R-1
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right11
- single-family dwellings
- schools
- churches
- parks and playgrounds
- off-street parking
- accessory buildings
- public utilities
- business signs to advertise sale or rent of premises
- church bulletin boards and identification signs
- directional signs
- short term rental
Conditional / special use3
- facilities, activities and operations provided by a duly constituted unit of government
- child welfare homes, agencies and institutions
- short term rental with shared amenities or if hunting is allowed
Extracted standards
7 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. building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. limit near lot line1 storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
No accessory building that is within 20 feet of any party 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. building setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line1 ft
No accessory building may be closer than one foot to any property line
- Minimum width at setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. line for corner lots platted after April 4, 1972125 ft
For subdivisions platted after April 4, 1972, each corner lot shall have a minimum width at the setback line of 125 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. on side street for corner lots35 ft
the side yard on the side facing the side street shall be 35 feet or more for both main and accessory buildings
- Maximum dwelling 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 dwellings may be increased up to 45 feet and up to three stories
- Maximum public/semipublic building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.60 ft
A public or semipublic building such as a school or church may be erected to a height of 60 feet from grade
- Maximum 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 buildings on which the walls rest.
From the ordinance
The residential, limited, district R-1 is composed of certain quiet, low density residential areas...