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Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. in front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.
No accessory building or structure shall extend in front of the front building line of the principal building.
- Maximum combined floor area of all accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. buildings as percentage of principal60 pct
The combined floor area of all accessory buildings or structures on a lot shall not exceed 60 percent of the floor area of the principal building.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building in nonresidential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.
The height of accessory buildings or structures in nonresidential districts shall not exceed the height of the principal building.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building in residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.22 ft
The height of accessory buildings or structures in residential districts shall not exceed 22 feet or the height of the principal building, whichever is less.
- Maximum floor area of individual accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building as percentage of principal50 pct
The maximum floor area of individual accessory buildings or structures shall be 50 percent of the floor area of the principal building.
- Minimum distance from accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building to principal building5 ft
No accessory building or structure shall be located closer than five feet to any building.
- Minimum rear and side setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building5 ft
No accessory building or structure may extend within five feet of any rear or side (interior) property line.
From the ordinance
No accessory building or structure shall be located closer than five feet to any building. No accessory building or structure shall extend in front of the front building line of the principal building. No accessory building or structure may extend within five feet of any rear or side (interior) property line.