Dimensional standards
Lot
- Minimum lot depth
- 90 ft
Uses
Permitted by right1
Conditional / special use4
Accessory1
Extracted standards
13 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Minimum number of storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.2 storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
All buildings shall contain a minimum of two (2) stories of habitable/usable space.
Other
- Maximum building footprint area5,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The maximum area of the footprint of the building, measured by the exterior perimeter of the foundation, shall be five thousand (5,000) square feet.
- Maximum building width for ground floor commercial50 ft
The maximum width of a building with ground floor commercial uses shall be fifty (50) feet.
- Maximum front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for ground floor commercial0 ft
For buildings with ground floor commercial space, there shall be a maximum front setback of 0 (zero) feet unless one of the following optional pedestrian amenities is provided ... in which case the maximum shall be fifteen (15) feet.
- Maximum front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for ground floor residential15 ft
For buildings with residential uses on the ground floor, buildings may be setback no more than fifteen (15) feet from the property line.
- Minimum first finished floor elevation for residential ground floor30 in
Where there are residential uses on the ground floor, the first finished floor shall be a minimum of thirty (30) inches above the grade at the base of the steps or ramp approaching the entrance.
- Minimum percentage of front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. line occupied by building façade90 pct
A minimum of ninety (90) percent of the front setback line across the entire parcel must be occupied by the building façade.
- Minimum glass percentage for ground floor commercial façade40 pct
Where ground floor commercial space fronts on a public right-of-way, a minimum of forty (40) percent of the first floor building façade containing the primary entrance shall be comprised of glass windows or glass doors.
- Minimum glass percentage for ground floor residential façade20 pct
Where ground floor residential space fronts on a public right-of-way, a minimum of twenty (20) percent of the first floor building façade shall be comprised of glass windows and/or glass doors.
- Minimum rear setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. when adjacent to single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. or two-family residential zone10 ft
There shall be no required setback unless adjacent to a single-family or two-family residential zone, in which case there shall be a minimum setback of 10 (ten) feet.
- Minimum side setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. when adjacent to single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. or two-family residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.5 ft
There shall be no minimum and no maximum setback, unless adjacent to a single-family or two-family residential district, in which case the minimum setback is five (5) feet.
- Prohibition of dumpsters, accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structures, outdoor storage, utility equipment in front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.
Dumpsters, accessory structures, outdoor storage areas, and utility, stormwater, mechanical, or similar equipment shall be prohibited in the front yard on all lots and the side yard adjacent to public rights-of-way on corner lots.
Parking
- Parking prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. between building and public right-of-way
Parking shall be prohibited in the area between the building and any adjacent public right-of-way, not to include any alleys and the following streets: Lancer Street, Williams Street, Tennis Lane, Larabee Lane.
From the ordinance
For any newly-created lot, the minimum lot depth shall be ninety (90) feet. ... All buildings shall be a maximum of fifty (50) feet in height.