R-3
Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
Uses
Permitted by right23
- accessory structures and uses
- agriculture, general
- agriculture, limited (on less than 10 acres), excluding horses
- bed-and-breakfast
- cemeteries
- day-care center and nursery
- family division
- home day care
- home occupation
- large lot division
- off street parking
- parks and playgrounds
- portable sawmill and chipper
- preserve and conservation area
- public utilities (extensions)
- schools, churches, libraries
- single cut subdivision
- single-family dwelling
- subdivision, major
- subdivision, minor
- temporary family health care structure
- wayside stand
- wireless support structures up to 80 feet
Conditional / special use11
Extracted standards
5 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 heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. near lot line
No accessory building less than 20 ft from any lot line shall be more than one story high.
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. relative to main
All accessory buildings shall be less than the main building in height except when located on a parcel of 10 acres or more.
- Dwelling heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. exception
Dwelling height may be increased to 45 ft and up to 3 stories provided there are two side yards each 20 ft or more, plus 1 ft side yard for each additional foot over 35 ft.
- Exempt structures
Church spires, belfries, cupolas, monuments, silos, barns, water towers, chimneys, flues, flagpoles, and wireless support structures are exempt. Parapet wall may be up to 4 feet above building height.
- Public building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
Public or semipublic building may be erected to 60 ft from grade, provided required front, side and rear yards increased 1 ft for each foot over 35 ft.
From the ordinance
R-3 Residential District: permitted uses, special exceptions, accessory uses, area 3 acres, frontage 250 ft, height 35 ft.