Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right25
- Single-family dwellings
- General farming, agriculture, dairying and forestry
- Schools, churches, parks and playgrounds
- Preserves and conservation areas
- Lodges, hunting clubs and boating clubs
- Sawmills
- Small boat docks, with repair
- Cemeteries
- Home occupations
- Industrialized/modular buildings used for single-family residential occupancy
- Public utility generating, booster or relay stations, transformer substations, lines and towers (exclusive of communications facilities), pipes, meters and other facilities for the provision and maintenance of public utilities, including railroads and water and sewerage installations
- Off-street parking, as required by this chapter
- Accessory uses
- Business signs only to advertise the sale or rent of the premises upon which erected
- Church bulletin boards and identification signs
- Directional signs
- Home occupation signs
- Clubs and golf courses
- Facilities, activities and operations that are provided by the board of supervisors
- Small scale solar energy facilities
- Second single-family dwelling per lot with family relationship affidavit
- Two or less campers or recreational vehicles on lot that has no other dwelling (with approved septic and well) or one if existing dwelling
- Temporary housing
- Short term rental
- Golf courses
Conditional / special use21
- Small neighborhood businesses
- Facilities, activities and operations that are provided by a duly constituted unit of government
- Outdoor amusement/entertainment areas
- Campgrounds
- Child welfare homes, agencies and institutions
- Communications towers and antenna systems
- Manufactured home parks
- Mobile home parks
- Boat storage facilities
- Commercial firing range
- Small wind energy systems
- Colleges, universities and schools that maintain residential dormitories
- Community/shared solar energy facilities
- Large scale solar energy facilities
- Residential special care treatment facility
- Farming and agricultural operations which process raw agricultural products into a finished product
- Retail stores and shops
- Short term rental with shared amenities or if hunting is allowed
- Golf driving ranges
- Exotic animal welfare care and management
- Confined animal/livestock feeding operations
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Extracted standards
14 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Minimum side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. on side street for corner lots35 ft
In the agricultural district A-1, the minimum side yard on the side facing the side street shall be 35 feet for both main and accessory buildings.
- Minimum building setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for cul-de-sac lots100 ft
Lots fronting on culs-de-sac ... shall have a minimum building setback line of 100 feet.
- Minimum building setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from street right-of-way75 ft
All structures shall have a minimum building setback line of 75 feet from the street right-of-way, unless otherwise specified.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for lots fronting on private road with width >=100 ft43,560 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Lots ... fronting on a private road ... shall have a minimum of 1.0 acre provided the width at the street line is 100 feet or greater.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for lots with less than 100 ft width on private road65,340 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Lots with less than 100 feet of width at the street line shall have a minimum of 1.5 acres...
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for lots fronting on public road with width >=135 ft65,340 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Lots ... fronting on an existing public road ... shall have a minimum of 1.5 acres provided the width at the street line is 135 feet or greater.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for lots with less than 135 ft width on public road108,900 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Lots with less than 135 feet of width at the street line shall have a minimum of 2.5 acres...
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for lots fronting on scenic/historicHistoric districtAn area where exterior changes need design review to protect its character. road with width >=200 ft87,120 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Lots ... fronting on a public road that has a federal, state, or local designation as scenic or historic shall have a minimum of 2.0 acres provided the width at the street line is 200 feet or greater.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for lots with less than 200 ft width on scenic road108,900 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Lots with less than 200 feet of width at the street line shall have a minimum of 2.5 acres...
- Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line. at street line for private road30 ft
In no case shall any lot using the private road as primary access have less than 30 feet of width at the street line.
- Minimum rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.35 ft
a minimum rear yard of 35 feet.
- Second single-family dwellingSingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. for family member
A second single-family dwelling per lot with the execution of a family relationship affidavit...
- Minimum side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for lots less than 135 ft width15 ft
Lots of less than 135 feet in width at the building setback line shall have minimum side yards of 15 feet...
- Minimum side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for lots 135 ft or greater width20 ft
Lots of 135 feet or greater in width at the building setback line shall have a minimum side yard of 20 feet...
From the ordinance
Lots in zoning district A-1, agricultural, and fronting on an existing public road ... shall have a minimum of 1.5 acres provided the width at the street line is 135 feet or greater.