Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right39
- Churches
- Offices
- Retail food stores
- Bakeries
- Dry cleaners and laundries
- Hardware stores
- Wearing apparel stores
- Drug stores
- Barber and beauty shops
- Office supply and printing establishments
- Auto and home appliance service
- Theaters and assembly halls
- Hotels and motels
- Banks
- Libraries, museums, schools, adult education and child development centers, community centers, parks and recreational facilities owned or operated by a governmental agency or a nonprofit organization
- Hospitals, general
- Animal hospitals or clinics
- Funeral homes
- Services stations
- Clubs and lodges
- Auto sales and service
- Lumber and building supply establishments
- Plumbing and electrical supply establishments
- Machinery sales and service businesses
- Furniture stores
- Restaurants and similar food service and catering establishments (excluding drive-up or consumption in vehicles)
- Retail stores in addition to those specified elsewhere
- Public utilities and public transportation facilities
- Parking areas
- Home occupations
- Fire stations and rescue squad facilities
- Grocery stores and specialty food and beverage stores
- Offices, including medical and dental offices and clinics
- Personal service businesses
- Post offices and pick-up stations
- Shopping centers containing uses permitted in the district
- Service businesses
- Storage rental businesses
- Signs (as permitted by Article XXI)
Conditional / special use13
- Single-family detached dwellings
- Two-family dwellings
- Multiple-family dwellings
- Nursing homes
- Bed and breakfast establishments
- Wholesale and processing businesses not objectionable because of dirt, noise or odors
- Public billiard parlors and poolrooms, bowling alleys, dance halls and similar public amusement facilities
- Contractors' equipment storage yards and rental
- Cemeteries
- Child care centers licensed by the state
- Flea markets
- Micro-brewery, micro-distillery, micro-winery, micro-cidery, and micro-meadery
- Homestay
Accessory1
Extracted standards
13 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
- Minimum fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for child careDay careSupervised care for children or adults during part of the day. centers4 ft
outdoor play areas shall be enclosed with continuous fencing not less than four feet in height
Other
- Separation between main buildings on same lot
any building devoted to dwelling, nursing home or group home use shall be separated from every other main building on the lot by yards as required by the provisions of section 70-143(f) of this chapter set forth in the R-3 High Density Residential District
- Minimum living area for one-bedroom or efficiency units720 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
each one-bedroom or efficiency dwelling unit in a two-family or multiple-family dwelling shall contain not less than 720 square feet of living area
- Minimum living area for two-bedroom units832 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Each two-bedroom dwelling unit in a two-family or multiple-family dwelling unit shall contain not less than 832 square feet of living area
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for multiple-family dwellings
multiple-family dwellings shall be located on lots of not less than 5,750 square feet in area for the first dwelling unit plus 3,000 square feet in area for each additional dwelling unit
- No drive-up window service
not including establishments where food or beverages are intended to be consumed in vehicles on the premises or establishments where food or beverages are available by drive-up window service
- No major repair of vehicles outside
no major repair of vehicles shall be conducted outside or completely enclosed buildings
- Plan of development required
A plan of development, as set forth in article IV of this chapter, shall be required for all uses and structures in the SD-1 District, except those for which a special use permit is required
- Rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. when abutting residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.25 ft
where a rear lot line abuts property located in any residential district, there shall be a rear yard of not less than 25 feet
- Rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. adjacent to alley5 ft
there shall be a rear yard of not less than five feet adjacent to any alley
- ProhibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. activities in required side yards abutting residential
required side yards abutting property in any residential district shall not be devoted to storage, display, or loading areas, nor within ten feet of street right-of-way
- Side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. when abutting residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.25 ft
where a side lot line abuts property located in any residential district, there shall be a side yard of not less than 25 feet
- Side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. adjacent to alley5 ft
there shall be a side yard of not less than five feet adjacent to any alley
From the ordinance
SD-1 Special Development District regulations.