R-1
Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right6
Conditional / special use6
Extracted standards
16 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Landscaping & trees
- Parking lot tree spacing25 ft
One canopy tree per each 25 feet of parking lot frontage
- Street tree spacing40 ft
one deciduous canopy tree per 40 feet of street frontage
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 line3 ft
Accessory buildings may be no closer than three feet to any property line or to any other structure.
- Secondary dwelling unitDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line10 ft
Secondary dwelling units shall be a minimum of 10 feet from any property line.
- Bicycle lane width4 ft
separate striped four-foot bicycle lanes on streets
- Combined bicycle and parking lane width14 ft
If a bicycle lane is combined with a lane for parking, the combined width should be 14 feet.
- Corner lot minimum width at setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. line100 ft
Each corner lot shall have a minimum width at the setback line of 100 feet along one side fronting either public street.
- Side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. range in Historic DistrictHistoric districtAn area where exterior changes need design review to protect its character.6 ft
Side yards for single-family dwelling units within or directly adjacent to the Designated Historic District shall be permitted at between zero and six feet
- Local street design speed20 mph
with a design speed of 20 mph.
- Maximum secondary dwelling unitDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance. size800 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
the secondary dwelling unit shall not exceed 800 square feet.
- Minimum front facade transparencyGround-floor transparencyThe share of a ground-floor street wall that must be windows rather than blank surface. for commercial buildings35 pct
a minimum of 35% of the front facade on the ground floor shall be transparent
- Minimum walkway width in mixed use areas4 ft
Such walkways shall be a minimum of four feet in width.
- Parking lot landscape strip width5 ft
shall have a landscaped area at least five feet wide along the public street or sidewalk
- Minimum screening heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.3 ft
Screening at least three feet in height at time of planting
- Minimum screening opacity50 pct
no less than 50% opaque year round
- Subcollector street design speed25 mph
Design speed is 25 mph.
From the ordinance
Buildings may be erected up to three stories including the basement but shall not exceed 35 feet in height. At least 25% of the gross acreage of a development shall be open space.