The regulations for each district pertaining
to minimum lot area, minimum lot frontage, minimum front yard, minimum
side yard, minimum rear yard, maximum height of buildings, maximum
number of stories, maximum building area and minimum open space shall
be as set forth in the Table of Dimensional and Density Regulations.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Table of Dimensional and Density Regulations is included at the end of this chapter.
A fence, wall or other enclosure is not regulated
except as otherwise provided herein. The Table of Dimensional and
Density Regulations shall not apply to fences, walls or other enclosures
or to utility poles.
In residential, industrial and business districts
a detached accessory structure shall conform to the following provisions:
it shall not occupy more than twenty-five (25) percent of the required
rear yard; it shall not be less than twenty (20) feet from the front
street line or less than ten (10) feet from any other lot line; and
it shall not exceed twenty (20) feet in height.
A.
Screening or buffers shall be required, erected and properly maintained in order to be environmentally protective according to the regulations set forth in § 200-87, to provide for safety, to attenuate noise and to conceal business, industrial, agricultural or public uses of land and buildings when such uses abut the side or rear lot of any property in any residential district or any residential property in any other district.
B.
Screening shall consist of a strip of land, natural
or landscaped, equal in width at least to the minimum side yard requirement.
It shall contain a screen of plantings of vertical habit planted so
as to provide a dense strip not less than three (3) feet in width
and not less than eight (8) feet in height at the time of occupancy
of such lot. The quality of denseness shall begin at or near ground
level and continue to the required height. Individual trees and shrubs
shall not be planted more than three (3) feet on center and shall
thereafter be maintained by the owner or agent so as to maintain a
dense screen year-round. At least fifty (50) percent of the plantings
shall consist of evergreens and they shall be evenly spaced along
the full length of the screened section.
C.
Upon an application for a special permit, the Zoning
Board of Appeals may allow alternate forms of screening such as a
solid wall or fence complemented by suitable plantings and not exceeding
six (6) feet in height, provided, however, that any such special permit
shall contain conditions consistent with the intent of this section.
D.
Screening shall be required for the following uses:
(1)
All outdoor areas or facilities for the storage of
fuel, material, products or utility installations;
(2)
Any principal use not conducted wholly within a building;
(3)
Any service yard, outdoor storage or utility installation
required by a governmental service facility or public utility; and
(4)
Any refuse disposal system such as but not limited
to a dumpster, not wholly or partly contained in a building.
E.
Buffering shall meet all the requirements, makeup
and conditions of screening except that it shall contain a screen
of plantings of vertical habit planted so as to provide a dense strip
not less than ten (10) feet in width.
F.
Buffering shall be required for the following uses:
(1)
Any required off-street parking or loading area, except
for off-street parking required to serve a single-family dwelling;
(2)
Any commercial parking lot;
(3)
Any lubrication, washing, repairing, storage or disposal
not conducted entirely within a building at a service station;
(4)
Any industrial building use or required parking and
loading areas in an industrial district within three hundred (300)
feet of any adjoining residence district;
(5)
Any special permit use except when such use is specifically
exempted by the Zoning Board of Appeals; and
(6)
Any multi-family dwelling, except those contained
in a planned unit development, and its attendant uses when it abuts
the side or rear lot lines of any single-family residence.
In addition to the regulations in §§ 200-61 through 200-64 and the Table of Dimensional and Density Regulations, the following regulations shall apply:
A.
The minimum distance between principal buildings shall
be twice the minimum side yard or side setback required in the district
but no less than the sum of the heights of the buildings;
B.
A corner lot shall have minimum front yards with depths
which shall be the same as the required front yards for the adjoining
lots. No structure, fence or planting shall be placed or maintained
between a plane two and one-half (2 1/2) feet above the curb
level and a plane seven (7) feet above the curb level so as to interfere
with the traffic visibility across the corner within that part of
the lot which is within a triangle bounded by the street lot lines
and a straight line drawn between points on each such line twenty-five
(25) feet from the intersection of said lot lines or extension thereof;
C.
On a through lot, there shall be a front yard setback
depth required which is equal to the front yard depth required for
the district in which each street frontage is located;
D.
The following projections into required yards or other
required open spaces are permitted subject to the following stated
limitations:
(1)
Balcony or bay window, limited in total length to
one-half (1/2) the length of the building and not projecting more
than two (2) feet;
(2)
Open terrace or steps or stoop, under four (4) feet
in height, as much as one-half (1/2) the required yard setback; and
(3)
Steps or stoop over four (4) feet in height, windowsill,
chimney, roof eave, fire escape, fire tower, storm enclosure or similar
architectural features not projecting more than two (2) feet.
