R-3
Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right6
Conditional / special use1
Accessory1
Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for public/semipublic buildings55 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 the 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 structure exceeds the height limit...
- Maximum parapet wall heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. above building 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.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building location restrictions
not permitted within any required front or side yard or within 15 feet of any street line or within three 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 one foot of any party lot line shall be more than one story high. No accessory building shall exceed the main building in height.
- Minimum separation from main building5 ft
Accessory buildings ... must be at least five feet from the main building or structure
- Additional side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for buildings over 2 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.
- Side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. on street sideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for corner lots10 ft
a ten-foot side yard is required on any side facing an existing or proposed street.
From the ordinance
Residential District R-3 is established as a residential district that provides a higher density of dwellings than residential districts R-1 and R-2.