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Floodway districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure floor area for varianceVariancePermission to depart from a specific dimensional rule, granted on a showing of hardship.600 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
No variance shall be granted for an accessory structure exceeding 600 square feet.
- VarianceVariancePermission to depart from a specific dimensional rule, granted on a showing of hardship. lot size limit0.5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
While the granting of variances generally is limited to a lot size less than one-half acre, deviations from that limitation may occur.
- VarianceVariancePermission to depart from a specific dimensional rule, granted on a showing of hardship. prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. if it increases flood elevation in floodway
No variance shall be granted for any proposed use, development, or activity within any floodway district that will cause any increase in the one-percent chance flood elevation.
From the ordinance
No variance shall be granted for any proposed use, development, or activity within any floodway district that will cause any increase in the one-percent chance flood elevation. ... No variance shall be granted for an accessory structure exceeding 600 square feet.