R-3
Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right15
- single-family dwellings
- two-family dwellings
- schools
- churches
- playgrounds
- home occupations
- off-street parking
- county-sanctioned public facilities
- crab shedding facility
- boat pier, private
- accessory buildings
- boat ramp, private
- major recreational equipment
- service provider installation of single-pole high-speed data communication antennas less than 100 feet in total height
- short-term rental, hosted
Conditional / special use9
- professional offices, with a limit of one unit and four workers per lot
- professional office complex
- public utility booster or relay stations, transformer substations, distribution lines and poles, pipes, meters and other facilities
- post offices
- community pier
- disposal of dredge spoil
- service provider installation of single-pole high-speed data communication antennas not meeting criteria
- agriculture, but with a special exception for animal and poultry husbandry on a commercial basis
- short-term rental, unhosted
Accessory1
Extracted standards
11 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
Church spires, belfries, cupolas, agricultural buildings, municipal water towers, chimneys, flues, flagpoles, television antennae and radio aerials are exempt. Parapet walls may be up to four feet above the height of the building on which the walls rest.
- 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, or library 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. structure attachment rule
Accessory structures located closer than five feet to the main building are considered part of the main structure. Accessory structures may be attached to the main structure by walkways, decks, patios, and steps.
- ConditionalConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote. septic permits prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Conditional septic disposal system permits which limit the use of the subject property to a specified portion of the year are hereby strictly prohibited.
- Minimum width for corner lots100 ft
For subdivisions platted after the enactment of this ordinance, each corner lot shall have minimum width at the setback line of 100 feet.
- Side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. on side street for corner lots25 ft
The side yard on the side facing the side street shall be 25 feet or more for both main and accessory building.
- One building per lot
Only one building and its accessory buildings may be erected on any lot or parcel of land in residential district R-3.
- Rear setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. 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.
- Side setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. 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.
- Health official approval for individual sewage disposal systems
For permitted uses utilizing individual sewage disposal systems, the required area for any such use shall be approved by the health official.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from street centerline50 ft
Structures shall be located 50 feet or more from the centerline of any street or road right-of-way, but in no event less than 25 feet from the edge of the right-of-way.
From the ordinance
7-2-2. For lots containing or intended to contain a permitted use served by public water or sewage disposal systems, the minimum lot area shall be 12,000 square feet. 7-4-2. ... minimum lot width at the setback line shall be 75 feet. 7-6-1. Buildings may be erected up to three stories, or 35 feet in height from grade.