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Section 6-500 BUILDING REGULATIONS: SUMMARY AND RESTRICTIONS Section 6-501 Setbacks are measured from the structure nearest to the lot line.

Section 6-502 For a lot bordering a lake or river, the front faces toward the shoreline, and the setback shall be measured from the nearest known high waterline.

Public and Institutional Buildings. Public, semi-private service buildings, hospitals, institutional buildings and schools may be erected to a height not exceeding sixty feet (60'), and churches not exceeding seventy-five feet (75'), when side and rear yards are increased by at least one foot (1) above the minimum yard requirements of the Zoning District for each foot of additional building height above thirty-five feet (35').

Section 6-504 Commercial and Industrial Buildings. No open side yard shall be required in Commercial District - "C" when walls abutting a side lot line are of solid masonry and wholly without openings, provided that, on corner lots there shall be an open side yard not less than fifteen feet (15') in width measured from the street side lot line, provided

further, that where any adjacent lot is zoned or developed as a conforming residential use, an open side yard not less than twenty-five feet (25) in width shad be maintained, The property use shall be screened by well maintained evergreens, or a neatly finished wooden fence or masonry wall, not less than six feet (6) in height consistent with Clear Vision Zone - see Section 3-1500.

Section 6-505 Telecommunication towers and facilities and alternative tower -structures. Height restrictions in this section do not apply to telecommunication towers and facilities and alternative tower structures located in accordance with this Ordinance.

Section 6-506 The following summarizes information set forth in other Articles of this Ordinance and provides specific restrictions on set-backs, yards and heights which shall apply to all buildings hereafter erected, except as provided elsewhere in this Ordinance:

REQUIREMENT

Residential

"R-1"

Residential

"R-2"

Residential

"R-3"

Planned

Residential District

"PRD"

Minimum District Size

 

 

10 acres

20 acres

Minimum Parent Parcel Size

Minimum lot size

20,000 sq. ft.

40,000 sq. ft.

'/4 acre

V2 acre

Maximum lot size

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Lot width

100'

100'

80'

660'

Lot Length

200'

200'

100'

1,320'

Setbacks

Minimum Front Yard

50'

50'

40'*

20'

Minimum Rear Yard

35'

15'

20'*

30'

Minimum Side Yard

10'

15'

20'*

50'

Floor Area

Single Family

800 sq. ft.

800 sq. ft.

750 avg.

750 avg.

Multiple Family

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480 sq. ft.

480 sq. ft.

480 sq. ft.- 2nd floor only

Building Height

Maximum

35'

35'

40'

35'

Maximum Stories

2.5

2.5

3

2.5

Minimum % Open Space

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60%

Maximum Area of Impermeable Surface

20%

25%

35%

30%

*      Refer to Article 10

** Refer to Article 10-401


DISTRICT DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS

REQUIREMENT

Agricultural

"A"

Waterfront

Commercial

"WC"

Commercia

1

«C»

Manufacturing Park

"M"

Minimum District Size

 

 

 

 

Minimum Parent Parcel Size

Minimum lot size

40,000 sq. ft.

40,000 sq. ft.

5 acres

20 acres

Maximum lot size

2.5 acres

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Lot width

200'

200'

80'

100'

Lot Length

200'

from the shoreline to the

center of the nearest public

road

100'

200'

Setbacks

Minimum Front Yard

50'

30'

50/75'***

75'

Minimum Rear Yard

35'

30'

30'

30'

Minimum Side Yard

15'

20'

15****

20'

Floor Area

Single Family

800 sq. ft.

600 sq. ft. - 2nd Floor Only

600 sq. ft.

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Multiple Family

480 sq. ft.

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Building Height

Maximum

35'

35'

35'

30'

Maximum Stories

2.5

2.5

2.5

2

Minimum % Open Space

60%

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Maximum Area of Impermeable Surface

 

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*** 75' of parking allowed in the front of the building **** Zero lot line allowed if common wall construction

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