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DISTRICT | MINIMUM LOT AREA | YARD SETBACKS | MINIMUM LOT FRONTAGE | MAXIMUM HEIGHT | |||||
Front | Rear | Side (1) | |||||||
A-1 | 20,000 SQUARE FEET PER DWELLING UNIT | 35 FEET | 20 FEET | 12 FEET | 100 FEET | 35 FEET | |||
0-S | NONE | NONE | NONE | NONE | NONE | 35 FEET | |||
R-1 | 6,500 SQUARE FEET PER DWELLING UNIT | 35 FEET | 10 FEET | 8 FEET (or 15 ft away from adjacent structures) | 65 FEET | 35 FEET | |||
R-2 | 4,000 SQUARE FEET PER DWELLING UNIT | 20 FEET | 10 FEET | 8 FEET (or 15 ft away from adjacent structures) | 50 FEET (2) | 35 FEET | |||
R-3 | MAXIMUM 10 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE | 20 FEET | 20 FEET | 15 FEET plus 2 feet per dwelling unit if more than 2 units | 100 FEET | 35 FEET | |||
R-4 | REFER TO CHAPTER 1161 FOR REQUIREMENT FOR THIS DISTRICT | ||||||||
C-1 | NONE | 20 FEET | NONE | NONE | NONE | 130 FEET | |||
C-D | NONE | NONE | NONE | NONE | NONE | 130 FEET | |||
C-2 | 10,000 SQUARE FEET | 50 FEET | 20 FEET | 10 FEET | 80 FEET | 130 FEET | |||
M-1 | 2 ACRES | 50 FEET | 20 FEET | 10 FEET | 300 FEET | 130 FEET | |||
M-2 | 2 ACRES | 50 FEET | 20 FEET | 20 FEET | 300 FEET | 130 FEET | |||
(1) Whichever is greater shall apply.
(2) Per Dwelling Unit
(Ord. 05-21. Passed 7-19-21.)
(a) Minimum Lot Area. The least amount of area of horizontal plane bounded by the vertical planes through front, side, and rear lot lines.
(b) Yard Setbacks. The required minimum horizontal distance between the building line and the related front, side, or rear property line.
(c) Minimum Lot Frontage. The required minimum width of lot measured at the front setback line for a building. Refer to illustration below:
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(d) Maximum Height. Maximum height of a building is measured from grade to uppermost peak of the roof for any building. Receiving antennae, belfries, spires, and other ornaments shall not be included when calculating height of the building.
(e) Maximum Lot Coverage. The total area of all improvements to a lot, excluding landscaping. Lot improvements include, but are not limited to, all structures, parking lots, tennis courts, running tracks, pools, garages, driveways, and towers.
(Ord. 05-08. Passed 4-10-08.)
In addition to all yard regulations specified in other sections of this Ordinance, the provisions included in subsections (a) to (e) hereof, inclusive, shall be used for interpretation and clarification.
(a) Setback Requirements for Corner Buildings. On a corner lot in any district, the main building and any accessory structures shall be required to have the same setback distance from all street right-of-way lines, as required, for the front yard in the district in which such structures are located.
(b) Visibility at Intersections. On a corner lot in any district, nothing shall be erected, placed, planted, or allowed to grow in such a manner as to materially impede vision between a height of two and one-half (2½) and ten (10) feet above the center line grades of the intersecting streets, in the area bounded by the right-of-way of such corner lots, and a line joining points along the right-of-way twenty-five (25) feet from the point of intersection.
(c) Yard Requirements for Multi-family or Group Dwellings. Group or multi-family dwellings shall be considered as one building for the purpose of determining front, side, and rear yard requirements. The entire group as a unit, shall require one front, one rear, and two side yards as specified for dwellings in the appropriate district.
(d) Additional Yard Requirements for Buffering Purposes. To secure a desirable transition between land zoned for residential purposes and other zoning districts (C- 1 through M-2), it is required that greater yard setbacks be provided on the property that is not zoned for residential purposes along the lot line(s) that abut land zoned for residential purposes. When property that is zoned C-1 through M-2 abuts property that is zoned to permit single, two- or multiple-family residential dwellings, the yard requirements for that yard adjacent to the residential zoned property, shall be increased two times over the normally required yard setback (including any overlay district requirements), up to a maximum of seventy-five (75) feet, and a landscaped bufferyard shall be provided in this area in accordance with Chapter 1189
with special exception to additional requirements of corner lots discussed in Section 1175.03.
(e) Accessory Structures. Accessory structures may not be located closer to a public right-of-way than the principal structure, unless the accessory structure is attached to the principal structure. Accessory structures shall not be located closer than a distance equal to one-half of the height of the accessory structure or three feet, whichever is greater.
(Ord. 05-08. Passed 4-10-08.)
