R-4
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right5
Conditional / special use5
- adult day program
- school
- public use
- commercial wireless communications facilities on City-owned or privately-owned public/quasi-public property
- Child Care Center
Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. homes and duplexes28 ft
except single-family homes and duplexes which have a maximum building height of twenty-eight (28) feet.
Other
- Garage door setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from front property line20 ft
carport entrances and garage doors must be set back a minimum of twenty (20) feet.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for buildings 3+ storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.0.5 ratio
Buildings of three (3) or more stories must have a minimum setback of one-half (½) the height of the building.
- Interior side setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. as percentage of lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.10 pct
One-story structures must be set back a minimum distance of ten percent (10%) of the lot width at each interior side yard.
- Minimum pervious area in front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.60 pct
a minimum of sixty percent (60%) of the front yard area, shall be pervious.
- Minimum pervious area20 pct
A minimum of twenty percent (20%) of each lot ... shall be pervious.
- Minimum building site for public/quasi-public buildings40,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
With the exception of religious uses, the minimum building site for public or quasi-public buildings shall be forty thousand (40,000) square feet.
- Street-side setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. as percentage of lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.25 pct
For corner lots, structures must be set back from the street side lot line a minimum of twenty-five percent (25%) of the lot width.
From the ordinance
The maximum building height for all structures is forty-five (45) feet, except single-family homes and duplexes which have a maximum building height of twenty-eight (28) feet.