R-1
Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
Height & bulk
Housing
Uses
Permitted by right4
- Accessory buildings or structures as defined
- Group home or residential facility, for eight or fewer adults
- Community recreation facilities, including parks, playgrounds, clubhouses, boating facilities, swimming pools, ball fields, tennis courts, and other similar recreation facilities
- Home occupations as defined
Conditional / special use16
- Adult day care centers
- Child day care centers
- Golf courses, country clubs
- Rental of rooms to a maximum of three rooms
- Retail food shops and food service establishments accessory to community recreation facilities
- Cemeteries and memorial gardens
- Fire stations
- Libraries
- Neighborhood resource centers
- Places of public assembly
- Publicly owned solid waste container sites
- Schools
- Railroad facilities including tracks, bridges, switching yards and stations
- Telephone exchanges and telephone switching stations
- Transmission pipelines (public or private), including pumping stations and accessory storage
- Water facilities (public or private), and sewer facilities (public)
Extracted standards
9 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density
- Density bonusDensity bonusExtra units allowed above the base cap in exchange for something — usually affordable homes. via SUP2 du/acdu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
Upon application, the board of supervisors may grant a special use permit for subdivisions to have a maximum net density of more than one unit per acre, but of no more than two units per acre upon finding the developer has made assurances... for at least two points as specified in the density bonus item options table.
Other
- Corner lot minimum width125 ft
Each corner lot shall have a minimum width at the setback line of 125 feet.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. by utility service
Lots served by public water and public sewage disposal systems shall have a minimum area of 15,000 square feet. Public sewage only: 17,500; public water only: 20,000; individual: 30,000.
- Open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. in major subdivisions10 pct
In addition, ten percent of the developable area shall also be set aside as open space.
- Perimeter buffer35 ft
The minimum perimeter buffer shall be 35 feet.
- Right-of-way buffer on Community Character Corridor150 ft
The minimum right-of-way buffer on Community Character Corridor roads as defined in the Comprehensive Plan shall be 150 feet.
- Right-of-way buffer on non-Community Character Corridor75 ft
The minimum right-of-way buffer on all non-Community Character Corridor roads shall be 75 feet.
Setback
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from narrow streets60 ft
Where the street right-of-way is less than 50 feet in width, structures shall be located a minimum of 60 feet from the centerline of the street.
Signage
- Sign regulations
Outdoor signs on the properties within the district shall comply with the regulations for exterior signs in article II, division 3 of this chapter.
From the ordinance
Limited Residential District, R-1, low-density residential. Min lot 15,000 sqft, front setback 35 ft, side 15 ft, rear 35 ft, height 35 ft, density 1 du/ac.