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Dimensional standards
Lot
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
- 43,560 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (1 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
- Minimum lot depth
- 150 ft
Uses
Permitted by right1
Conditional / special use3
Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Exceptions to heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. limits
See Sections 9-400.050, Exceptions to Height Limits.
Other
- Minimum corner lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.185 ft
Corner Lots: 185 ft.
- Development within required yards
Architectural features, screening (fences/gates), and additions to nonconforming single-family dwellings may be located in required yards.
- Direct access to public road
All principal uses shall have direct access to a publicly-maintained road unless alternative access approved by Zoning Administrator.
- Side and rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. reduction for abutting open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
If lot abuts public or deed-restricted road or private open space, side and rear yard setbacks may be reduced to 5 ft.
- Street sideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. reduction for narrow lots
If lot is less than 75 ft in width, street side yard may be reduced to 10 ft.
- Increase of required yards
If side or rear yard abuts residential, side or rear yard shall be 20 ft.
- Reduction of required yards
If more than 50 percent of the block is developed, required yard may be reduced to average of existing yards, but street side yard not less than 10 ft.
From the ordinance
Minimum Lot Size 1 acre; Minimum Lot Width 150 ft.; Maximum Height 50 ft.; Front Setback 30 ft.; Interior Side Setback None; Street Side Setback 30 ft.; Rear Setback None.