R-2
Dimensional standards
Lot
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right3
Conditional / special use1
Accessory1
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building placement
Accessory buildings must be at least 5 feet from the main building or structure and are not permitted within any required front or side yard or within 15 feet of any street line or within 3 feet of any lot line not a street line.
- Corner lot street sideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.10 ft
A ten-foot yard is required on any side facing an existing or proposed street.
- Front building line conformance
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.
- Additional side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for buildings over two storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.5 ft
Five feet shall be added to the minimum requirement for each side yard.
New buildings shall be located 25 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
In Residential District R-2, no building or land shall be used... Two-family dwellings... Accessory buildings... Professional offices... Family day home... Minimum lot regulations... Setback regulations... Yard regulations... Height regulations... Parking regulations.