R-4
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right7
Extracted standards
16 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Design
- Consistent exterior finish materials required
Exterior finish materials on the majority of the façade (greater than fifty-percent) shall be the same type on the majority (greater than fifty-percent) of all elevations of the primary structure
- Minimum garage recess from primary facade5 ft
if the garage is front-loading, it must be recessed from the primary façade of the main structure by a minimum of five (5) feet.
- Maximum distance of entrance from longest street-facing wall8 ft
The entrance must be within eight (8) feet of the longest street-facing wall
- Maximum percentage of dwellings with recessed front-loading garage50 pct
no more than fifty (50%) percent of dwellings may have a recessed front-loading, attached garage.
- Minimum pedestrian street-facing entrances1 count
The primary structure shall have a minimum one (1) pedestrian street-facing entrance on the front façade.
- Minimum window percentage on front facade15 pct
A minimum of fifteen percent (15%) of the front facing building façade shall consist of windows.
- ProhibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. exterior finish materials
Concrete masonry units, or cinderblock, shall not be a visible exterior finish material from the public road, right-of-way, or adjacent residential property.
Other
- Landscape plan required
A landscape plan shall be required and landscaping, trees, buffers and screening shall be provided in accordance with the applicable provisions of ATC article XXIII of this chapter.
- Maximum units per cottage court development12 count
Maximum of twelve (12) units per cottage court development.
- Maximum townhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. units in a continuous row6 count
Maximum of six (6) townhouse units shall be connected in a continuous row.
- Minimum common open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. for cottage court or large townhome developments5 pct
In every cottage court development or if there are more than eighteen (18) units in a townhome development, five percent (5%) shall be common open space designed for active or passive recreation.
- Minimum screening heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft
it shall consist of continuous structural fences, walls or evergreen vegetative material, or combinations thereof, not less than six (6) feet in height.
- ProhibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. screening materials
No chain link, wire mesh, barbed wire or similar fence material shall be utilized for such screening purposes.
- Screening required for parking and service areas in townhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot./cottage court developments
Within townhouse or cottage court developments, all vehicle parking areas, common driveways, common areas for service, maintenance and trash collection and the facades of garages containing doors for vehicle access shall be located or arranged on the site or shall be provided with screening so as not to be readily visible from adjoining property in a residential district.
- Site plan required
A site plan shall be required as set forth in ATC article XVII of this chapter.
- Underground utilities required
All utility systems including power and telephone shall be installed underground.
From the ordinance
The following uses and structures shall be permitted in the Residential District R-4... The minimum lot area for permitted uses shall be as follows: Six thousand (6,000) square feet for single family detached... The minimum front setback shall be twenty (20) feet... Structures may be erected up to thirty-five (35) feet in height from grade... Uses in this district may be constructed only on properties served by public sewer and water systems.