R-8
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right2
Conditional / special use19
- Dormitory
- Fraternity or Sorority
- Cultural Facility
- Museum
- Family Day Home (6-12 Children)
- Educational Facilities
- School, Elementary
- School, Middle
- School, High
- Post Office
- Institutions
- Nursing Home
- Religious Institution
- Parks and Open Areas
- Public Safety
- Utility, Minor
- Parking Lot (commercial)
- Golf Course
- Visitor Accommodations
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- HeightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. reduction for lots of record
Maximum height for single-family dwellings on lots of record where established building heights are less than 35 feet shall be reduced by a percentage corresponding to the ratio of the actual lot area to 3,750 square feet. In no case shall the new maximum height be set lower than 27 feet.
Other
- Front of principal building faces front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.
The front of the principal building shall face the front yard. On a corner lot, the front of the principal building may face either front yard.
- Side lot lines for attached units
For attached units, side lot lines shall coincide with party wall center lines.
- On-site privacy yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.200 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Each unit shall have an on-site privacy yard of at least 200 square feet.
- Side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. reduction for lots <3,750 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The side yard setbacks on lots that are less than 3,750 square feet may be reduced using the rules in § 72-82.4B(2); but each side yard shall be no less than two feet.
From the ordinance
The R-8 Residential District is established to provide for a planned mixture of single-family detached and attached dwelling types at a density not to exceed eight dwelling units per acre.