R-1
Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 3%
Housing
Uses
Permitted by right11
Conditional / special use2
Extracted standards
10 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- 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. less than main building
All accessory buildings shall be less than the main building in height.
- Dwelling heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. increase conditions
The height limit for dwellings may be increased ten feet and up to three stories, provided there are two side yards for each permitted use, each of which is 15 feet or more plus one foot or more of side yard for each additional foot of building height over 35 feet.
- HeightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. exemptions for architectural features
Church spires, belfries, cupolas, monuments, water towers, chimneys, flues, flagpoles, television antennas and radio aerials are exempt. Parapet walls may be up to four feet above the height of the building on which the walls rest.
- Maximum 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 party lot line1 storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
No accessory building which is within 20 feet of any party lot line shall be more than one story high.
- Public building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. increase conditions
A public or semipublic building such as a school, church, library or hospital may be erected to a height of 60 feet from grade, provided that required front, side and rear yards shall be increased one foot for each foot in height over 35 feet with a conditional use permit.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line5 ft
No accessory building may be closer than five feet to any property line.
- Corner lot street sideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.35 ft
The side yard on the side facing the side street shall be 35 feet or more from the street right-of-way line for both main and accessory buildings.
- Inoperable, junk or scrap motor vehicle prohibition
No inoperable, junk or scrap motor vehicle may be kept stored or parked on lots in an R-1 district; provided that nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to a collector of antique or vintage vehicles, who may keep such vehicles on the lot of said collector within the R-1 district, provided the vehicles are stored in the rear of the property out of view in a fully enclosed building or surrounded by an approved blind or screen so as to be out of view by surrounding property owners.
- Maximum landscaping heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. on corner lots3 ft
Landscaping of corner lots shall be limited to plantings, fences or other landscaping features of no more than three feet in height within the space between the setback line and the property line on the street side of the lot.
Signage
- Sale/rent sign setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.0 ft
Signs advertising sale or rent of property may be erected up to the property line.
From the ordinance
The R-1 Limited Residential District is composed of certain quiet, low-density residential areas... permitted uses are limited basically to single-unit dwellings...