Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
Housing
Slope & grading
- Slope regulation triggers at
- 10%
Uses
Permitted by right7
Conditional / special use5
Extracted standards
18 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.14 ft
Accessory structures shall not exceed 14 feet in height.
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure coverage of required rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.30 pct
Accessory structures shall not occupy more than 30 percent of the required rear yard area.
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.1 storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
All detached accessory structures located in required yard areas shall not exceed one story in height.
- Maximum dogs per dwelling unitDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance.3 dogs
No more than three adult dogs shall be permitted per dwelling unit.
- Maximum domestic animals per dwelling unitDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance.6 animals
No more than six adult animals over the age of four months are permitted per dwelling unit; no more than three adult dogs.
- Maximum group-sponsored livestock4 animals
No more than a total of four such livestock animals, including fowl, shall be raised, kept or maintained on any one lot.
- Maximum buildable area for half-story on grade50 pct
Such half-story does not exceed 50 percent of the maximum allowed buildable area.
- Maximum livestock per acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.2 adult animals per acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
The number of such livestock animals allowed shall not exceed two adult animals and their immature offspring per one acre.
- Maximum total livestock on site4 adult animals
The total number of such livestock animals on any one site, regardless of its total acreage, shall not exceed four adult animals and their immature offspring.
- Maximum ceiling heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. below half-story22 ft
Any story below a half-story shall not exceed a ceiling or roof height greater than 22 feet above the average natural grade.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. habitable room3 ft
The portion of any accessory structure that contains a habitable room shall not be located closer than three feet to any lot line.
- Minimum group-sponsored livestock setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.35 ft
No such livestock animal, including fowl, shall be housed, stabled, lodged, confined, or otherwise maintained within 35 feet of any school, church, hospital, place of business, residence, dwelling unit, or other building used for human habitation other than any dwelling units on the subject site.
- Minimum livestock setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from dwelling35 ft
No such livestock animal, including fowl, shall be housed, stabled, lodged, confined, or otherwise maintained within 35 feet of any dwelling unit or other building used for human habitation.
- Minimum livestock setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from public facilities100 ft
No such livestock animal, including fowl, shall be housed, stabled, lodged, confined, or otherwise maintained within 100 feet of any public park, school, hospital, or similar institution.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for group-sponsored livestock6,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Any lot used for the keeping of sheep or goats for this type of project must have a minimum lot area of 6,000 square feet.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for livestock (general)1 acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
No such livestock animals shall be raised, kept, or maintained on a lot having an area of less than one acre.
- Minimum slope for half-story on grade10 pct
A first floor half-story may be allowed on a lot with a natural slope of 10 percent or more.
- Minimum wild animal setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.35 ft
No such wild animal shall be housed, stabled, lodged, confined, or otherwise maintained within 35 feet of any school, church, hospital, place of business, residence, dwelling unit, or other building used for human habitation other than the dwelling unit on the subject site.
From the ordinance
R-1 zone: max height 30 ft, max 2.5 stories, lot coverage 35%, front setback 25 ft, rear 25 ft, side 5 ft.