Bedford
Zoning districts
6 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
2Residential
3Single-Family Residential District R-1
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 10
Medium Density Residential District R-2
- Min lot
- 9,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 10
High Density Residential District R-3
- Min lot
- 6,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Max density
- 16 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 12
General provisions
141 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Street trees shall be required along existing and proposed streets for any commercial, multifamily, townhouse or industrial development ... one shade tree shall be planted for every 50 feet, or portion thereof, of road frontage.
All shade trees must be ten to 12 feet high and one and one-half to two-inch caliper when planted. All flowering trees must be six feet high and three quarters inch caliper when planted. All shrubs must be at least one gallon container size when planted.
Along any street right-of-way on which the utility pole for power, street lights and/or telephone service is or will be located, at least one flowering or ornamental tree shall be planted for every 25 feet of street frontage at approximately 20 feet on center.
On any street right-of-way on which utilities are not and will not be located, one shade tree shall be planted for every 50 feet, or portion thereof, of road frontage or one flowering or ornamental tree shall be planted for every 25 feet of street frontage at approximately 25 feet on center.
When a parking lot fronts on an existing or proposed street, trees shall be planted in accordance with this Land Development Ordinance. An additional row of low shrubs shall be required between the street and the parking lot consisting of at least one low shrub for every five feet of street frontage.
Interior landscaping for parking lots shall consist of one shade tree for every 12 parking spaces.
Vegetative screening shall be required at all side and rear yards when Limited Professional, Commercial, Industrial, Multifamily or Townhouse Developments abut a Single-Family Residential District R-1, Low Density Residential District R-1a, Medium Density Residential District R-2, or a detached single-family developed lot or subdivision in a High Density Residential District R-3. Such screening shall be at least six feet in height.
The area of any mobile home lot shall not be less than ... 3,400 square feet. ... The minimum length of a mobile home lot shall be 85 feet; the minimum width shall be 40 feet.
The area of any mobile home lot shall not be less than that specified in section 810.07 for the area of common open space provided, and in no instance shall be less than 3,400 square feet.
No mobile home or permanent building shall be closer than 20 feet to any mobile home.
The minimum length of a mobile home lot shall be 85 feet; the minimum width shall be 40 feet. On all lots larger than the minimum, the ratio of length to width shall not exceed 2.2 to 1.0.
A patio of 200 square feet in area shall be provided adjoining each mobile home stand.
All mobile home parks shall have a minimum area of at least ten acres, and no fewer than 50 mobile home stands.
No mobile home unit, management office, or other structure except decorative fencing, lighting, wall, entrance, or other decorative feature, shall be located closer than 35 feet to a street right-of-way of 50 feet or greater, nor closer than 60 feet to the centerline of a street with a right-of-way of less than 50 feet.
No main or accessory uses shall be located closer than 25 feet to any other property line of a mobile home park.
All mobile home parks shall connect to the water and sewer systems of the town
Minimum pavement widths shall be 22 feet for streets providing access to 40 or more mobile home stands, and 20 feet for streets providing access to less than 40 mobile home stands.
Dead end streets shall be limited in length to 800 feet, shall be provided with cul-de-sacs with turning areas of not less than 40 feet in radius
No grade shall exceed eight percent and no curve shall have an outside radius of less than 80 feet.
Lighting shall be provided in such a way as to produce a minimum of 0.1 footcandles at street level throughout the system, with at least 0.3 footcandles at street intersections, park entrances, and other potentially hazardous locations
Source documents
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