[Amended 3-11-2003 ATM by Art. 4; 3-9-2004 ATM by Art. 2; 3-14-2006 ATM by Art. 2; 3-11-2008 ATM by Art. 3; 3-9-2010 ATM by Art. 2;3-9-2010 ATM by Art. 5]
The General Residential District has a district area contained within a two-and-one-half-mile arc from the center of the village and without services of public sewer and/or water. It is designed to provide lower-density development outside the area of the area of central services in a manner that is typical in many New England villages. With adequate safeguards, certain other types of uses, such as home occupations, agricultural and bed-and-breakfast uses, will be permitted.
Dimensional controls shall be as follows:
A. 
Minimum lot area: 87,200 square feet.
B. 
Each additional dwelling unit: 21,780 square feet per unit.
C. 
Minimum lot frontage: 200 feet.
A. 
Setback requirements.
(1) 
Front yard (street): 30 feet.
(2) 
Side yard: 25 feet.
(3) 
Rear yard: 25 feet.
B. 
Maximum height permitted: 30 feet, for structures with roofs with a pitch of less than 10/12, and 35 feet if 10/12 or greater. However, the height restrictions shall not apply to appurtenant structures, such as church spires, belfries, cupolas, domes, chimneys, flagpoles, antennas or similar structures, provided that no such structure shall exceed a maximum footprint of 144 square feet.
C. 
No building shall be closer than 20 feet to any other building on the same lot, except for private garages.
D. 
Percentage maximum allowable lot coverage: 30%. [Note: Lots equal to or smaller than 0.25 acre: 40%.]
[Amended 3-12-2013 ATM by Art. 2; 3-10-2020 ATM by Art. 3]
Permitted uses shall be as follows:
A. 
One of the following dwelling unit structures is permitted per lot:
(1) 
One single detached dwelling per lot.
(2) 
One single detached dwelling per lot with one accessory dwelling unit.
[Amended 3-14-2017 ATM by Art. 2]
(3) 
One duplex dwelling per lot.
B. 
Accessory structures.
C. 
Accessory uses.
D. 
The seasonal, outside storage of items of personal property on residential lots, provided that such items must be placed on the lot to the side or rear of the dwelling, but their use for living and/or business while so stored is prohibited.
E. 
Home occupation, occupying up to 500 square feet of the single-family dwelling (requires TRC approval).
F. 
The keeping or harboring of all livestock in accordance with the New Hampshire Department of Agricultures's Best Management Practices.
Uses which may be permitted by special exception shall be as follows:
A. 
Farm, agriculture, farming.
B. 
Veterinarians and animal hospitals.1
C. 
(Reserved)
D. 
(Reserved)
E. 
Recreational use.1
F. 
Churches on lots with frontage on a state-numbered highway.
G. 
Conversion of a dwelling unit into a bed-and-breakfast.1
H. 
(Reserved)
I. 
In-home day care.1
J. 
Home occupation.1
K. 
Horticultural establishments.1
L. 
Museums on lots with frontage on a state-numbered highway.
1NOTE: Requires Planning Board approval under the provisions of RSA 676:4.
For other requirements, see:
A. 
Article XXII, Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements.
B. 
Flood Hazard Ordinance.
C. 
Wetlands Ordinance.[1]
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Editor's Note: Provisions which immediately followed regarding the Shore Front Resort Residential District, were repealed 2002 ATM.