R-2
Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Servicing
- Applies near
- Lake Gaston
- Geographic extent
- Lots adjoining Lake Gaston impoundment project have 15 ft side and rear setbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
Uses
Permitted by right29
- single-family dwelling
- two-family dwelling
- three-family dwelling
- multiple-family dwelling
- rooming house
- boarding house
- short-term rental
- rest home
- convalescent home
- nursing home
- school
- church
- general hospital
- medical clinic
- dental clinic
- club
- lodge
- professional office
- home occupation
- park
- playground
- accessory use
- public utility
- business sign
- home occupational sign
- church bulletin board
- directional sign
- modular building (single-family)
- manufactured home (19 ft+ width)
Conditional / special use3
Extracted standards
15 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. restrictions
No accessory building which is within 10 feet of any party lot line shall be more than one story high. All structures and accessory buildings shall be no more than half the height of the principal building or 35 feet whichever is greater. Accessory buildings which are located closer to the front property line than the principal building shall not be taller than the main building height.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for dwellings45 ft
The height limit for dwellings may be increased up to 45 feet and up to three stories provided there are two side yards each of which is ten feet or more, plus one foot of each 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/semi-public buildings60 ft
A public or semi-public building such as a school or church 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
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line5 ft
No accessory structure may be closer than five feet to the property line.
- Front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from street centerline (narrow streets)60 ft
Structures shall be located 60 feet or more from the center of any street right-of-way less than 50 feet in width.
- Front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from street right-of-way (wide streets)30 ft
Structures shall be located 30 feet or more from any street right-of-way which is 50 feet or greater in width.
- Health official approval for individual systems
For permitted uses utilizing individual water and/or sewage disposal systems, the required area for any such use shall be approved by the health official. The administrator may require a greater area if considered necessary.
- Lake Gaston side and rear setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.15 ft
There shall be a fifteen (15) foot minimum side and rear yard setback requirement for both main and accessory buildings located along a portion of the side or rear property line for a lot which adjoins property which constitutes a portion of the Lake Gaston impoundment project.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for other permitted uses with individual water and sewage43,560 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
All other permitted uses served by individual water and sewage disposal systems, the minimum lot area shall be one acre.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for other permitted uses with public water and sewage20,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
All other permitted uses served by public water and sewage disposal systems shall have a minimum lot area of 20,000 square feet.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. with individual water and sewage43,560 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
For lots containing or intended to contain a single-family permitted use served by individual water and sewage disposal systems, the minimum lot area shall be one acre.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. with public water and sewage10,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
For lots containing or intended to contain a single-family permitted use served by public water and sewage disposal, the minimum lot area shall be 10,000 square feet.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. with public sewage and individual water20,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
For lots containing or intended to contain a single-family permitted use served by public sewage disposal systems but having individual water systems, the minimum lot area shall be 20,000 square feet.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. with public water and individual sewage30,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
For lots containing or intended to contain a single-family permitted use served by public water systems but having individual sewage disposal systems, the minimum lot area shall be 30,000 square feet.
- Side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. on side street for corner lots30 ft
The side yard of the side facing the side street shall be 30 feet or more for both main and accessory buildings.
From the ordinance
In residential, general, district R-2 structures to be erected or land to be used shall be for one or more of the following uses: single-family dwellings, two-family dwellings, three-family dwellings, multiple-family dwellings, ...