R-1
Dimensional standards
Lot
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
- 40,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.92 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
- Minimum lot depth
- 200 ft
Density
- Maximum density
- 1 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
- Lot area per dwelling unitLot area per dwelling unitLand required for each home — the same limit as du/acre, expressed per unit instead of per acre.
- 43,560 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (1 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Height & bulk
Uses
Permitted by right5
- Detached single-family dwellings
- Facilities and structures necessary for rendering public utility service
- Accessory buildings and uses
- Home occupations
- Temporary uses
Conditional / special use16
- Cemeteries
- Convalescent homes, rest homes, nursing homes, homes for the aged or retirement homes
- Hospitals or clinics for humans
- Nursery schools, kindergartens, child care centers, day nursery, or day care centers
- Private schools, colleges or universities
- Radio or television transmission or receiving tower not more than 75 feet in height
- Recreational uses or facilities for a private membership
- Stable, private, or keeping of horses, ponies or other livestock
- Bed and Breakfast
- Churches and other places of worship
- Accessory dwelling units
- General agriculture, farming and forestry
- Public or governmental building and uses
- Public utility or public service or transportation uses
- Telecommunications service equipment and facilities on publicly owned property
- Short term rental
Accessory6
Prohibited1
Extracted standards
10 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. structures shall be less heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. than main building
All accessory structures shall be of less height than the main building on the lot.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure within 5 ft of lot line15 ft
No accessory structure that is within five (5) feet of any party lot line shall be more than fifteen (15) in height.
- Exempt structures from heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. limit
Church spires, belfries, cupolas, monuments, water towers, chimneys, flues, and flag poles of any height, and television antennas up to 50 feet in height, are exempt from height regulations.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for public or semi-public buildings60 ft
A public or semi-public building such as a school, church, or library, may be erected to a height of 60 feet from the grade provided that required front, side and rear yards shall be increased one foot for each foot in height over 35 feet.
Other
- Detached 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 line5 ft
Detached accessory structures shall not be closer than five (5) feet to any property line, easement or right of way.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for animal keeping buildings100 ft
any building for keeping of animals shall be located at least 100 feet from any side or rear lot line
- Cluster development regulations apply
Land developed under these district regulations may use the optional area and bulk regulations as contained in Article 8, Section 6—'Cluster Development Regulations'
- Lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line. measured at front building setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. line
Lot width is measured at the front building setback line.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of obstructions within 15 ft of corner3 ft
fences, signs, landscaping, shrubbery, evergreens and trees in excess of three feet in height are not permitted within fifteen (15) feet of the corner of a lot at intersecting streets.
- Maximum area for temporary open air stands200 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
temporary open air stands not exceeding 200 square feet in area for seasonal sales of products raised on the premises
From the ordinance
R-1 Single-Family Residential District (1 Dwelling Unit per acre).