R-2
Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right17
- single-family detached dwelling
- two-family detached dwelling
- home occupation class A
- multifamily dwelling
- public and semipublic uses (churches, libraries, museums, schools, hospitals, post offices, parks, playgrounds)
- accessory uses
- off-street parking
- public utilities
- business signs for sale or rent
- church bulletin boards
- directional signs
- home occupation signs
- identification signs
- automobile graveyard class A
- yard sales
- communication towers
- small wind energy system
Conditional / special use5
Accessory2
Extracted standards
15 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Frontage
- Additional lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line. per additional dwelling10 ft
For single-family dwellings the minimum lot width shall be one hundred (100) feet or more, and for each additional dwelling there shall be at least ten (10) feet of additional lot width.
Height
- Dwelling heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. increase condition45 ft
The height limit for dwellings may be increased up to ten (10) feet and up to three (3) stories provided there are two (2) side yards, each of which is ten (10) feet or more, plus one (1) foot or more of side yard for each additional foot of building height over thirty-five (35) feet.
- Public building maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.60 ft
A public or semipublic building such as a school, church, library, or hospital may be erected to a height of sixty (60) feet from grade provided that required front, side, and rear yards shall be increased one (1) foot for each foot in height over thirty-five (35) feet.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. within 10 ft of lot line1 storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
No accessory building which is within ten (10) feet of any property [lot] line shall be more than one (1) story high. All accessory buildings shall be less than the main building in height.
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. rear setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.5 ft
No accessory building may be closer than five (5) feet to any property line in the rear yard and ten (10) feet from the property line on a side yard.
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. side setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.10 ft
No accessory building may be closer than five (5) feet to any property line in the rear yard and ten (10) feet from the property line on a side yard.
- Individual sewage disposal approval
For permitted uses utilizing individual sewage disposal systems, the required area for any such use shall be approved by the health official.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. with individual sewage30,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
For residential lots containing or intended to contain a single-family dwelling served by public water systems, but having individual sewage disposal, the minimum lot area shall be thirty thousand (30,000) square feet.
- 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 parcel, a site plan of proposed development shall be approved by the Commission.
Setback
- Cul-de-sac setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from center point80 ft
or eighty (80) feet from the center point of the turnaround of a cul-de-sac with a radius of less than fifty (50) feet.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from centerline for streets less than 50 ft ROW55 ft
or fifty-five (55) feet or more from the centerline of any street right-of-way less than fifty (50) feet in width
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.
From the ordinance
R-2 district: single and multiple dwellings, public facilities; min lot 10,000 sq ft; setbacks 35 ft front, 10 ft side, 25 ft rear; height 35 ft.