R-5
Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right19
- Accessory buildings or structures
- Apartments
- Group home or residential facilities, for eight or fewer adults
- Multifamily dwellings containing two or more dwelling units
- Adult day care centers
- Child day care centers
- Coin laundries accessory to other residential uses
- Community recreation facilities
- Home occupations
- Marina, boat dock or waterfront recreational facilities
- Photography studios and sales, artist and sculptor studios
- Rental of one room
- Restaurants accessory to permitted private clubs or marinas
- Retail shops accessory to community recreation facilities
- Tourist homes
- Fire stations
- Libraries
- Places of public assembly
- Schools
Conditional / special use17
- Group home or residential facilities, for nine or more adults
- Independent living facilities
- Assisted living facilities
- Barber and beauty shops
- Business, professional and governmental offices
- Continuing care retirement communities
- Golf courses, country clubs
- Hospitals and mental health facilities
- Lodges, civic clubs, fraternal organizations, service clubs
- Professional and business offices accessory to multifamily uses
- Rental of two or three rooms to a maximum of three rooms
- Skilled nursing facilities (nursing homes)
- Cemeteries and memorial gardens
- Railroad facilities
- Telephone exchanges and telephone switching stations
- Transmission pipelines
- Water facilities (public or private), and sewer facilities (public)
Accessory1
Extracted standards
10 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Developable area open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.10 pct
In addition, ten percent of the developable area shall also be set aside as open space.
- Facade variety requirement
The facade of multifamily dwelling within a group shall be changed by variation in the depth of front yards, building materials and/or design so that no more than two abutting units shall be of like appearance.
- Maximum multifamilyMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. units per structure10 units
A maximum of ten multifamily dwelling units shall be included in one structure.
- Minimum distance for accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structures10 ft
Accessory structures shall be a minimum of ten feet from any other structure.
- Minimum distance between main structures
The distance between two main structures on a single lot shall be a minimum of the height of the taller structure.
- No minimum lot size or setbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
There shall be no minimum lot size or minimum front, side or rear setback or yard requirements for any lot within a R-5 district other than as specified in the approved final plans.
- Playground area requirement0.5 acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones. per 50 dwelling unitsDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance.
Such areas shall be centrally located and total at least one-half acre for every 50 dwelling units; provided, that the total shall not exceed ten percent of the gross area of the site.
- Playground area for projects under 50 units10 pct of gross acreage
For multifamily projects with less than 50 dwelling units, the recreation areas shall total ten percent of the gross acreage of the site.
- 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.
From the ordinance
No project shall have a net density (including bonuses) of more than 12 units per acre. Structures may be erected up to 35 feet in height.