Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
Uses
Permitted by right6
- Crops: field, tree, bush, berry and row including nursery stock in nonurban areas
- Floodways
- Roadside rest area
- Scenic corridor or scenic easement
- Vegetative preservation or management areas
- Wildlife preservation or management areas, except gun clubs and hunting preserves
Conditional / special use5
- Arboretum
- Botanical garden
- Crops: field, tree, bush, berry and row including nursery stock where the site abuts developed, residential property in the R, MHP, MDR or HDR zones
- Open spaces as a part of an RPD development, public
- Riding, hiking, bicycle trails but not including trails for motor-driven vehicles
Accessory2
- Accessory buildings or structures customarily used in conjunction with permitted uses
- Solar energy systems, whether mounted on or attached to a building or mounted on the ground
Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Design
- Retain existing topography and vegetation
Existing topography, hydrology, soil, drainage and vegetation conditions shall be retained on undeveloped land in order to retain the visual appeal and function of the undisturbed open space area.
- Screen rooftop mechanical equipment
All buildings shall be designed to enclose or otherwise screen from view all rooftop mechanical equipment, ducts, tanks, etc., including solar systems.
Fencing & walls
- Maximum sight obscuring within 30 feet of street lot line10 pct
A fence within 30 feet of a street lot line may not be more than 10 percent sight obscuring.
- Maximum fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. at property line6 ft
Fences may be 6 feet tall at the property line.
Other
- Landscaping not to shade solar energy systems
No landscaping shall be placed in a manner which shades or would ultimately shade any existing solar energy system from the sun on a contiguous lot.
Signage
- Freestanding sign setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from interior property line25 ft
Freestanding signs shall be not less than 25 feet from an interior property line and shall be at least 100 feet from any other freestanding sign.
- Maximum monument sign area50 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Monument Sign. Twenty-five square feet plus 0.25 square feet for each foot of frontage over 100 feet up to a maximum of 50 square feet.
- Wall sign area per linear foot of building frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.1 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. per linear ft
Wall Sign. One square foot per linear foot of building frontage.
From the ordinance
No new building shall be erected, constructed, moved onto, or established on an existing legal lot or parcel of land unless said building shall comply with all of the regulations set forth in this section which are pertinent to its placement on said lot or parcel. D. O Zone: 1. Minimum Lot Area 10,000 square feet; 3. Lot Coverage a. Maximum lot coverage: 10 percent of the lot area; 4. Open Space 70 percent of the lot area;