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Dimensional standards
Lot
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
- 40,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.92 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
- Minimum lot depth
- 200 ft
Uses
Permitted by right34
- Agriculture
- Silvicultural activities
- Accessory apartment
- Day care center
- Park and ride facility
- Post office
- Public facility
- Public maintenance facility
- Public park and recreational area
- Utility service/minor
- Adult entertainment establishment
- Agricultural service
- Auction establishment
- Bank
- Business support service
- Business or trade school
- Construction office, temporary
- Crematorium
- General service and repair
- Laundry
- Livestock auction market
- Office, general
- Truck stop
- Convenience center
- Industry, Type I
- Industry, Type II
- Laboratory
- Recycling center
- Scrap and salvage service
- Transfer station
- Warehousing and distribution
- Parking facility
- Reconstructed wetland
- Windmill
Extracted standards
11 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Building separation for structures over 35 feet30 ft
Where structures exceed the 35-foot height requirement a building separation of 30 feet shall be required.
- YardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. increase for heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. over 35 feet1 ft/ft
each required yard is increased one foot for each additional foot of principal structure height over 35 feet.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of all structures75 ft
All structures: 75 feet.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of principal structures35 ft
The height limit shall be 35 feet in height. The height limit for principal structures may be increased to 70 feet or up to five stories, whichever is lesser
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of principal structures in storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.5 storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
The height limit for principal structures may be increased to 70 feet or up to five stories, whichever is lesser
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure location rule
Accessory structures shall only be allowed in the side or rear yard (behind the front face of the principle building).
- Buffer yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. required adjacent to residential/agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. districts
a buffer yard is required on lots adjacent to residential and agricultural zoning districts (see section 5-400)
- Minimum front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. on primary highway75 ft
On primary highway: 75 feet.
- Minimum front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. on secondary highway or other street50 ft
On secondary highway or other street: 50 feet.
- Minimum rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.25 ft
All structures: 25 feet, but a buffer yard is required on lots adjacent to residential and agricultural zoning districts (See section 5-400).
- Minimum side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
None, but a buffer yard is required on lots adjacent to residential and agricultural zoning districts (see section 5-400).
From the ordinance
Minimum lot area: 40,000 square feet. Minimum lot width: On existing public roads: 150 feet. On new subdivision roads: 100 feet. All structures: 75 feet.