(a) Permitted Accessory Structures in Residential Districts (R-1, R-2, R-3 & R-4). The following Accessory Structures and uses shall be permitted within residential zoning districts subject to the requirements specified herein, provided that any Accessory Structure complies with all required setbacks for their district, except as otherwise specifically provided herein:
(1) Detached garages - One (1) accessory detached garage shall be permitted per property subject to the following requirements:
A. LOCATION REQUIREMENTS: Detached garages shall only be located in the rear or side yard area of the lot. Such structures shall meet the minimum side yard set-back requirements specified within the particular zoning district, except that any such detached garage that is located on a lot with a pre-existing residence that is located at an interior side yard set-back line deviating from that which is currently required within the particular zoning district may be located as close to the interior side yard line as is the residence in question, provided that such detached garage would be located no closer than fifteen (15) feet to any building on an adjacent property and provided that such detached garage otherwise complies with all other requirements of this code.
B. MAXIMUM SIZE REQUIREMENTS: Detached garages shall not exceed fourteen hundred (1400) square feet in area.
C. MAXIMUM HEIGHT: Detached garages shall not exceed a height of twenty-one (21) feet above the existing grade.
(2) Storage buildings, greenhouses, gazebos and similar structures - In addition to one (1) detached garage, one (1) accessory storage building, greenhouse, gazebo, or similar structure shall be permitted on a lot or two (2) such structure shall be permitted on a lot with no detached garage, subject to the following requirements:
A. LOCATION, SIZE, AND SETBACK REQUIREMENTS FOR DETACHED STORAGE BUILDINGS, GREENHOUSES, GAZEBOS, AND SIMILAR STRUCTURES: Detached storage buildings, greenhouses, gazebos, and similar structures shall only be located in the rear yard area of the lot. Such structures shall meet the minimum side yard set-back requirements specified within the particular zoning district, except that any such accessory structure that is located on a lot within a pre-existing residence that is located at an interior side yard set-back line deviating from that which is currently required within the particular zoning district may be located as close to the interior side yard line as is the residence in question, provided that such accessory structure would be located no closer than fifteen (15) feet to any building on an adjacent property and provided that such accessory structure otherwise complies with all other requirements of this Code.
B. MAXIMUM SIZE REQUIREMENTS: Detached storage buildings, greenhouses, gazebos, and similar structures shall not exceed four hundred ninety-nine (499) square feet in area.
C. MAXIMUM HEIGHT: Detached storage buildings, greenhouses, gazebos, and similar structures shall not exceed fifteen (15) feet in height above the existing grade.
(b) Single Lot Requirements - All Accessory Structures must be located on the same lot as the principal structure.
(c) Additional Setback Requirements - As required by Section 1175.03(e), and unless specifically modified the terms of this section, Accessory Structures shall not be located closer to any property line than a distance equal to one-half of the height of the accessory structure or three feet, whichever is greater.
(Ord. 15-21. Passed 7-19-21.)
(a) Definitions. Temporary Accessory Structures shall include all of the following:
(1) Tents. A structure or shelter constructed of fabric or other pliable material supported by any manner except by air or the contents that it supports.
(2) Membrane-Covered Cable Structures. A non-pressurized structure in which a mast and cable system provides support and tension to the membrane weather barrier and the membrane imparts stability to the structure.
(3) Membrane-Covered Frame Structures. A non-pressurized building wherein the structure is composed of a rigid framework to support a tension membrane which provides the weather barrier.
(4) Canopies. A structure, enclosure, or shelter constructed of fabric or pliable materials supported by any manner, except by air or the contents it protects, and is open without sidewalls or drops on seventy-five percent (75%) or more of the perimeter.
(b) Temporary Accessory Structures in Residential Districts (R-1, R-2, R-3 & R-4). Temporary Accessory Structures shall be used only for special events and other permitted uses of a strictly limited duration. Temporary Accessory Structures shall be permitted within residential zoning districts subject to the requirements specified herein, provided that the total area of such uses does not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) coverage of the lot and that any Temporary Accessory Structure complies with all required setbacks for their district, except as otherwise specifically provided herein.
(1) Temporary storage. One (1) Temporary Accessory Structure for temporary storage of personal property is permitted for a period not to exceed ninety (90) consecutive days in any single calendar year period. The type and style of the structure must be completely enclosed, properly anchored and meet the approval of the Zoning Inspector. One extension of up to an additional ninety (90) consecutive days may be granted upon good cause shown and approval by the Zoning Inspector.
(c) Permit Required. Permits for Temporary Accessory Structures for temporary storage (see subsection (b)(1) above) shall be issued by the Zoning Inspector upon application establishing that all requirements of this Section will be complied with and upon payment of the required permit fee. No permit is required for Temporary Accessory Structures for temporary storage that are 100 square feet or less.
(d) Exclusions. Tents used exclusively for recreational camping purposes shall be exempt from the above requirements provided that no tent for recreational camping purposes shall remain standing for more than fourteen (14) consecutive days. Temporary Accessory Structures used for Special Events such as graduations, weddings, yard sales, auctions or other similar events shall be exempt from the above requirements provided no Temporary Accessory Structures for such purposes shall remain standing for more than fourteen (14) consecutive days.
(e) Additional Setback Requirements. As required by Section 1175.03(e), and unless specifically modified the terms of this section, Temporary Accessory Structures shall not be located closer to any property line than a distance equal to one-half of the height of the accessory structure or three feet, whichever is greater.
(Ord. 05-21. Passed 7-19-21.)