Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right6
Prohibited2
Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
Church spires, belfries, cupolas, monuments, municipal water towers, chimneys, flues, flag poles, television antennas and radio aerials are exempt. Parapet walls may be up to four feet above the height of the building on which the walls rest.
- HeightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. increase to 45 feet45 ft
The height limit for structures may be increased up to 45 feet and up to three stories provided each side yard is five feet plus one foot of side yard for each additional foot of building height over 35 feet.
- Public building 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 increase one foot for each foot in height over 35 feet.
Other
- Corner lot front determination
Of the two sides of a corner lot the front shall be deemed to be the shortest of the two sides fronting on streets.
- Corner lot side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. and 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.
The side yard on the side facing the side street shall be five feet or more for both main and accessory buildings except as otherwise shown on the setback map. No accessory building may be closer than 15 feet to any property line, except that if the rear property line fronts on a public alley, then it may be no closer than five feet.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. without public water/sewer15,000 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 15,000 square feet.
Setback
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from street right-of-way
Structures shall be located 30 feet or more from any street right-of-way which is 50 feet or greater in width, or 50 feet or more from the center of any street right-of-way less than 50 feet in width.
From the ordinance
In residential district R-3 structures to be erected or land to be used shall be for one or more of the following uses: All categories allowed in residential district R-2.