Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
Housing
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Applies to cluster developments in A-1, RE-1, R-40, R-40(a)(s), R-25, R-25(a)s, R-15, R-15(a)s, R-12, R-12(a)s, R-10, R-10s, and R-8 districts
Uses
Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density
- Minimum overall tract size10 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Minimum overall tract size: 10 acres.
Height
Maximum height of buildings and structures: thirty-five (35) feet throughout the cluster development, unless a conditional use permit is issued.
Lot
- Minimum residential lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.7,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Cluster residential lots shall have a minimum lot area of seven thousand (7,000) square feet, except that lots in the RE-1 residential estate district and the A-1 agricultural district must have a minimum lot area of one (1) acre.
- Minimum residential lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.75 ft
Minimum residential lot width measured at required front yard: seventy-five (75) feet, except that in the RE-1 residential estate district and the A-1 agricultural district, the minimum residential lot width ... shall be one hundred twenty-five (125) feet.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.5 ft
Accessory structures: five (5) feet from side and rear property lines. In the RE-1 residential estate district and A-1 agricultural district, a ten-foot setback from side and rear property lines shall be required.
- Required front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.20 ft
Required front yard: twenty (20) feet, except that in the RE-1 residential estate district and the A-1 agricultural district, the minimum required front yard shall be forty (40) feet.
- Required rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.20 ft
Required rear yard: twenty (20) feet if the rear yard is adjacent to designated conservation land, twenty-five (25) feet if not. In the RE-1 residential estate district and the A-1 agricultural district, a minimum 50-foot rear yard is required, with a ten-foot reduction if the rear yard abuts designated conservation land.
- Required side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.10 ft
Required side yard: ten (10) feet on each side, except that in the RE-1 residential estate district and the A-1 agricultural district, a 25-foot side yard is required on each side.
From the ordinance
Cluster developments shall be permitted in the A-1, RE-1, R-40, ... districts. Minimum overall tract size: 10 acres. Minimum residential lot area: 7,000 square feet. ... Maximum height: 35 feet.