RS-2
Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
Height & bulk
Housing
Uses
Permitted by right9
Conditional / special use12
Accessory1
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building rear setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.5 ft
Rear yards for accessory buildings shall not be less than five feet.
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building side setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.3 ft
Side yards for accessory buildings, except for those on corner lots, shall not be less than three feet.
- Greenbelt width along designated streets50 ft
Along streets designated by the comprehensive plan as greenbelts, a greenbelt of at least 50 feet shall be provided along the street line; except that at least 75 feet shall be required along Route 199.
- Maximum cluster subdivision density3 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
For cluster subdivisions, the number of lots for the entire parcel shall not exceed three lots per net acre, except that the number of lots for the entire parcel may be increased up to five units per net acre with a special use permit.
- Minimum cluster subdivision size5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
The minimum permitted size for any cluster subdivision shall be five acres.
- Minimum common open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. in cluster subdivision25 pct
A minimum of 25 percent of the gross area of the cluster subdivision shall be common open space.
From the ordinance
Minimum lot area 10,000 sq ft; front yard 35 ft; side yard 10 ft; rear yard 25 ft; max height 35 ft.