Hamilton
Zoning districts
8 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
3Office and Limited Commercial District
- Min lot
- 20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
- Max height
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 10
Retail Sales and Service Commercial District
- Min lot
- 20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 18
Rural-Commercial Transition District
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 0 ft
- Permitted uses
- 31
Residential
4R-1 Single-Family Residential District
- Min lot
- 40,000 sq ft (0.92 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Max density
- 1 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 5
Single-Family Residential District
- Min lot
- 15,000 sq ft (0.34 ac)
- Max density
- 2 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 4
R-3 Residential District
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 3 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Max density
- 3 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 5
R-6 Residential District
- Min lot
- 2,000 sq ft
- Front setback
- 2 ft
- Max density
- 6 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 6
General provisions
129 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Disturbing a site area of 2,500 square feet or greater. A depth of grading or re-grading of eighteen (18) inches or more. The grading or re-grading of a site that is adjacent to a natural drainage area...
Maximum enrollment shall not exceed five (5) at any one time, exclusive of provider's own children. ... Landscape treatment and screening requirements of Article 9 shall not apply except that recreation areas shall be screened and fenced as required by the Zoning Administrator.
Maximum enrollment of 100 students daily. ... A minimum area of 100 sq. ft. per child shall be provided for usable outdoor recreation ... indoor recreation space shall be provided at the rate of 75 sq. ft. for active children and 50 sq. ft. for infants.
200 square feet of usable outdoor recreation shall be provided for each child in grades K-3 ... 430 square feet of usable outdoor recreation area shall be provided for each child in grades 4-12 ... indoor recreation space shall be provided at the rate of 75 sq. ft.
All outdoor storage and loading areas ... shall be screened from all public streets and adjacent residential properties. An opaque screen at least eight feet in height ... must be provided.
No approved special use permit hereafter established, altered, modified or enlarged shall be operated or designed so as to conflict with the applicable performance standards established by this Section
All planting areas shall be mulched with a minimum of three (3) inches of mulch. ... Any existing trees used to meet the requirements of this Ordinance must be at least four-inch caliper
Any activity, operation or device which causes or tends to cause the release of air contaminants into the atmosphere shall comply with the rules and regulations of the state and other applicable local regulations. All operations, activities and use shall be conducted so as to comply with the Fire Prevention Code. Any activity, operation or device which causes or tends to cause the discharge or other release of liquid or solid waste into public sanitary sewers, storm drains or public waters shall comply with applicable laws, rules and regulations
No use, operation or activity shall cause or create noise in excess of the sound levels generally described as acceptable. ... Maximum dBA, Continuous Noise. Residential: 55
Uses subject to Group I and Group II standards shall not produce glare so as to cause illumination in R districts in excess of 0.5 candles. ... limit the use of light sources and illumination surfaces which are located in or are within 500 feet of and visible within any R district
No tree, shrub, hedge or vegetation ... shall be planted or maintained in any way that interferes with the sight distance ... a distance of twenty-five (25) feet from the intersection of the property lines
Clustering of detached single-family lots and provision of public or private common open space in a subdivision is permitted in the R-1, R-2 and R-3 residential districts by the terms of this Ordinance.
The preservation of waterways, natural vegetation, and particularly mature trees, on steep slopes and in stream valleys, should be recognized as a primary design consideration in review and approval of an application under this section.
A site plan complying with the requirements of Article 13 and the rules of the Planning Commission adopted thereunder shall accompany an application for a permitted cluster subdivision under this Section.
All residential developments shall provide a minimum of twenty percent (20%) of the gross site area as open space.
All nonresidential developments shall provide a minimum of fifteen percent (15%) of the gross site area as open space.
The minimum area of the subdivision shall be sufficient to accommodate at least two lots of minimum area and include a minimum usable area of open space in a singular parcel of one-half acre.
No re-subdivision or sale by any means shall be permitted in a subdivision approved under this section, which re-subdivision or sale would in any way create a violation of this Ordinance.
No more than 30 percent of the required minimum area of any lot shall be located in a flood plain area and no part of the area of any lot shall be covered by any body of water except that no more than 30 percent of the required minimum area of any lot may be covered by the waters of a lake, pond, or canal planned and approved as a part of and wholly within the subdivision.
For cluster subdivisions any reduction in lot area below the minimum lot area shall be fully offset through the provision of an equivalent amount of public or private open space. Where proposed building site outlines are shown on an application for cluster subdivision the minimum lot area, lot width, lot depth, and yard dimensions shall be as follows provided that public water and sewer service are utilized in the R-1, R-2 and R-3 Residential Districts
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