R-1
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right15
- home gardens
- single-family dwellings
- schools
- churches and other religious institutions
- parks and playgrounds
- off-street parking
- accessory uses and structures
- public utilities (poles, distribution lines, distribution transformers, pipes, meters)
- water and sewerage facilities
- telephone lines, booths and other communication facilities
- street lighting
- signage
- yard sales and garage sales
- nursery schools, kindergartens, child care centers, day care centers
- high speed voice and data communication hub
Conditional / special use5
- convalescent home, nursing home or home for the aged
- family care home, foster home, or group home
- home occupations
- transmission lines, transmission towers, and electrical substations
- agriculture
Prohibited1
Extracted standards
12 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. relative to main building
All accessory structures shall be of less height than the main building on the lot.
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. near lot line1 storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
No accessory structure which is within 20 feet of an adjoining owner lot line shall be more than one story high.
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line3 ft
No accessory use or structure may be closer than three feet to any property line.
- Corner lot front determination
Of the two sides of a corner lot, the front shall be deemed to be the shortest of the two sides fronting on streets.
- Corner lot side street setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.20 ft
The side yard on the side facing the side street shall be 20 feet or more for both main and accessory buildings.
Flag poles, television antennae, and radio aerials are exempt.
- High speed hub minimum lot size
Minimum 50-foot by 50-foot lot size.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. with individual water and sewerage30,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
For lots containing or intended to contain a single permitted use served by individual water and sewerage systems, the minimum lot area shall be 30,000 square feet.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. with public or individual sewage disposal20,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
For lots containing or intended to contain a single permitted use served by public or individual sewage disposal, the minimum lot area shall be 20,000 square feet.
- Parapet wall heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. above building4 ft
Parapet walls may be up to four feet above the height of the building on which the walls rest.
- Satellite dish placement
Satellite dishes shall be placed in the rear yard.
Setback
Structures shall be located 25 feet or more from any street right-of-way which is 50 feet or greater in width, or 50 feet or more from the center of any street right-of-way less than 50 feet in width.
From the ordinance
In Residential District R-1, structures to be erected or land to be used shall be for one or more of the following uses: ...