Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
9 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Maximum guest house floor area500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The guest house shall be either attached or detached with a separate entrance and the floor area is limited to 500 square feet.
- Maximum percentage of hotel/motel gross floor area devoted to dwelling unitsDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance.40 pct
No hotel shall be allowed to have more than 40% of its total gross floor area devoted to dwelling units. (Same for motel.)
- Maximum area for light recycling processing facility45,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A light processing facility occupies an area of under 45,000 square feet of gross collection, processing and storage area
- Maximum area for small recycling collection facility500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Small collection facilities which occupy an area of not more than 500 square feet
- Minimum area of usable common open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.200 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
and area thereof not less than 200 square feet.
- Minimum dimension of usable common open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.10 ft
Such open space shall have no dimension thereof less than 10 feet
Signage
- Maximum monument sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.12 ft
Sign, monument: a freestanding sign which does not exceed 12 feet in height
- Maximum duration of temporary sign12 months
Sign, temporary: any sign which is intended to be posted for a maximum period of one year.
- Maximum wall sign projection from building face18 in
not projecting more than 18 inches from the building face
From the ordinance
Guest house: floor area limited to 500 square feet. Open space, usable common: no dimension less than 10 feet and area not less than 200 square feet. Sign, monument: does not exceed 12 feet in height. Sign, wall: not projecting more than 18 inches. Sign, temporary: maximum period of one year. Hotel/motel: no more than 40% of gross floor area devoted to dwelling units.