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Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
- Maximum density
- 1.32 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.
- 33,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.76 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right22
- single-family dwellings
- two-family dwellings
- individual manufactured homes on permanent foundation
- general farming, agriculture, dairying, and forestry
- churches, parks, and playgrounds
- preserves and conservation areas
- horticultural nurseries and greenhouses with garden supplies
- hunt clubs
- private boat piers
- cemeteries
- home occupations
- public utility distribution lines and poles, pipes, meters and other facilities
- off-street parking
- accessory buildings
- private boat ramps
- county-sanctioned public facilities
- major recreational equipment
- community piers
- rowing clubs
- hosted short-term rentals
- land application of biosolids
- portable sawmills for temporary logging operations (≤90 days)
Conditional / special use25
- manufactured home parks
- abattoir (commercial slaughterhouse)
- sand and gravel pits
- sawmills (except portable ≤90 days)
- stump/brush/scrap wood burning and/or chipping facility
- areas of basic seafood processing facilities
- public utility booster or relay stations, transformer substations, cellular and other public communication towers exceeding 35 feet
- travel trailer camps
- private airports
- selling of fertilizer, farm chemicals, and grains
- roadside stands
- firehouse and/or rescue squad
- community service buildings
- bed and breakfasts
- equestrian academies
- disposal of dredge spoil
- business offices in existing non-residential buildings erected prior to 1975
- underground storage of sewerage
- pet cemeteries and pet crematoriums
- private heliports
- outdoor ranges
- kennels
- utility scale solar facilities
- unhosted short-term rentals
- single-pole high-speed data communication antennas not meeting criteria
Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. buildings within 25 feet of property line1 storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
No accessory building which is within 25 feet of any property lot line shall be more than one story high.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for dwellings with increased side yards45 ft
The height limit for dwellings may be increased ten feet and up to three stories provided there are two side yards each of which is 25 feet or more, plus one foot or more of side yard for each additional foot of building height over 35 feet.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for public or semipublic buildings60 ft
A public or semipublic building such as a school, church, library or hospital may be erected to a height of 60 feet from grade provided that the required front, side, and rear yards shall be increased one foot for each foot in height over 35 feet.
Other
- Maximum buildings per lot1 building
Only one building and its accessory buildings may be erected on any lot or parcel of land.
- Minimum front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from edge of right-of-way50 ft
but in no event less than 50 feet from the edge of the right-of-way.
- Minimum rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for one-story accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structures5 ft
The minimum rear yard for one-story accessory structures shall be five feet.
- Minimum side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for one-story accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structures5 ft
The minimum side yard for one-story accessory structures shall be five feet.
- Individual sewage disposal system approval
For permitted uses utilizing individual sewage disposal systems, the required area for any such use shall be approved by the health official.
From the ordinance
Minimum lot area 33,000 sq ft for single permitted use; 35,000 sq ft for two-family. Setback 75 ft from centerline, 50 ft from edge. Side yard 25 ft, total 50 ft; rear yard 50 ft. Height 35 ft, dwellings up to 45 ft with conditions.