RT-3
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right13
- Boat sales
- Business studios, offices, clinics and medical laboratories
- Communication towers meeting the requirements of administrative review eligible projects
- Day-care and child care education centers
- Dwellings, additions to single-family, duplex, semi-detached, and attached
- Dwellings, single-family and duplex
- Eating and drinking establishments
- Financial institutions
- Funeral homes
- Museums and art galleries
- Personal service establishments
- Public buildings and grounds
- Wind energy conversion systems, roof-mounted
Conditional / special use21
- Assembly uses
- Automobile museums
- Automobile and small engine repair establishments
- Automobile service stations
- Bars or nightclubs
- Bed and breakfast inns
- Bicycle rental establishments, but only east of Arctic Avenue
- Commercial parking lots, parking garages, parking structures and storage garages
- Communication towers standard process
- Dormitories for marine pilots
- Heliports and helistops
- Home occupations
- Hospitals and sanitariums
- Housing for seniors and disabled persons; maternity homes
- Marinas
- Open-air markets
- Passenger transportation terminals
- Radio and television broadcasting stations
- Recreational and amusement facilities of an outdoor nature
- Religious uses
- Satellite wagering facility
Accessory2
- Customary accessory uses
- Rental of rooms in a dwelling for 30+ days
Prohibited1
Extracted standards
27 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density
- Hotel density incentive for 30,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. lot120 units/acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
The maximum density of hotel and motel use on a zoning lot with a minimum lot size of thirty thousand (30,000) square feet ... shall be one hundred twenty (120) units per acre
- Hotel density incentive for 60,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. lot with parking structure160 units/acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
The maximum density of hotel and motel uses where the lot size is at least sixty thousand (60,000) square feet, required parking is located on the same zoning lot within a parking structure ... shall be one hundred sixty (160) units per acre
- MultifamilyMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. density incentive for 30,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. lot30 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
The maximum density of multi-family dwelling use that meets the provisions of the Resort Area Design Guidelines on a zoning lot with a minimum lot size of thirty thousand (30,000) square feet shall be thirty (30) dwelling units per acre
- MultifamilyMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. density incentive for 60,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. lot36 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
The maximum density of multi-family dwelling use that is located in a mixed use development ... on a zoning lot with a lot size of at least sixty thousand (60,000) square feet, shall be thirty-six (36) dwelling units per acre
- Maximum density for hotels/motels80 units/acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
The maximum density for hotel and motel development shall be eighty (80) lodging units per acre
- Maximum density for multifamilyMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive.24 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
The maximum density for multifamily dwellings shall be twenty-four (24) dwelling units per acre
Design
- Stepback for uppermost story of single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours./duplexTwo-family dwellingTwo dwelling units in one building — a duplex.3 ft
at least thirty-five (35) percent of the total length of the exterior wall of the uppermost story ... is set back a minimum of three (3) feet from the exterior wall directly below it
Height
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. when adjacent to residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.35 ft
When adjacent to Residential Districts, the maximum height shall be thirty-five (35) feet
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for hotels/motels75 ft
The maximum height for hotels and motels within the RT-3 Resort Tourist District is seventy-five (75) feet
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours./duplexTwo-family dwellingTwo dwelling units in one building — a duplex.35 ft
The maximum height for single-family and duplex dwellings ... shall be thirty-five (35) feet
Other
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for lodging adjacent to street10 ft
Minimum setback for any yard adjacent to a street: Ten (10) feet
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for multifamilyMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. adjacent to street0 ft
Minimum setback for any yard adjacent to a street: Zero (0) feet
- Minimum front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.20 ft
Minimum front yard setback ... Twenty (20) feet
- Maximum lot coverageLot coverageThe share of a lot that buildings may cover, as a percentage. for single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.40 pct
Maximum lot coverage: Forty (40) percent
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for lodging20,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Minimum lot area: Twenty thousand (20,000) square feet
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for multifamilyMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive.14,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Minimum lot area: Fourteen thousand (14,000) square feet
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.5,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Minimum lot area: Five thousand (5,000) square feet for single-family dwellings
- Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line. for lodging70 ft
Minimum lot width: Seventy (70) feet
- Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line. for multifamilyMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive.200 ft
Minimum lot width: Two hundred (200) feet
- Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line. for single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.40 ft
Minimum lot width: Forty (40) feet for single-family dwellings
- Minimum rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for lodging20 ft
Minimum rear yard setback except when adjacent to a street: Twenty (20) feet
- Minimum rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for multifamilyMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive.10 ft
Minimum rear yard setback except when adjacent to a street: Ten (10) feet
- Minimum rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.20 ft
Minimum rear yard setback except for accessory structures: Twenty (20) feet
- Minimum side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for lodging (not adjacent to street)20 ft
Minimum side yard setback except when adjacent to a street: Twenty (20) feet
- Minimum side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for multifamilyMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. (not adjacent to street)8 ft
Minimum side yard setback except when adjacent to a street: Eight (8) feet
- Minimum side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. (not adjacent to street/driveway)8 ft
minimum side yard setback except when adjacent to a street or driveway: Eight (8) feet
Parking
- Parking prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. in front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for residential
Parking for residential uses and structures shall not be located within any required front yard area.
From the ordinance
Min lot area 5,000 sq ft; max height 75 ft for hotels; density 24 du/ac multifamily; parking per use.
Parking requirements
{
"office": "1 space per 270 sq ft of floor area",
"retail": "1 space per 200 sq ft of floor area",
"residential": "per section 203, not in front yard",
"mixed_retail_office": "3.5 spaces per 1,000 sq ft of floor area"
}