B-1
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 20%
Housing
Uses
Permitted by right28
- single-family dwelling
- retail stores
- convenience stores
- bakeries
- banks and other financial institutions
- dry cleaners, laundries and laundromats
- barber and beauty shops
- fitness center or health club
- offices, business, professional or administrative
- clinics
- churches and other places of worship
- child day care center
- public buildings
- funeral homes and crematories
- restaurants, catering or delicatessen business
- shoe repair or tailor shop
- printing and duplicating services
- rental of household items, tools and appliances
- public utilities
- off-street parking and loading
- signs
- adult day care center
- general hospitals
- convalescent homes, rest homes, nursing homes and housing for the elderly and handicapped
- construction trailers
- portable storage containers
- janitorial services
- personal service establishments
Conditional / special use7
- private schools, recreational facilities, libraries, museums, art galleries
- clubs and lodges
- communications monopoles
- greenhouse or nursery
- recycling collection center
- family day homes
- loudspeaker/sound amplification/outdoor sound system
Extracted standards
12 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- 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. restrictions
No accessory building which is within ten feet of any property lot line shall be more than one story high. Accessory buildings shall not exceed the main structure in height, except that when the accessory building is located at a lower ground elevation, then the elevation of the roofline of the accessory building shall not be higher than the elevation of the roofline of the main structure, but not to exceed two stories in height.
- Maximum parapet wall heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.4 ft
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/semi-public buildings60 ft
A public or semi-public building such, as a school, church, library or hospital, 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.
Landscaping & trees
- Tree planting ratio1 tree per 400 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The greenspace shall contain trees with a minimum height at time of planting of six feet or more at the ratio of one tree per 400 square feet or less of greenspace area.
Other
- Maximum floor area for dry cleaners, laundries, laundromats2,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Dry cleaners, laundries and laundromats with floor area not exceeding 2,500 square feet.
- Maximum floor area for printing and duplicating services2,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Printing and duplicating services, with floor area not exceeding 2,500 square feet.
- Maximum floor area for shoe repair or tailor shop2,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Shoe repair or tailor shop with floor area not exceeding 2,500 square feet.
- Minimum greenspace landscaping20 pct
A minimum of 20 percent of the site shall be reserved for greenspace landscaping with no more than 50 percent of the greenspace in grass alone.
- Restaurant outdoor dining setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from street right-of-way15 ft
Restaurant outdoor dining areas shall have a minimum setback of 15 feet from any street right-of-way.
- Parking lot setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from street right-of-way15 ft
Parking lots shall have a minimum setback of 15 feet from any street right-of-way.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. boundary20 ft
No building or structure shall be located closer than 20 feet to the boundary of a residential district or located within any easement or right-of-way.
- Sidewalk requirement
Sidewalks shall be required for all new development. In lieu of sidewalks, an owner-developer may provide a paved multi-use trail if approved by the town manager. The trail must be a minimum of ten feet in width and adjoin the street right-of-way. A trail must run the entire road frontage of the parcel.
From the ordinance
Buildings may be erected up to 35 feet in height from street grade or lot grade at setback line, whichever is greater; except, that: ...