Amherst

In determining the 'build out' for undeveloped parcels in the area, three-fourths (75%) of the maximum allowable residential density should be assumed along with a floor area ratio of 0.25 for retail uses, and 0.4 for office uses.

The provisions of this article shall apply to all property that accesses the Ambriar corridor. The Ambriar corridor is defined as that portion of S. Main Street from Waugh's Ferry Road south to the town corporate limits.

Properties in the defined traffic impact overlay district: 440 feet when the posted speed limit is over 45 mph; 245 feet when the posted speed limit is 45 mph or less.

In the measurement of lot width, the front shall be deemed to be the shorter of the two sides of a corner lot facing streets.

Area requirements in this section are subject to the approval of the health department, and in special circumstances larger lot areas may be required by the health department.

There is no maximum lot coverage for commercial, industrial and other uses, except as provided herein in special circumstances and/or as may be required by the town council, commission and/or board of appeals.

Chimneys, water and fire towers, church spires, domes, cupolas, cooling towers, roof signs, elevator bulkheads, smokestacks, flag poles, silos, granaries, windmills, oil derricks and similar structures and their necessary mechanical appurtenances may be erected above the height limits herein established except for those structures exceeding 200 feet in height, where prior written approval from the Federal Aviation Administration is necessary.

The minimum side yard shall be 15 feet on corner lots and ten feet on other lots, except that no building or structure shall be erected within 25 feet of a residentially zoned lot.

No minimum requirement except that no building or structure shall be erected within 25 feet of a residentially zoned lot.

The front yard setback requirement for any lot in the A-1 Agricultural District, R-1 Limited Residential District, R-2 General Residential District, R-3 High-Density Residential District, or R-4 Manufactured Home District shall be reduced when 50 percent or more of the building lots on the same side of the street within the same block are improved with buildings...

Whenever there shall be plans in existence, surveyed and approved by either the state department of highways and transportation or by the town council, upon recommendation of the commission, may require additional front, side or rear yard setbacks for any new construction or for any structures altered or remodeled adjacent to the future planned right-of-way in order to preserve and protect the right-of-way for such proposed street or highway widening.

An industrial use shall be permanently screened from all adjoining residential districts by a wall, fence, evergreen hedge and/or other suitable enclosure of minimum height of seven feet at the original elevation of the property line.

An industrial use shall be permanently screened from all adjoining residential districts by a wall, fence, evergreen hedge and/or other suitable enclosure of minimum height of seven feet at the original elevation of the property line.

No shrubs, plants, hedges, fence, wall marquee, or other obstruction, except vehicles lawfully parked, located on the real estate owned by any landowner or occupied by any tenant, shall obscure the vision of operators of motor vehicles utilizing an intersection. None of the above obstructions, obscuring vision, shall exceed 2½ feet in height above the extended plane of the nearest edge of the hard surface or gravel surface, of the street or road nearest to the obstruction at the intersection of a street, road, or railroad line.

No shrubs, plants, hedges, fence, wall marquee, or other obstruction, except vehicles lawfully parked, located on the real estate owned by any landowner or occupied by any tenant, shall obscure the vision of operators of motor vehicles utilizing an intersection.

The minimum distance between buildings shall be as required by the uniform statewide building code.

A detached accessory building shall not be closer than 15 feet to the main building or rear lot line. Accessory building shall not be closer to a lot line than the setback line for side yards for the district in which the lot is located.

A detached accessory building shall not be closer than 15 feet to the main building or rear lot line. Accessory building shall not be closer to a lot line than the setback line for side yards for the district in which the lot is located. Additionally, no building housing livestock shall be placed within 200 feet of a lot line located within or abutting any residential or business district.

A detached accessory building, not more than two stories in height, may be constructed on not more than 30 percent of the rear yard.

No detached accessory building may be located in the front yard of a lot.