R-4
Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right5
Conditional / special use1
Accessory1
- accessory uses and structures customarily incidental to permitted uses
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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 side/rear property line10 ft
Accessory uses and structures shall be no closer than ten (10) feet to any side or rear property line.
- Corner lot side street setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.60 ft
In the case of a corner lot, no structure shall be closer than sixty (60) feet to the right-of-way line of the side street.
- Common open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. per dwelling unitDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance.1,200 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000./du
Common open space and recreation as required: One thousand two hundred (1,200) square feet per dwelling unit.
- Rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. minimum35 ft
Each principal structure shall have a rear yard of 35 feet or equivalent to the height of the structure, whichever is greater.
- Side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. when abutting R-1 or R-2 districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.50 ft
Each principal structure shall have a side yard of twenty-five (25) feet, except that the side yard abutting an R-1 or R-2 District shall be fifty (50) feet.
- Side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. between multiple principal structures30 ft
Whenever there is more than one (1) detached principal structure on a lot, a side yard shall be provided of thirty (30) feet or more between structures measured from the nearest building walls (excluding porches, balconies, stairs and eaves).
From the ordinance
Maximum development density of the district is twelve (12) dwelling units per acre, and public sewer and water service is required. Minimum lot area 5 acres. Setback line 100 feet from street right-of-way.