In R-1 Residence Districts, the use and area
regulations contained in this article shall apply.
A building may be erected or used and a lot
may be used or occupied for any of the following purposes, and no
other:
A.
Single-family detached dwellings.
B.
Agricultural uses, including nurseries, tilling of
the soil and the keeping or raising of poultry or livestock, other
than pigs, on a farm of five or more acres, provided that any building
used for keeping or raising livestock or poultry shall be situated
at least 50 feet from any street or property line.
C.
Public or parochial schools, churches, municipal buildings
or uses, public parks, playgrounds or recreational areas or buildings.
D.
Utility uses, including railway or bus passenger stations,
telephone central offices, electric substations and utility lines
and structures.
E.
Conditional uses. The following uses, when authorized as a conditional use by the Planning Board in accordance with the standards of § 700-61 hereof, upon a finding that adequate lot area, yards and parking space are provided and that the building and use are appropriately located and will meet a community need without adversely affecting the neighborhood in which located or adjacent properties:
(1)
Private educational institutions for academic instruction.
(2)
Convalescent homes, nursing homes and hospitals.
(3)
Clubs or lodges organized for fraternal or social
purposes, provided that the chief activity shall not be one which
is customarily carried on as a business, and provided further that
the buildings and services shall be for the use of members and their
guests only.
(4)
Private recreational camps or areas, provided that
the total area for such uses shall be not less than five acres; private,
nonprofit, noncommercial recreational club for such uses as swimming,
tennis or golf.
F.
Accessory uses on the same lot with and customarily
incidental to any of the foregoing permitted uses, subject to the
requirements included herein. The term "accessory use" shall not include
a business, but shall include:
(1)
Private garages, private swimming pools.
(2)
Accessory uses:
(a)
The following when authorized as a conditional
use:
[1]
The professional office of a physician, dentist
or other recognized practitioner of healing arts for humans and office
of an attorney, architect or engineer, provided that there shall be
not more than one such office in any dwelling and that such office
shall be within the dwelling in which the practitioner resides.
[2]
Rooms for home occupations engaged in by members
of an immediate family within their own dwelling, provided that no
goods shall be publicly displayed on the premises.
(b)
Permitted accessory uses shall not be construed
to include a veterinarian, beautician, barber or real estate broker.
(3)
Roadside stands for the sale of farm or nursery products
which are produced on the property where they are offered for sale,
provided that:
(a)
Such stands shall be situated not less than
20 feet from any street line.
(b)
Such stands shall be removed or kept in good
condition during seasons when products are being offered for sale.
(c)
Adequate off-street parking space shall be provided.
(d)
Such stands and all access and exit points shall
be properly illuminated when sales are made at night.
A.
Lot area and frontage. A lot area of not less than
one acre per family shall be provided for every building hereafter
erected or used in whole or in part as a dwelling, and each lot shall
have a frontage of not less than 150 feet on at least one street,
provided that in the case of a lot which is part of a minor subdivision
and which fronts on an existing hard-surfaced road, the minimum lot
area may be reduced to not less than 20,000 square feet and the lot
width may be reduced to not less than 100 feet.
B.
Building area. Not more than 20% of the area of each
lot may be covered by buildings.
C.
Front yard. There shall be a front yard on each street
on which a lot abuts which shall be not less than 30 feet in depth.
D.
Side yards. There shall be two side yards on each
lot, neither of which shall be less than 20 feet in width, except
that on corner lots, one side yard shall be provided perpendicular
to the street upon which a unit fronts, which shall not be less than
20 feet in width.
[Amended 12-28-2000 by Ord. No. 34-2000]
E.
Rear yards. There shall be a rear yard on each lot
which shall be not less than 25 feet in depth.
[Amended 12-28-2000 by Ord. No. 34-2000]
