(A) The regulations for each district pertaining to minimum lot area, minimum lot area per dwelling unit, minimum lot width and minimum required yards shall be as specified in § 157.041, subject to any further applicable dimensional requirements for exemptions specified elsewhere in this chapter.
(B) (1) The minimum lot areas specified in § 157.042 are based upon the availability of a centralized water supply system and a centralized sewerage disposal system.
(2) (a) If these systems are not available to serve a proposed use, the following or other applicable standards of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and/or the Deep Creek Sewage Disposal Regulations shall be used in determining minimum lot size.
(b) Provided however, that in no case shall the minimum lot or land area per dwelling unit be less than the amount specified in § 157.042:
Percolation Rate (Time Required for a 1 inch drop) | Using a private water supply and a private or shared septic sewage disposal system | Using a centralized water supply and a private sewage disposal system | Using a public central sewage disposal system and a private water supply | |||
Minutes | Minimum Lot Width (feet) | Minimum Lot Area (sq. ft.) | Minimum Lot Width (feet) | Minimum Lot Area (sq. ft.) | Minimum Lot Width (feet) | Minimum Lot Area (sq. ft.) |
1 to 5 | 100 | 60,000 | 100 | 15,000 | 75 | 43,560 |
6to 15 | 125 | 60,000 | 100 | 17,500 | 75 | 43,560 |
16 to 25 | 150 | 60,000 | 100 | 20,000 | 75 | 43,560 |
26 to 30 | 150 | 60,000 | 140 | 30,000 | 75 | 43,560 |
(C) Measurements of minimum land area and yards pursuant to § 157.041 shall not include any land within the right-of-way of any existing or proposed road.
(1) AR - Agricultural Resource;
(2) RR - Rural Resource;
(3) LR1 - Lake Residential District 1;
(4) LR2 - Lake Residential District 2;
(5) TR - Town Residential District;
(6) TC - Town Center District;
(7) C - General Commercial District;
(8) CR1 - Commercial Resort 1; and
(9) CR2 - Commercial Resort 2.
(Ord. —, passed 5-13-1997; Am. Ord. —, passed 8-8-2000; Am. Ord. —, passed 4-30-2002; Am. Res. 2010-7, passed 5-25-2010)