Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Housing
Servicing
- Applies near
- Commerce Street, Ellicott Street
- Geographic extent
- B-1 DistrictZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.; single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. dwellings permitted only on lots fronting Commerce Street or Ellicott Street; historicHistoric districtAn area where exterior changes need design review to protect its character. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for 1805 plat.
Uses
Permitted by right22
- Home appliance services
- Bakeries
- Banks
- Barbershops and beauty shops
- Bed and breakfasts
- Clubs and lodges
- Drugstores
- Festivals, town sponsored
- Hotels
- Laundry facilities
- Libraries
- Machinery sales and service
- Medical uses
- Office buildings
- Places of assembly with less than 25 seats, as an accessory to the principal use
- Plumbing and electrical supply stores (with storage under cover)
- Public utilities, including poles, lines, distribution transformers, pipes, meters or other facilities necessary for the provision and maintenance of public utilities, including water and sewerage facilities
- Restaurants, eating places
- Retail food stores
- Retail stores
- Detached single-family dwelling in a one-story building that fronts on Commerce Street or Ellicott Street
- Accessory dwelling, one unit per lot
Conditional / special use7
- Auto services
- Child care facilities
- Funeral homes
- General residential uses, subject to the following condition: residential uses may not occupy the floor of the building that is adjacent to the primary street and/or sidewalk
- Lumber and building supply stores (with storage under cover)
- Places of assembly
- Wholesale businesses
Accessory8
- Plumbing and electrical supply stores (with storage under cover);
- Public utilities, including poles, lines, distribution transformers, pipes, meters or other facilities necessary for the
- Restaurants, eating places;
- Retail food stores;
- Retail stores;
- Waterfront business activities: wholesale and retail marine, such as boat docks, piers, small boat docks, yacht clubs an
- Detached single-family dwelling in a one-story building that fronts on Commerce Street or Ellicott Street; and
- Accessory dwelling, one unit per lot.
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Public building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.60 ft
A public or semipublic building, such as a school, library, or general hospital, may be erected to a height of 60 feet from grade, provided that required front, side, and rear yards shall be increased one foot for each foot in height over 35 feet.
Other
- HistoricHistoric districtAn area where exterior changes need design review to protect its character. plat setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.30 ft
For those lots included in the plat recorded in the Clerk's office of the County Circuit Court on January 7, 1805, the setback line may be 30 feet from the center of the street.
- Residential floor restriction
General residential uses may not occupy the floor of the building that is adjacent to the primary street and/or sidewalk.
Detached single-family dwelling in a one-story building that fronts on Commerce Street or Ellicott Street.
Buildings shall be located five feet or more from any street right-of-way that is 50 feet or more in width, or 35 feet or more from the centerline of any street right-of-way less than 50 feet in width.
From the ordinance
Buildings shall be located five feet or more from any street right-of-way that is 50 feet or more in width, or 35 feet or more from the centerline of any street right-of-way less than 50 feet in width.
Use details
{
"dropped_conditions": {
"permitted_uses": [
"Temporary seasonal display, subject to the following conditions: display must be accessory to the principal use of the property; and display may not be present for more than 45 days",
"Waterfront business activities: wholesale and retail marine, such as boat docks, piers, small boat docks, yacht clubs and marine servicing facilities; dock and areas for receipt, storage, and transshipment of waterborne commerce; and recreational activities, primarily conducted on or about a waterfront. All such uses shall be contiguous to a waterfront"
],
"conditional_uses": [
"Multilevel parking structures. The special use permit shall define the setbacks and maximum height of the facility and may provide for a mixed-use structure"
]
}
}