R-7
Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right4
Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Attached dwelling minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.2,200 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Single-family attached dwellings shall be located on lots of not less than 2,200 square feet in area.
- Attached dwelling minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.18 ft
Lot width shall be not less than 18 feet, except that the width of any lot at the end of a series of attached units shall be not less than 21 feet.
- Maximum driveway width in front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.9 ft
Permitted driveways within front yards of single-family and two-family dwellings shall not exceed nine feet in width.
- Dwelling side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.3 ft
There shall be side yards of not less than three feet in width except where buildings are attached.
- Maximum front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. depth18 ft
There shall be a front yard with a depth of not less than ten feet and not greater than 18 feet.
- Other uses side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.5 ft
There shall be side yards of not less than five feet in width for all other uses and buildings.
- Two-family minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.4,400 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Two-family detached dwellings shall be located on lots of not less than 4,400 square feet in area with a width of not less than 42 feet.
From the ordinance
Single-family detached dwellings shall be located on lots of not less than 3,600 square feet in area with a width of not less than 30 feet.