Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Maximum dimension of landscape structures within primary structure setbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.20 ft
and shall have no other dimension greater than twenty (20) feet
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of landscape structures outside primary structure setbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.15 ft
Landscape structures located outside the section 17.4.2 setbacks shall not exceed fifteen (15) feet in height
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of landscape structures within primary structure setbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.10 ft
Landscape structures located within the section 17.4.2 setbacks shall not exceed ten feet in height
- Maximum total area covered by landscape structures500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The total area of a lot covered by landscape structures may not exceed five hundred (500) square feet or twenty (20) percent of the total floor area of the structures on the lot, whichever is greater.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property lines for landscape structures5 ft
A five-foot minimum setback shall be provided from property lines.
From the ordinance
A five-foot minimum setback shall be provided from property lines. The allowed height and maximum dimension for landscape structures is based on their location relative to the setbacks for primary structures described in section 17.4.2. Landscape structures located within the section 17.4.2 setbacks shall not exceed ten feet in height and shall have no other dimension greater than twenty (20) feet. Landscape structures located outside the section 17.4.2 setbacks shall not exceed fifteen (15) feet in height with no other maximum dimension. The total area of a lot covered by landscape structures may not exceed five hundred (500) square feet or twenty (20) percent of the total floor area of the structures on the lot, whichever is greater.