R-5A
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right7
Conditional / special use3
- Children's residential facility
- Parks and open areas not specified elsewhere
- These provisions do not limit the opportunity for an applicant to reduce the minimum number of required off-street parki
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Setback
- Additional setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. adjacent to major thoroughfare
Additional minimum yard requirements apply if a yard is adjacent to specific roadways identified on the major thoroughfare plan.
- Front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. depth variation
The minimum front yard depth is 15 feet from project drives and walkways, 25 feet from secondary residential streets, and 35 feet from all other streets.
- Interior side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for attached dwelling12 ft
The minimum interior side yard for an attached single-family dwelling must be 12 feet from any side lot line other than the lot line where the shared common wall is located.
- Zero lot line conditions
The dwelling may be built on a zero lot line if the yard on the opposite side of the dwelling is at least 16 feet wide and the yard adjacent to the zero lot line is either an interior side yard at least 16 feet wide or a common area at least 20 feet wide.
From the ordinance
The purpose of the R-5A General Residence District is to provide for a range of housing types in a medium-density setting. Allowed uses include: Single-family dwellings on lots of 5,625 sq. ft., which may be detached, attached, or located on a zero lot line; Duplexes on lots of 11,250 sq. ft.; and Supporting institutional, recreational, and public facilities and uses.