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Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
- Maximum density
- 1 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.
- 43,560 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (1 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
- Maximum units
- 6
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right31
- Single-family detached dwellings
- Two-family detached dwellings
- Boardinghouse
- Public and semipublic uses such as churches, church adjunctive graveyards, libraries, museums, schools (not schools of special instruction), hospitals (not special care), parks, playgrounds, and post offices
- Agriculture
- Fire departments and rescue squad facilities
- Forestry operations including necessary temporary buildings and uses incidental thereto (not sawmills)
- Home occupations, class A and class B
- Off-street parking as required by this ordinance
- Accessory uses as defined
- Business signs advertising the sale or rent of premises, up to thirty-two (32) square feet in total area
- Business signs, up to fifty (50) square feet in total area
- Directional signs, up to two (2) square feet in total area
- Home occupation signs, up to twelve (12) square feet in total area
- Church bulletin boards
- Automobile graveyards, classes A and B
- Yard sale
- Manufactured homes
- Intentional community
- Communication towers subject to Article 20, Communications Tower Ordinance
- Farm winery
- Small wind energy system, per requirements in Article 22 of these regulations
- Temporary placement and occupancy of a travel trailer not to exceed ten (10) consecutive days
- Farm brewery, limited
- Bed and breakfast, class A
- Bed and breakfast, class B
- Vacation house
- Agritourism activity
- Category 1 Temporary Event
- Category 2 Temporary Event
- Category 3 Temporary Event in connection with a Festival Grounds Special Use Permit
Conditional / special use52
- Two (2) or more small wind energy systems on a single tract of land
- Small wind energy system(s) on a parcel of land twenty (20) acres or larger in size with a height greater than one hundred (100) feet but less than one hundred ninety-nine (199) feet
- Antique, craft, or gift shops
- Automobile graveyards, class C
- Banquet hall
- Blacksmith shop
- Borrow pit
- Agricultural processing facility, major
- Camp, day
- Camp, summer
- Campground or extended stay campground
- Cemeteries
- Commercial sale of agricultural equipment
- Conference center
- Corporate training center
- Dairy plant
- Farm winery permanent remote retail establishment
- Fraternal lodges and community buildings
- Garage, public
- Golf courses
- Labor camp facilities
- Landfill, sanitary
- Lattice structure used to support a wind turbine
- Location signs, up to twenty-five (25) square feet in total area
- Mobile home parks
- Motels, hotels
- Multifamily dwellings
- Natural resource extractions
- Offices, professional, and services
- Open storage area with or without gates
- Outdoor firing range in conjunction with the County noise control ordinance
- Private airstrip
- Quarrying
- Race track
- Restaurants
- Retail store, neighborhood
- Sale of new and/or used cars
- Sawmills, permanent
- Sawmill, temporary
- Vegetative rubbish recycling facility
- Veterinary hospital
- Wood yard
- Composting, commercial
- Wildlife rehabilitation center
- Activity center
- Distillery
- Kennels
- Roadside stand, class B
- Farmers market
- Festival Grounds
- Outdoor Entertainment Venue
- Commercial Solar Energy Systems
Accessory1
Extracted standards
20 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Accessory structures
- Minimum 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. from property line15 ft
Accessory structure: Minimum of fifteen (15) feet from property line, except no accessory building shall be located within the required front yard setback.
Height
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. without special use permitConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote.35 ft
Any structure erected up to a height greater than thirty-five (35) feet from grade requires a special use permit.
Other
- Minimum mobile homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.4,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The owner or operator of any mobile home park shall provide not less than four thousand (4,000) square feet of ground for each mobile home lot rented, inclusive of the ground underneath the mobile home.
- Minimum distance between mobile homesManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site.25 ft
There should be a minimum distance of twenty-five (25) feet between each mobile home.
- Minimum rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for lots 1 to 5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.25 ft
Lots one (1) to five (5) acres in size: Minimum of twenty-five (25) feet from the rear property line.
- Minimum rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for lots greater than 5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.50 ft
Lots greater than five (5) acres in size: Minimum of fifty (50) feet from the rear property line.
- Minimum road frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.125 ft
Minimum of one hundred twenty-five (125) feet fronting on a public or private road built to state or county road standards.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. processing facility from boundary or street250 ft
All components of the facility shall be located two hundred fifty (250) feet or more from any boundary line or street, or located one hundred twenty-five (125) feet or more if screened.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for multifamilyMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. dwellings from road right-of-way or centerline75 ft
Multifamily dwellings shall be located seventy-five (75) feet or more from any street or highway right-of-way which is fifty (50) feet or greater in width or one hundred (100) feet or more from the centerline of any street less than fifty (50) feet in width.
- Minimum side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for lots 1 to 5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.10 ft
Lots one (1) to five (5) acres in size: Minimum of ten (10) feet from the property line and the total width of the required side yards shall be twenty-five (25) feet or more.
- Minimum side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. on side street for corner lots30 ft
The minimum side yard on the side facing the side street shall be thirty (30) feet for both main and accessory building(s).
- Minimum side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for lots greater than 5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.20 ft
Lots greater than five (5) acres in size: Minimum of twenty (20) feet from the property line and total width of the required side yards shall be fifty (50) feet or more.
- Total side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. width for lots 1 to 5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.25 ft
Lots one (1) to five (5) acres in size: Minimum of ten (10) feet from the property line and the total width of the required side yards shall be twenty-five (25) feet or more.
- Total side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. width for lots greater than 5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.50 ft
Lots greater than five (5) acres in size: Minimum of twenty (20) feet from the property line and total width of the required side yards shall be fifty (50) feet or more.
- Site plan required for commercial or 3+ dwelling unitsDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance.
Before a building and zoning permit shall be issued for any development for commercial purposes or for development to contain three (3) or more dwelling units on one (1) lot or parcel, a site plan of proposed development shall be approved by the Commission.
Signage
- Maximum business sign area for sale/rent of premises32 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Business signs advertising the sale or rent of premises, up to thirty-two (32) square feet in total area.
- Maximum business sign area50 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Business signs, up to fifty (50) square feet in total area.
- Maximum directional sign area2 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Directional signs, up to two (2) square feet in total area.
- Maximum home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. sign area12 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Home occupation signs, up to twelve (12) square feet in total area.
- Maximum location sign area (special useConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote.)25 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Location signs, up to twenty-five (25) square feet in total area.
From the ordinance
The minimum lot area shall be two (2) acres (87,120 sq ft) or more for single and two-family detached dwellings. For family subdivisions lots, the minimum lot area shall be one (1) acre (43,560 sq ft) per dwelling unit.
Use details
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"permitted_uses": [
"Public utilities generating, booster or relay stations, transformed substations, transmission lines with support structures, pipes, meters and other facilities for the provision and maintenance of public utilities, including railroads and facilities, water and sewerage installations, and water storage tanks",
"Cluster housing development pursuant to Article 21 of Appendix A",
"Agricultural processing facility, provided that (i) all components of the facility shall be located two hundred fifty (250) feet or more from any boundary line or street, or located one hundred twenty-five (125) feet or more from any boundary line or street if screened by fencing and/or vegetation, and (ii) no noise, unshielded lights, odors, dust, or other nuisance may be perceptible beyond the property upon which the facility is located",
"Social Temporary event, provided that there are no more than 12 such events in a calendar year and that the event complies with the county noise ordinance"
],
"conditional_uses": [
"Social Temporary Event, in excess of twelve (12) such events in a calendar year and provided that the event complies with the County Noise Ordinance"
]
}
}