E.
The provisions of this Zoning Bylaw governing the
height of buildings shall not apply to chimneys, cooling towers, elevator
bulkheads, skylights, ventilators, electronic equipment, elevator
shafts and other necessary appurtenances usually carried above roofline,
nor domes, towers, stacks or spires, if not used for human occupancy
and which occupy not more than twenty (20) percent of the ground floor
area of the building, nor to ornamental towers, observation towers,
radio broadcasting towers, television and radio antennae and other
like structures, which do not occupy more than twenty (20) percent
of the lot area;
F.
The maximum gross floor area for a building in an
LB District shall be ten thousand (10,000) square feet;
G.
Yard and setback requirements shall not apply to fences,
hedges or walls not over seven (7) feet high measured from finished
grade;
H.
Any gasoline or oil facilities shall be at least twenty-five
(25) feet from any lot line; and
I.
Any swimming pool or enclosure for animals shall be
at least ten (10) feet from any lot line.
The lot or yard areas required for any new building
or use may not include any part of a lot that is required by any other
building or use to comply with any provision of this Zoning Bylaw,
nor may these areas include any property of which the ownership has
been transferred subsequent to the effective date of this Zoning Bylaw
if such property was a part of the area required for compliance with
the dimensional regulations applicable to the lot from which such
transfer was made.
[Added 10-10-1985 ATM by Art. 18, approved 2-4-1986]
In all residential districts limited frontage
lots may be permitted provided the following safeguards and conditions
for each particular site are established at the time of an application
for a building permit and are approved by the Building Inspector:
A.
Each limited frontage lot in the Residential A, C,
E and R Districts shall contain a minimum area of one hundred twenty
thousand (120,000) square feet.
B.
Each limited frontage lot in the Residential D District
shall contain a minimum area of two hundred thousand (200,000) square
feet.
C.
Each limited frontage lot in the Residential B District
shall contain a minimum area of sixty thousand (60,000) square feet.
D.
Each limited frontage lot in a residential district
shall have a minimum continuous lot frontage of fifty (50) feet on
a street, and if a corner lot, the frontage shall be measured by only
one (1) front lot line. In addition, such lot shall have a width of
not less than fifty (50) feet at any point between the street and
the site of the dwelling or the proposed dwelling.
E.
No more than two (2) limited frontage lots shall have
contiguous frontages.
F.
Each limited frontage lot shall contain an area in
the following respective residential districts within the prescribed
minimum diameter circle which shall include a compact area of buildable
land suitable for the site of a dwelling and its accompanying septic
system.
|
District
|
Minimum Diameter Circle
(feet)
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Residence A, C, E and R
|
250
| |
|
Residence B
|
200
| |
|
Residence D
|
300
|
G.
The setback requirements for a principal use on a
limited frontage lot for each residential district shall be the same
as those set forth in the Table of Dimensional and Density Regulations
of this Zoning Bylaw except that in no case shall a dwelling be located
closer to any lot line than the minimum setback required for that
district.
H.
The setback requirements for an accessory use on a
limited frontage lot for each residential district shall be the same
as those set forth in this article of this Zoning Bylaw except that
in no case shall any accessory use be located closer to any lot line
than the minimum setback required for that district.
J.
The maximum length of driveway serving the dwelling site on a limited frontage lot shall not be (except as described in the next sentence), greater than one thousand (1,000) feet measured from the side line of the street on which the lot has legal frontage to the front building line of the dwelling. Any driveway in excess of one thousand (1,000) feet shall require a special permit by the Board of Appeals which shall be governed by the provisions of Article VI of this Zoning Bylaw and in addition, the Fire Chief's recommendations shall be incorporated into said special permit.
K.
The existence of a dwelling on a limited frontage
lot shall be clearly identified at the entrance of the driveway from
the street on which the lot fronts and the identification sign shall
be so located, sized and lighted to be visible at any time of day
or night from the street for emergency service and all other vehicles.
L.
All information and plans submitted with an application
for a limited frontage lot shall be drawn and endorsed by a registered
land surveyor and registered professional engineer.
M.
A copy of each application for a limited frontage
lot accompanied by all supporting documentation shall be forwarded
by the Building Inspector to the Community Planning Commission, the
Fire Department and the Police Department for review and recommendations;
said review and report to the Building Inspector to be made within
thirty (30) days of the date of referral. In the review process due
consideration shall be given to the following:
