A. Dimensional requirements.
Uses | Minimum Lot Size (square feet) | Maximum Building Coverage | Maximum Impervious Coverage | Maximum Height | Minimum Lot Width | Minimum Front Yard Setback | Minimum Rear Yard Setback | Minimum Side Yard Setback (each) |
Uses | Minimum Lot Size (square feet) | Maximum Building Coverage | Maximum Impervious Coverage | Maximum Height | Minimum Lot Width | Minimum Front Yard Setback | Minimum Rear Yard Setback | Minimum Side Yard Setback (each) |
Place of worship, cemetery or public or private school | 25,000 | 50% | 70% | 50 | 125 | 15 | 40 | 15 |
One-family detached dwelling | 3,000 | 40% | 50% | 35 | 30 | 15 | 25 | 4 |
One-family semidetached dwelling (per dwelling unit) | 2,500 | 35% | 55% | 35 | 25 | 15 | 25 | 4 |
One-family attached dwelling (townhouse) per dwelling unit) | 1,800 | 60% | 75% | 35 | 18 | 15 | 20 | 4 |
College or university nonresidential uses | 5,500 | 40%1 | 70%1 | 35 | 40 | 15 | 25 | 15 |
College or university residential uses2 | 50,000 | 40%1 | 70%1 | 35 | 80 | 15 | 253 | 154 |
Other allowed use, unless otherwise stated | 5,500 | 40% | 50% | 35 | 60 | 15 | 25 | 8 |
NOTES:
1 For abutting lots in common ownership, the maximum building and impervious coverage may apply to all such lots combined.
2 Not including preexisting dwelling units which are owned by a college or university and which are regulated as individual dwelling units and meet the definition of occupancy by one family or which meet the requirements for a student home.
3 For a new or expanded building housing students, a forty-foot minimum building setback shall apply from the lot line of every dwelling that is not owned by the college or university.
4 A side yard setback is not required where a new building is replacing a building that was previously attached to another building along that lot line. New dwelling units that are allowed to be attached to each other do not need a side yard setback between the new dwellings.
B. Allowed uses.
(1) Permitted-by-right uses.
(a) Gardens, crop farming and forestry.
(b) One-family detached dwelling.
(c) One-family semidetached dwelling.
(d) One-family attached dwelling.
(e) Public parks and nonmotorized recreation trails.
(f) Small Wireless Communications Facilities, pursuant to Part 21 of this Chapter. [Added 4-24-2023 by Ord. No. 41-2023]
(2) Accessory uses. In compliance with Part 10, unless otherwise noted.
(a) Animal shelters: maximum 25 square feet. No commercial use allowed.
(b) Private garages/carports: maximum 600 square feet. See § 600-1002. [Amended 2-14-2011 by Ord. No. 8-2011]
(c) Greenhouses: maximum 280 square feet. No commercial use allowed. See § 600-1003.
(d) Home occupations: minor. See § 600-1006.
(e) Storage sheds: maximum 280 square feet. See § 600-1003.
(f) Swimming pools, accessory: see also Chapter 180, Construction Codes, and § 600-1001. [Amended 8--26-2013 by Ord. No. 35-2013]
(g) Geothermal heat pumps. [Added 10-26-2015 by Ord. No. 58-2015]
(h) Solar energy systems. [Added 10-26-2015 by Ord. No. 58-2015]
(i) Water-powered energy systems. [Added 10-26-2015 by Ord. No. 58-2015]
(j) Non-tower WCFWCFs, pursuant to Part 21 of this Chapter. [Added 3- 27-2017 by Ord. 21-2017; amended 4-24-2023 by Ord. No. 41-2023]
(3) Special exception uses. In compliance with § 600-1202.
(a) Adaptive reuse: see § 600-1202A.
(b) Bed-and-breakfast inn.
(c) Cemeteries.
(d) College or university, which may include dormitories, fraternities, sororities and other student and/or staff residential uses, provided each residential use is: owned and/or operated by the college or university; and such residential uses are on lots of 50,000 square feet or greater. See also § 600-817, which includes alternative provisions within the INS Overlay Zone.
(e) Day-care homes as an accessory use: see § 600-1202.
(f) Home occupations, major: see § 600-1006.
(g) Life care retirement facility.
(h) Nursing home.
(i) Personal-care center.
(j) Places of worship.
(k) Municipal buildings.
(l) Public or private schools, not including dormitories.
(m) Swimming pool, as a principal use.
(4) Conditional uses. In compliance with § 600-1203.
(a) Group care home.
(b) Student home, which shall only be allowed in an existing lawful apartment dwelling.
C. The conversion of an existing one-family detached dwelling, one-family attached dwelling or one-family semidetached dwelling into two or more dwelling units shall be prohibited.
D. A maximum of 60% of the land area between the front of each residential use and the street right-of-way line shall be used for vehicle parking and driveways. See also § 600-1602B regarding parking locations. [Added 2-14-2011 by Ord. No. 8-2011]