Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- 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.
- Laundry facility ratio
Constructing a laundry room with the equivalent of one standard washing machine for each fifteen (15) dwelling units
- 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.
From the ordinance
Multifamily Senior Housing Facilities, as defined in section 17.2.3, are allowed by right in the RM district... Multifamily senior housing in the RM district shall be developed at no more than thirty-eight (38) units per acre. Buildings shall be set back twenty (20) feet from the face of curb on all street-fronting property lines, but in no case less than ten feet from the property line and a ten-foot setback shall be provided from all other property lines. ... Separate buildings on the same parcel shall be no closer than twenty (20) feet.