R-3
Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Uses
Extracted standards
13 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Frontage
The minimum frontage of corner lots in subdivisions platted after the enactment of this chapter shall be 100 feet measured at the setback line.
- Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. for two-family and multifamilyMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive.80 ft
The minimum frontage for double and multifamily uses shall be 80 feet, plus at least 10 feet of lot for each additional unit over one.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.10 ft
the accessory structure may be located within 10 feet of the rear lot line.
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.5 ft
The side yard for an accessory structure shall be a minimum of five feet.
- Bed-and-breakfast exterior changes
No interior or exterior changes may be made to the dwelling unit housing the bed-and-breakfast service, that are nonresidential in appearance.
- Bed-and-breakfast cooking restriction
No cooking shall be allowed in guest rooms. Breakfast shall be the only meal served to guests.
- Bed-and-breakfast owner occupancy
No bed-and-breakfast service shall be approved or continued in a dwelling unit where persons other than the owner or operator and his or her family are living or in a dwelling unit other than a detached single-unit dwelling unit.
- Front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for streets less than 50 ft wide55 ft
55 feet from the center line of any street less than 50 feet in width.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. by use and infrastructure
Single-family: 8,000 sqft (public water & sewer), 10,000 (public water only), 12,000 (individual); Two-family: 12,000, 14,000, 16,000; Multifamily 3 units: 12,000, 14,000, 16,000; Multifamily >3 units: base plus 1,000 per unit over 3.
Parking
- Bed-and-breakfast parking location
Parking for guests shall not be designated in a public street or closer to the adjacent street than the plane established by the front of the structure.
- Parking for bed-and-breakfast guest rooms1 space per guest room
one space for each guest bedroom available.
Signage
- Maximum sign area for bed-and-breakfast4 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
a bed-and-breakfast use may be identified by a sign of no more than four feet square.
- Maximum freestanding sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for bed-and-breakfast3 ft
The freestanding sign shall not exceed three feet in height.
From the ordinance
Residential High-Density R-3 District: permitted uses include single-family, two-family, multifamily; conditional uses include schools, churches, B&B; area min 8,000 sqft; setbacks 25 ft front, 10 ft side, 25 ft rear; height 35 ft.