R-3
Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 3%
Housing
Uses
Permitted by right16
Conditional / special use10
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- HeightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. increase for dwellings to 45 ft and 3 storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.45 ft
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 ten feet or more, plus one foot or more of side yard for each additional foot of building height over 35 feet.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for public or semipublic buildings60 ft
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.
Other
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building within 5 ft of lot line1 storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
No accessory building which is within five feet of any party 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 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.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of landscaping features on corner lots within setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.3 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.
- Prohibition of inoperable, junk or scrap motor vehicles
No inoperable, junk or scrap motor vehicle may be kept stored or parked on lots in an R-3 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-3 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.
From the ordinance
The R-3 General Residential District is composed of certain medium-to-high concentrations of residential uses...