Sec. 21-236 through 21-245
Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 25%
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right8
Conditional / special use9
Accessory1
Extracted standards
9 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Design
- Maximum abutting townhousesTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. with same facade3 units
The façades of townhouses in a group shall be varied by changed setbacks or variations in materials or design so that no more than three abutting townhouses will have the same or essentially the same architectural treatment of façades and rooflines.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. buildings prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. for townhousesTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot.
No accessory buildings shall be permitted.
- Minimum sidewalk width for townhousesTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot.4 ft
Sidewalks of at least four feet in width...
- TownhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. density8 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
The density of a townhouse development shall not exceed eight townhouses per net acre...
- TownhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from street25 ft
No front yard shall be required for an individual townhouse lot. However, all buildings in the townhouse development shall be located at least 25 feet from any street or highway right-of-way.
- TownhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.20 ft
The minimum lot width for each townhouse shall be 20 feet.
- TownhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. rear setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.25 ft
Each townhouse shall have a rear yard of not less than 25 feet.
- TownhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. side setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. (end units)7.5 ft
Each townhouse located at the end of a group of townhouses shall have a side yard of at least seven and one-half feet.
- Transitional screening width25 ft
A landscaped open space area for transitional screening at least 25 feet in width shall be provided along side and rear property lines when adjacent to a lot in the RS-1 and RS-2 zoning districts.
From the ordinance
There shall be a maximum density of eight dwelling units per net acre...