R-15
Dimensional standards
Lot
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
- 20,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.46 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
- Minimum lot depth
- 100 ft
Density
Height & bulk
Housing
- Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
- prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right3
Conditional / special use5
Accessory1
Extracted standards
9 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
Church spires, belfries, cupolas, monuments, water towers, chimneys, flues, and flag poles of any height, and television antennas up to 60 feet in height, are exempt from height regulations. Parapet walls may be up to four feet above the height of the building on which the walls rest.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for public/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 grade provided that required front, side and rear yards shall be increased one foot for each foot in height over 35 feet.
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. when 5-10 ft from lot line20 ft
no accessory structure which is at least five feet but less than ten feet from any lot line shall be more than 20 feet in height.
- 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. when at least 10 ft from lot line28 ft
Accessory structures at least ten feet from any lot line may be up to 28 feet in height.
- 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 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 comply with main building setbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
Accessory structures attached to the main building shall be considered part of the main building and comply with front, side, and rear yard requirements.
- Minimum front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. from street centerline if ROW < 50 ft40 ft
Minimum front yard shall be 40 feet measured from the street centerline if street right-of-way is less than 50 feet in width.
- Front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. measurement
The minimum front yard shall be measured from the front lot line to the front building setback line.
Lot width is measured at the front setback line.
From the ordinance
Detached accessory structures shall not be closer than five feet to any property line. ... Minimum front yard shall be 40 feet measured from the street centerline if street right-of-way is less than 50 feet in width.