R-3
Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 3.5%
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right14
Conditional / special use7
Prohibited1
Extracted standards
20 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- 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. within 10 ft of lot line
No accessory building which is within 10 feet of any part lot line shall be more than one story in height. All accessory buildings shall be less than the main building in height.
- Dwelling heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. increase to 45 ft45 ft
The height limit for dwellings may be increased up to 45 feet and up to three stories, provided that there are two side yards, each of which is 10 feet or more, plus one foot or more of side yard for each additional foot of building height over 35 feet.
- Parapet wall heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. above building4 ft
Parapet walls may be up to four feet above the height of the building on which walls rest.
- Public building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. up to 60 ft60 ft
A public or semipublic building, such as a school, church, library or general hospital, may be erected to a height of 60 feet from grade, provided that required front, side and rear yards shall be increased one foot for each foot in height over 35 feet.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. in front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.
No accessory building shall be located in a front yard.
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building side/rear setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.3 ft
No portion of any accessory building, including roof, may be closer than three feet to any side or rear property line except that no portion of any swimming pool other than the apron shall be located closer than 10 feet to any side or rear property line.
- Assisted living 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.10 ft
No accessory structure shall be located closer than 10 feet to any property line and shall not be located in any front yard.
- Corner lot front definition
Of the two sides of a corner lot, the front shall be deemed to be the shorter of the two sides fronting on streets.
- Corner lot landscaping heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. limit3.5 ft
landscaping of corner lots shall be limited to planting, fences or other landscaping features of no more than three and one-half feet in height within the space between the setback line and the property line on the street corner side of the lot.
- Corner lot minimum width at setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. line100 ft
For subdivisions platted after the enactment of this article, each corner lot shall have a minimum width at the setback line of 100 feet or more.
- Maximum units per structure6 units
Any freestanding, continuously walled or continuously roofed structure shall contain not more than six Townhouses or six apartments.
- Minimum usable 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.6,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
the total lot area and usable open space per dwelling unit, Townhouse or apartment shall be not less than 6,000 square feet.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line15 ft
Freestanding structures shall not be closer than 30 feet to each other or 15 feet to any property line.
- Public water and sewer required
Townhouse and apartment developments shall be served by public water and sewage disposal systems.
- Screening from R-1/R-2
The developer shall provide fencing and landscaping of a permanent nature which will adequately screen any Townhouse or apartment development from abutting R-1 and R-2 District properties.
- Screening adjacent to single/two family
Appropriate screening shall be provided when adjacent to any single or two family residences.
- Minimum separation between structures30 ft
Freestanding structures shall not be closer than 30 feet to each other or 15 feet to any property line.
- Swimming pool setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from side/rear10 ft
no portion of any swimming pool other than the apron shall be located closer than 10 feet to any side or rear property line.
Parking
- Commercial vehicle parking restrictions
No garbage, truck, tractor and/or trailer of a tractor-trailer truck, dump truck with a gross weight of 12,000 pounds or more, cement-mixer truck, wrecker with a net weight of 12,000 pounds or more or similar such vehicles or equipment shall be parked on any public street in any residential district. Any commercial vehicle parked in any residential district shall be owned and/or operated only by the occupant of the dwelling unit at which it is parked.
Setback
- Front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. exception for non-conforming structures
When a residential structure is non-conforming due to encroachment into the required Front Yard Setback, such structure may be expanded or extended on either side or both sides provided that the following conditions are met: ...
From the ordinance
In Residential District R-3, any building to be erected or land to be used shall be for one or more of the following uses: ...
Parking requirements
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