Woodstock
Zoning districts
8 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
2Industrial
2Residential
3R-1 Low Density Residential District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 3
R-2 Medium Density Residential District
- Min lot
- 20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 5
R-3 High Density Residential District
- Min lot
- 6,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 8
General provisions
84 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
In any residential district, the following signs shall be permitted: (1) On a property containing a legal home occupation one sign, not exceeding two square feet in area... (2) One sign not exceeding 18 square feet in area, when erected or displayed on the property of the institutional use...
In any residential district, home occupation sign max 2 sqft, institutional sign max 18 sqft; parking 2 spaces per dwelling unit.
Signs permitted within a commercial district shall be erected or displayed only on such walls of a building as face a street, alley or parking area, or as freestanding signs upon the lot, subject to the following provisions as to size and location:
Commercial sign regulations and parking requirements.
Sign regulations for interstate intersection corridor.
Due to the nature of the commercial development along State Route 42 (West Reservoir Road) and Interstate 81 (all of which is known as interstate intersection corridor), the following provisions shall apply to signs therein:
Any sign that is permitted in any commercial zone shall be permitted also in industrial districts. The allowable area of any such sign shall be a maximum of 1½ times the allowable area specified in sections 90-384.
Industrial signs allowed as commercial but 1.5 times area; parking 1 per employee.
There shall be provided at the time of erection of any main building... minimum off-street parking space...
General parking, fence, home occupation, and sign requirements.
The town council may decrease or waive any of the provisions and restrictions set forth in section 90-387 in the section of the town designated within the off-street parking reduction/exemption overlay district.
The town council may decrease or waive any of the provisions and restrictions set forth in section 90-387 in the section of the town designated within the off-street parking reduction/exemption overlay district.
Such space shall be a minimum of 15 feet wide and 50 feet in length, with a minimum clear height of 15 feet. Off-street truck loading spaces shall be provided at a rate of one space for the first 10,000 square feet or less of gross floor area, plus a minimum of one additional space for each additional 30,000 square feet of gross floor area or part thereof.
The following conditions shall apply to those uses which require a special permit.
Site plans may be required for any use within a commercial district or the medical-hospital center district and are required for all uses in an industrial district.
A landscape plan shall be submitted as part of every site plan and every application for a special use permit.
Cottage apartment or condominium developments shall require a minimum of one-half acre. Minimum lot width 125 ft. Front yard 30 ft, rear 35 ft, side 15 ft. Max height 1.5 stories (35 ft). Building size 500-1200 sqft. Parking 1.5 spaces per unit.
Cottage apartment or condominium developments shall require a minimum of one-half acre. ... Minimum lot width shall be 125 feet at the setback line. ... No structure shall be located closer than 30 feet to any street right-of-way. ... The rear yard shall be 35 feet. ... The side yard shall be 15 feet. ... maximum of two and one-half stories, not exceeding a height of 35 feet. ... Living space for each unit shall not be less than 500 gross square feet and a maximum of 1,200 gross square feet.
F-C | Floodplain conservation
No building, structure or sign shall be erected, constructed, moved, added to or structurally altered, nor shall land or structure be put to any use, without a permit therefor issued by the zoning administrator.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.