Dimensional standards
Density
Height & bulk
Housing
- Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
- prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right1
Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Building plane line heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. at interior property lines40 ft
At interior property lines the building plane line is a plumb line forty (40) feet high at the setback line then inward on the lot at a forty-five (45) degree angle.
- Building plane line heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. at street setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.27 ft
The building plane line for facades with street frontage is a plumb line drawn twenty-seven (27) feet high at the setback line then inward on the lot at a forty-five (45) degree angle to the maximum building height.
- Mechanical equipment screening required
Exterior mechanical equipment (except solar collectors) and operating mechanical equipment must be screened from off-site views.
- Minimum separation between separate buildings20 ft
Separate buildings on the same parcel shall be no closer than twenty (20) feet.
- Minimum gathering room area per unit for projects with 8+ units10 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Projects with eight or more units shall include adequate gathering rooms or locations for facility residents, based on a requirement of at least ten square feet per dwelling unit.
- Minimum shared open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. per unit100 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Outdoor common area(s) of at least one hundred (100) square feet per dwelling unit shall be provided for active and passive group recreation.
- Minimum trash enclosure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from interior property lines5 ft
Trash and recycling enclosures may not be located within five feet of interior property lines or within the street fronting setbacks.
- Minimum washing machines per dwelling unitsDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance.0.07 ratio
Constructing a laundry room with the equivalent of one standard washing machine for each fifteen (15) dwelling units and an equivalent capacity in automatic clothes dryers.
From the ordinance
Senior Housing Overlay District development standards including density, setbacks, open space, etc.