R-2
Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right28
- agriculture
- home gardens
- boardinghouses
- single-family dwellings
- two-family duplexes
- multiple-family dwellings
- family care home
- foster home
- group home
- schools
- churches
- convalescent homes
- nursing homes
- homes for the aged
- parks
- playgrounds
- home occupations
- off-street parking
- accessory uses
- public utilities
- yard sales
- garage sales
- nursery schools
- kindergartens
- child care centers
- day care centers
- double/triple-wide manufactured/mobile home
- high speed voice and data communication hub
Conditional / special use6
Prohibited1
Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- 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.1 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.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. with increased side yards45 ft
The height limit for structures may be increased up to 45 feet and up to three stories provided each side yard is ten feet, plus one foot of side yard for each additional foot of building height over 35 feet.
Other
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for high speed communication hub2,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
High speed voice and data communication hub. 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 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 water but having individual sewage disposal, the minimum lot area shall be 20,000 square feet.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. with individual water and sewerage systems30,000 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.
Setback
- Minimum 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.
- Side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. on side street for corner lots20 ft
The side yard on the side facing the side street shall be 20 feet or more for both main and accessory buildings.
From the ordinance
In Residential District R-2, structures to be erected or land to be used shall be for one or more of the following uses: ... Apartments, with a special exception and use permit. ...