Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right17
Conditional / special use1
Accessory1
Extracted standards
13 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density
- Additional lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. per additional dwelling unitDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance.2,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
plus 2,000 square feet for each additional dwelling unit.
Frontage
- Additional lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line. per additional dwelling unitDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance.10 ft
for each additional dwelling unit or permitted use there shall be at least ten feet of additional lot width at the setback line.
Height
- HeightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. increase to 45 ft and 3 storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.45 ft
The height limit for structures may be increased up to 45 feet and up to three stories provided each side yard is ten feet, plus one foot of side yard for each additional foot of building height over 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 the height of 60 feet from grade provided that front, side and rear yards shall be increased one foot for each foot in height over 35 feet.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line5 ft
No accessory building may be closer than five feet to any property line.
- Corner lot side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. on side street10 ft
The side yard on the side facing the side street shall be ten feet or more for both main and accessory buildings except as otherwise shown on the setback map.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. without public water/sewer16,250 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
For lots containing or intended to contain a single-family dwelling not served by public water and sewerage systems the minimum lot area shall be 16,250 square feet.
- Public water and sewer requirement for non-single-family uses
All other permitted uses shall be served by public water and sewerage systems.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from centerline for narrow streets50 ft
or 50 feet or more from the center of any street right-of-way less than 50 feet in width.
Signage
- ChurchReligious facilityA building used for organised worship, often with halls and schools attached. bulletin board maximum area12 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Church bulletin boards and church identification signs for church activities only not to exceed 12 square feet in area.
- Home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. sign maximum area2 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Home occupation signs not exceeding two square feet in area.
- Real estate sign maximum area12 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Real estate signs not exceeding 12 square feet in area.
- Street and property identification sign maximum area2 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Street and property identification signs not exceeding two square feet [in area].
From the ordinance
In residential district R-2 structures to be erected or land to be used shall be for one or more of the following uses: ... Single-family dwellings, Multiple-family dwellings, ... General hospitals with conditional use permit. ... Minimum lot area 11,250 sq ft ... Setback 30 ft from right-of-way ... Side yard 10 ft, rear yard 25 ft ... Height up to 35 ft.