R-1B
Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right18
Conditional / special use23
- private school
- special school
- day care facility
- telephone exchange
- public utility building
- private club
- lodge
- recreational facility
- community facility
- cemetery
- hospital
- residential institution
- amateur radio station
- amateur television station
- citizens band transmitter
- museum
- group home
- major home occupation
- satellite television antenna
- ground-mounted television antenna
- ground-mounted radio antenna
- bed and breakfast establishment
- prenatal and early infant care counseling and support facility
Accessory21
- private parking
- parking of noncommercial private vehicles
- parking of commercial vehicles
- private swimming pool
- tennis court
- artificial outdoor light source
- private garden
- deck
- terrace
- greenhouse
- storage building
- garage
- air conditioning unit
- heat pump
- canopy
- minor home occupation
- child care in the home
- electric equipment
- telecommunications equipment
- solar energy equipment
- accessory dwelling
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Design
- Dwelling orientation
One-family principal dwellings shall be located so the front of the dwelling is oriented toward the front setback and street; the side of the dwelling toward the side setback and the rear of the dwelling toward the rear setback.
Height
- Maximum 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.12 ft
For buildings containing only accessory uses: 12 feet, except as permitted by the HCC district, except for detached accessory dwellings, for which maximum height requirements are regulated by article V, division 12.
Lot
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for two-family dwellingTwo-family dwellingTwo dwelling units in one building — a duplex.12,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
For two-family dwellings: 12,000 square feet, or a minimum of 6,000 square feet for each dwelling unit.
- Minimum pipestem lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.15 ft
Any pipestem lot used for a dwelling shall be at least 15 feet in width, between the front lot line and the building setback line; provided, however, that the 15-foot-wide area required herein may be shared equally by two adjacent pipestem lots.
Other
- Pervious surface reduction25 pct
For purposes of calculating impervious lot coverage, uncovered driveways walks and patios using pervious materials shall be reduced by up to 25 percent of the entire pervious surface area.
From the ordinance
For one-family dwellings: 7,500 sq ft. Front yard 25 ft, side yard 10 ft, rear yard 30 ft. Max height 35 ft or 2.5 stories. Max lot coverage 25%.