R-1
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right9
Conditional / special use2
Accessory1
Prohibited1
Extracted standards
11 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Maximum parapet wall heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.4 ft
Parapet walls shall not exceed four feet above the limited height of the building on which the walls rest.
- Public building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. exception55 ft
Churches, schools, hospitals, sanitariums, and other public and semipublic buildings may be built to a height of 55 feet, or four stories if the minimum depth of front and rear yards and minimum width of side yards required in the district are increased by one foot for each foot by which the height of such public or semipublic structures exceeds the height limit.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from lot line5 ft
Accessory buildings are not permitted within five feet of any lot line not a street line.
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.1 storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
No accessory building which is within five feet of any party lot line shall be more than one story high. No accessory building shall exceed the main in building height.
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. in required yards
Accessory buildings are not permitted within any required front or side yard.
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from main building5 ft
Accessory buildings must be at least five feet from the main building or structure and they are not permitted within any required front or side yard or within 15 feet of any street line or within five feet of any lot line not a street line.
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from street line15 ft
Accessory buildings are not permitted within 15 feet of any street line.
- Existing building line exception
If the buildings on 70 percent of the lots on a given block have established a front building line not in conformance with the minimum setback, all new buildings may be located on the already established line, even though that line is a violation.
- Minimum rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.50 pct
At least 50 percent of the rear yard shall be open space with no buildings, gravel, pavement or parking.
- Street setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from centerline50 ft
New buildings shall be located 50 feet or more from the centerline of any street right-of-way less than 50 feet in width.
- Street setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from right-of-way35 ft
New buildings shall be located 35 feet or more from any street right-of-way which is 50 feet or greater in width, or 50 feet or more from the centerline of any street right-of-way less than 50 feet in width.
From the ordinance
Residential District R-1 is hereby established exclusively for single-family detached dwellings, and customary accessory uses.