Ault
Zoning districts
3 districts, grouped by category.
Residential
3Rural Residential District
- Min lot
- 54,450 sq ft (1.25 ac)
- Max density
- 0.33 du/ac
Town Residential District Multi-Family
- Min lot
- 7,000 sq ft
- Max density
- 16 du/ac
Town Residential District Single Family
- Min lot
- 7,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 25 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Max density
- 5 du/ac
General provisions
39 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Any person installing, modifying, moving, or repairing a non-municipal utility line in a utility easement dedicated to the Town shall obtain a permit. Fee $5000 per event, valid 90 days.
Contiguous walk construction shall be a uniform width of three (3) feet which shall abut the back of the curb.
Permit required for water connection. Fees per tap size table.
No buildings, structure, or land shall be used or occupied, and no building or structure or part thereof shall be erected, changed, constructed, moved, demolished or structurally altered unless in conformance with all of the regulations herein specified for the zone in which it is located.
Uses permitted in the A District are as follows: a. Farm dwelling or building appurtenant to agricultural use; ... i. Single-family dwelling on minimum lot size of five (5) acres; ... Minimum lot area: Five (5) acres; Minimum lot width: 175'; Minimum front yard: 50'; Minimum side yard: 20'; Minimum rear yard - Principal buildings: 20'; Minimum rear yard - Accessory buildings: 10'; Minimum floor area per dwelling: 1,000 sq ft.
Commercial uses shall be contained in multi-story (2-3 stories) structures; side yard 3 ft; rear yard 15 ft; parking 3 sq ft per 1 sq ft floor area; ADUs count .33 units.
Standard setbacks: Front 50 ft with first 15 ft landscaped; Side 12 ft unless rear yard exists with access.
All land uses allowed in Rural Residential are allowed in the Agricultural District as a matter of right. In addition, nurseries, kennels, veterinary facilities, livestock feeding, breeding, and husbandry, boarding of livestock and pets, plant nurseries, farming operations, and public or private greenhouses, and cultivation of crops for sale, including sale on site, are all allowed. By special review, any use allowed in Rural Residential zones which is not a use by right may be permitted.
All PDO applications shall include a gross land area of not less than ten (10) acres.
Whenever a nonconforming use or building has been discontinued for a period of six (6) months, such use shall not thereafter be reestablished...
A Home Based Business is an incidental use of a dwelling unit for commercial purposes of the residents therein... one (1) nameplate shall be allowed which may display the name of the occupant and/or the name of the home-based business, such nameplate does not exceed one (1) square foot in area...
Minimum rear yard for principal buildings is twenty feet (20'). Accessory building minimum rear yard is five feet (5'). No residential dwelling shall be located nearer than five (5) feet to any side lot line... Side yard abutting a street, twenty-five feet (25'). Lot size no less than 7,000 sq ft and 75 ft width.
Swimming Pools having a depth greater than eighteen inches (18") shall be enclosed by fencing ... minimum five-foot (5') setback from all property lines.
All spa's and hot tubs shall be enclosed by fencing ... located five feet (5') from all property lines unless screened ...
The following regulations shall apply to all signs ... No sign shall be erected on the roof of any building ...
The site plan shall be effective for a period of three (3) years from the date of approval... Minor variations... shall not exceed ten (10) percent of any measurable standard... Floodplain use permit from the Town.
Where a subdivision borders a railroad right-of-way, freeway, or arterial street, a landscaped buffer area shall be provided ...
The maximum allowable length of closed-end streets ... six hundred feet ... Streets shall intersect at right angles ...
Where necessary for installation and maintenance of utility systems, easements of at least ten feet (10') in width shall be reserved ...
In all zone districts, off-street parking facilities ... shall be provided and maintained as herein prescribed. Table 17.02.02 ...
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.
- Ault Zoning Ordinance (PDF)1.1M charsRead →