RO-9
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right16
- Any principal use permitted in the R-1 district
- single-family attached dwellings
- two-family detached dwellings
- multifamily dwellings
- nursing homes
- day nurseries
- tourist homes situated on Federal highways
- parking areas serving uses permitted in this district
- parking decks serving uses permitted in this district
- offices (business, professional, administrative, medical, dental, studios)
- hospitals (not psychiatric)
- adult day care facilities
- short-term rental
- adult care residences
- permanent supportive housing
- transitional housing
Accessory6
- Any accessory use or structure permitted in the R-1 district
- guest units in multifamily developments (max 1 per 50 dwelling units)
- incidental uses within multifamily dwellings, nursing homes, office buildings (max 5% of floor area)
- restaurant facilities, ATMs, shops within hospital buildings
- one dwelling unit in an existing accessory building (2+ stories) on same lot as two-family/multifamily dwelling
- emergency housing
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Inclined plane heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. restriction
no portion of a building shall penetrate an inclined plane originating at the centerline of an abutting street and extending over the lot at an inclination of one foot horizontal for each two feet vertical along any street frontage where a front yard is required and one foot horizontal for each three feet vertical along other street frontages.
Other
- Maximum guest units per dwelling unitsDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance.0.02 ratio
total number of such guest units shall not exceed one for each 50 dwelling units
- Maximum incidental use floor area percentage5 pct
aggregate floor area devoted to such uses shall not exceed five percent of the total floor area
- Minimum distance between buildings with dwelling use15 ft
Where two or more buildings, at least one of which contains a dwelling use, are erected on the same lot, the distance between any two such buildings shall be not less than 15 feet.
- Minimum distance between buildings without dwelling use10 ft
Where two or more buildings, neither of which contains a dwelling use, are erected on the same lot, the distance between any two such buildings shall be not less than ten feet.
From the ordinance
Front yard depth not less than 15 feet. Side/rear yards for multifamily not less than 15 feet. FAR not exceed 2.0. Usable open space ratio not less than 0.25. Height not exceed 150 feet.