Chapter 17.10, Sections 17.10.010-17.10.200
Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
- Maximum density
- 3.63 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
- Lot area per dwelling unitLot area per dwelling unitLand required for each home — the same limit as du/acre, expressed per unit instead of per acre.
- 12,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.28 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Height & bulk
Housing
Uses
Permitted by right11
Conditional / special use10
Accessory8
Extracted standards
9 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density
- Maximum density reduction for planned unit developments30 pct
may include a reduction in the otherwise required twelve thousand square foot population density standard by not to exceed thirty percent.
Other
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.12 ft
No accessory building erected in this district shall have a height greater than one story, not to exceed twelve feet, to plat height.
- Minimum front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. on partially built-up blocks20 ft
However, a front yard determined in this way shall not be less than twenty feet.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for planned unit developments87,120 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Each lot shall have a minimum area of two acres
- Minimum site area per dwelling unitDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance. in PUDPlanned unit development (PUD)A negotiated district where a whole site is approved to its own bespoke plan.9,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
minimum nine thousand square feet site area per dwelling unit.
- Minimum replacement space for rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. occupancy64 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The replacement space shall have minimum dimensions of eight feet by eight feet
Setback
- Side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. on corner lots20 ft
On corner lots, the side yard abutting the street shall be not less than twenty feet in width.
- Side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. on reversed corner lots25 ft
On a reversed corner lot, the side yard abutting the street shall be not less than twenty-five feet.
Signage
- Maximum temporary subdivision sales sign area64 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Temporary subdivision sales signs not exceeding sixty-four square feet in aggregate area.
From the ordinance
The districts are intended to provide living areas within the city where development is limited primarily to low density concentrations of one-family dwellings on lots of not less than twelve thousand square feet in area.