R-2
Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Urban development areas have reduced setbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. and no parking between building and street.
Uses
Permitted by right20
- single-family dwellings
- two-family dwellings
- multiple-family dwellings
- roominghouses and boardinghouses
- schools
- churches
- rest homes
- general hospitals
- clubs and lodges
- parks and playgrounds
- professional offices
- home occupations
- off-street parking
- accessory buildings
- public utilities
- business signs
- church bulletin boards and identification signs
- directional signs
- home occupational signs
- short term rental
Conditional / special use1
- short term rental with shared amenities or if hunting is allowed
Extracted standards
11 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. when within 10 ft of party lot line1 storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
No accessory building that is within ten feet of any party 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. for dwellings with increased side yards45 ft
The height limit for dwellings may be increased up to 45 feet and up to three stories; provided, that each side yard is ten feet or more, plus one foot or more of side yard for each additional foot of building height over 35 feet.
- Structures exempt from heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. limits
Church spires, belfries, cupolas, monuments, water towers, chimneys, flues, flagpoles, television antennas and radio aerials are exempt.
- 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.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for public or semipublic buildings60 ft
A public or semipublic building such as a school or church may be erected to a height of 60 feet from grade
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building minimum 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
- Corner lot side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. on side street35 ft
the side yard on the side facing the side street shall be 35 feet or more
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for multiple permitted uses
For lots containing more than a single permitted use: two units 12,000 sqft, three units 14,000 sqft, plus 1,000 sqft per additional unit (with public water and sewer).
- Corner lot side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. on side street in urban development area20 ft
Where located in an urban development area designated in the comprehensive plan, the side yard on the side facing the side street shall be 20 feet or more
- Front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. in urban development area15 ft
Where located in an urban development area designated in the comprehensive plan, structures shall be located 15 feet or more from any street right-of-way.
Parking
- No parking between building and street in urban development area
In an urban development area, no parking is allowed between the building and the street.
From the ordinance
In residential, general, district R-2, structures to be erected or land to be used shall be for one or more of the following uses: ...