R-1
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right9
Conditional / special use5
Prohibited2
Extracted standards
11 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building in front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
No accessory building may be located within the main structure's front setback.
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building side/rear setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.5 ft
No accessory building may be closer than five feet to any side or rear property line.
- Additional lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. per additional use/structure
For lots containing more than one use or structure, excluding accessory structures, the minimum lot area shall be an additional 10,000 square feet per use or structure.
- Attached accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structures
garages or other accessory structures, such as carports, porches and stoops, attached to the main building shall be considered part of the main building.
- Corner lot side street setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
the side yard setback on the side facing an improved side street shall be equal to the front setback for the district in which the lot is located.
- Distance between structures25 ft
there shall be a minimum of 25 feet separation between building or use
- Front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from centerline for roads less than 50 ft wide65 ft
or 65 feet or more from the centerline of any street or road right-of-way less than 50 feet in width
- Greater area may be required
The health official and the zoning administrator may require a greater area if considered necessary by soil and site conditions.
- Health official approval for individual sewage
For acceptable uses served by an individual sewage disposal system, the required area for any such use shall be approved by the health official.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for other uses43,560 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Lots for other uses shall be not less than one acre (43,560 square feet) in size.
Signage
signs advertising the sale or rent of premises may be erected up to the property line.
From the ordinance
In the R-1 residential district, the minimum lot area shall be 10,000 square feet for lots utilizing both public water and sewage disposal systems.