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Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right8
Conditional / special use21
- single-family dwelling, attached (townhouses)
- public maintenance and service facility
- club
- golf course
- hospital
- nursing home
- funeral home
- cemetery
- child day center
- antenna and/or satellite (accessory)
- bed and breakfast inn
- church
- educational facility, primary/secondary
- educational facility, college/university
- cultural service
- community center
- adult day care center
- adult day treatment facility
- assisted living facility
- family day home
- workshop
Accessory9
Extracted standards
12 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- FloodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. regulations
Floodplain regulations that apply to certain properties within the district are set forth in article XXI.
Other
- Aircraft approach zone regulations
Certain properties within the district may also be located within the aircraft approach zone. Applicable regulations are found in article XX.
- Cul-de-sac frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. reduction50 pct
The minimum frontage on a cul-de-sac shall be no less than fifty percent (50%) of minimum lot frontage; however, the minimum width at the setback line shall be deemed to be where the lot meets one hundred (100) feet of width.
- Minimum front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for existing lots15 ft
In no case shall the front yard be reduced to less than fifteen (15) feet.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. attached60,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
For Single-family, attached: The minimum lot area shall be 60,000 square feet.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for two-family12,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Two-family: The minimum lot area shall be 12,000 square feet.
- Minimum lot frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. and width for two-family100 ft
For Two-Family: The minimum lot frontage and width shall be one hundred (100) feet.
- ProhibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. storage containers
Storage building other than shipping containers, sea containers, freight containers, portable storage units and like containers.
- Rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for other principal structures40 ft
For all other principal permitted structures, the minimum depth of the rear yard shall be at least 40 feet.
- Minimum right-of-way width for setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. calculation50 ft
Pursuant to subsection 19.2(5), for the purpose of calculating setbacks no street shall be considered to have a right-of-way less than 50 feet wide.
- Side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for other uses20 ft
The minimum width of a side yard for other uses shall be 20 feet for one yard and 40 feet for both yards.
- Total side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for other uses40 ft
The minimum width of a side yard for other uses shall be 20 feet for one yard and 40 feet for both yards.
From the ordinance
Minimum lot area: Single-family, detached: 10,000 sq ft; Two-family: 12,000 sq ft; Setback: 30 ft from right-of-way; Height: 50 ft max.