R-2
Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
- Maximum density
- 2 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
- Lot area per dwelling unitLot area per dwelling unitLand required for each home — the same limit as du/acre, expressed per unit instead of per acre.
- 21,780 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.5 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right19
- Agriculture
- Public parks and recreational areas
- Public uses
- Home occupations
- Accessory uses
- Cluster developments
- Greenhouses, non-commercial
- Kennels, private
- Mobile food unit
- Small scale solar generation facility
- Utilities, minor
- Dwellings, accessory
- Dwellings, multi-family
- Dwellings, single-family attached
- Dwellings, single-family detached
- Dwellings, townhouse
- Dwellings, two-family
- Group homes
- Short-term rental of a residential dwelling
Conditional / special use11
Accessory18
- Agriculture*
- Public parks and recreational areas
- Public uses
- Home occupations
- Cluster developments
- Greenhouses, non-commercial
- Kennels, private
- Mobile food unit
- Small scale solar generation facility
- Utilities, minor
- Dwellings, accessory
- Dwellings, multi-family
- Dwellings, single-family attached
- Dwellings, single-family detached
- Dwellings, townhouse
- Dwellings, two-family
- Group homes
- Short-term rental of a residential dwelling
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Maximum 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. near lot line1 storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
No accessory building which is within fifteen feet (15') of any property lot line shall be more than one (1) story high.
- 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 forty-five feet (45') provided one foot (1') or more per side yard is added for each additional foot of building height over thirty-five feet (35').
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for public buildings60 ft
A public or semi-public building such as a school, place of worship, or library may be erected to a height of sixty feet (60') from grade provided that required front, side, and rear yards shall each be increased one foot (1') for every foot in height over thirty-five feet (35').
Other
- Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. for cluster development50 pct
Not less than ½ of the area of any cluster development shall be permanently restricted to prohibit further residential, commercial or industrial development.
- Central water/sewer required
All uses shall be served by a central, public, or common water or sewer system.
From the ordinance
In Residential District R-2, only one main structure or use and its accessory uses shall be permitted on each minimum lot area. The minimum lot area for permitted uses utilizing both central or public water and central or public sewerage systems shall be 21,780 square feet.