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Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
Height & bulk
Housing
Uses
Permitted by right5
Conditional / special use15
- cemeteries
- convalescent homes, rest homes, nursing homes, assisted living facilities or homes for the aged
- hospital or clinic 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
- stables for the keeping of horses
- bed and breakfast
- churches and other places of worship
- accessory dwelling units
- public or governmental buildings
- public utility or public service facilities
- telecommunications service equipment and facilities on publicly owned property
- short term rental
Accessory2
- Home Occupations as described in Section 1.2.4.
- Temporary uses subject to the regulations of Article 8, Section 2.
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lot
- Lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line. measurement point
Lot width is measured at the front building setback line.
Other
- 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. threshold for principal yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. requirements15 ft
Detached accessory structures greater in height than fifteen (15) feet shall meet the minimum yard requirements for a principal structure.
- 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.
- Attached accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structures treated as part of main building
Accessory structures attached to the main building shall be considered part of the main building and comply with front, side and rear yard requirements.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of obstructions within corner visibility triangle3 ft
Where a front yard is provided, fences, signs, landscaping, shrubbery, evergreens and trees in excess of three feet in height are not permitted within 15 feet of the corner of a lot at intersecting streets.
- Corner visibility setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from intersecting streets15 ft
Where a front yard is provided, fences, signs, landscaping, shrubbery, evergreens and trees in excess of three feet in height are not permitted within 15 feet of the corner of a lot at intersecting streets.
From the ordinance
The purpose of this district is to provide for medium-density single-family detached residential development together with those public and semi-public uses and accessory uses as may be necessary or are normally compatible with medium-density residential surroundings.