R-8
Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right4
Conditional / special use4
Extracted standards
12 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. in special cases2 storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
Where 60 percent or more of the lots on a block are developed with main buildings of less than three stories, no building hereinafter constructed on such block shall exceed two stories.
- Minimum building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.2 storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
Every main building hereinafter constructed shall have a minimum height of not less than two stories.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building location
Accessory buildings shall be located only in a rear yard, but not within five feet of the rear lot line.
- 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.16 ft
Lot width shall be not less than 16 feet, except that the width of any lot at the end of a series of attached units shall be not less than 19 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 or where the zero-lot-line option is utilized.
- First floor elevation above grade2 ft
The finished elevation of the first floor of a building devoted to dwelling use shall be not less than two feet above the mean grade level at the building façade.
- Maximum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line. for new single/two-family lots45 ft
No newly created lot devoted to single-family or two-family use shall exceed a width of 45 feet.
- Two-family minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.3,400 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Two-family detached dwellings and two-family attached dwellings shall be located on lots of not less than 3,400 square feet in area with a width of not less than 28 feet.
- Zero-lot-line option
One side yard for a single-family detached dwelling may be equal to zero, provided that the side yard on the opposite side shall be not less than six feet.
Parking
- Parking location
Areas devoted to the parking or circulation of vehicles shall be located to the rear of buildings so as not to be visible from the street frontage.
From the ordinance
Single-family detached dwellings shall be located on lots of not less than 3,000 square feet in area. Lot width shall be not less than 25 feet.