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Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
- Maximum density
- 0.05 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.
- 871,200 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (20 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Height & bulk
Housing
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Covers portions of the County occupied by open spaces, steep slopes, forests, parks, farms, marshland, lakes or stream valleys.
Uses
Permitted by right18
- single-family detached dwelling
- agriculture
- public and semipublic uses (churches, schools, hospitals, parks, playgrounds, post offices)
- conservation and preservation areas
- cluster housing development (per Article 21)
- historical areas
- home occupations class A
- accessory uses
- off-street parking
- public utilities (generating, booster, relay stations, transformer substations, transmission lines, etc.)
- business signs (sale/rent of premises)
- church bulletin boards
- directional signs
- home occupation signs
- identification signs
- automobile graveyards classes A and B
- communication towers (subject to Article 20)
- small wind energy system (per Article 22)
Conditional / special use17
- two or more small wind energy systems on a single tract
- small wind energy system on parcel 20+ acres with height >100 ft but <199 ft
- borrow pit
- camp, day
- camp, summer
- campgrounds
- cemeteries
- country clubs
- golf courses (except driving ranges and miniature courses)
- hunting clubs
- lattice structure supporting a wind turbine
- location signs up to 15 sq ft
- lodges, fraternal
- private airstrips
- sawmills, permanent
- sawmills, temporary
- wildlife rehabilitation center
Accessory1
Extracted standards
9 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- HeightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. requiring 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 with exceptions.
Other
- Corner lot side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. on side street35 ft
The minimum side yard on the side facing the side street shall be thirty-five (35) feet for both main and accessory building.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for family subdivision43,560 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The minimum lot area shall be one (1) acre (43,560 square feet) for a family subdivision lot.
- Site plan required for 3+ dwelling unitsDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance.3 units
Before a building and zoning permit shall be issued for development to contain three (3) or more dwelling units on one (1) lot or on one (1) parcel of land, a site plan of proposed development shall be approved by the Commission.
Signage
- Maximum business sign area6 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 six (6) 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 area4 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Home occupation signs, up to four (4) square feet in total area.
- Maximum identification sign area4 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Identification signs, up to four (4) 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.)15 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Location signs, up to fifteen (15) square feet in total area.
From the ordinance
Minimum lot area 20 acres per dwelling unit; height >35 ft requires special use permit; corner lot side yard 35 ft.