In a Residence A-1 District as indicated by
the Building Zone Map, no building or other structure shall be erected,
altered or used and no land shall be used or occupied for any purpose
except one or more of the following:
A.
A one-family dwelling for one housekeeping unit only.
B.
The office of a physician, surgeon, dentist or lawyer
residing on the premises. No display, sign or other advertising device
shall be permitted except an interior illuminated, reflective or nonilluminated
professional nameplate having an area of not more than 144 square
inches.
C.
Town buildings, county, state and federal buildings,
playgrounds and parks and such accessory buildings as may be ordered
by the Board of Public Officers or Town officials having charge of
the land upon which such accessory buildings are or will be erected.
D.
Real estate signs having an area of not more than
six square feet advertising the sale, rental or lease of the premises
on which they are maintained.
E.
Cemeteries adjacent to or in extension of existing
cemeteries and crematories, provided that such crematories are situated
within cemeteries.
F.
Accessory uses customarily incident to any use or
building permitted by this section, provided that such use of buildings
shall not be offensive or dangerous to life by reason of health or
fire, and provided further that such accessory use shall not include
any activity conducted for gain. No advertising device, whether illuminated
or otherwise, shall be permitted in connection with such accessory
uses or building.
G.
The keeping and raising of poultry, livestock and
pigeons, whether raised for the table or other purposes, or other
like objectionable uses are prohibited.
H.
Private garages, provided that no business, service
or industry is conducted therefrom or therein. Not more than one motor
vehicle for each 5,000 square feet of lot area or fraction thereof
up to a limit of five vehicles per lot shall be permitted. Space for
motor vehicles shall not be used, leased or rented for commercial
vehicles. No commercial vehicles shall be parked on a lot in the open.
These space regulations shall apply to vehicles regularly left on
the lot, whether housed or in the open. The presence of more than
one unregistered vehicle is prohibited.[1]
A residence building shall not exceed 2 1/2
stories or more than 35 feet in height. Town buildings shall not exceed
50 feet in height. The height provisions shall not apply to chimneys
or flag or radio poles. An accessory building shall not exceed 1 1/2
stories or 25 feet in height.
A.
No part of any building shall be placed within 35
feet of any street line, and on a corner lot, except as otherwise
provided in this section, no part of any building shall be created
or altered so as to be less than 35 feet from any street line.
B.
No part of any garage or other accessory building
situated within 65 feet of any street line shall extend within 15
feet of any lot line intersecting such street which serves as a side
lot line located in any residence district or within 15 feet of any
street line. An accessory building shall be placed at least five feet
from any side lot line.
C.
On a corner lot, no part of any building shall be
erected or altered so as to be less than 30 feet from any street line.
D.
When a dwelling or its attached garage is to be erected
on a lot in a Residence A-1 District adjoining a business or industrial
district, the setback from the street line on which it faces need
not exceed 30 feet.
E.
Existing open porches which are 30 feet or more from
the street line may be enclosed.
[Amended 11-19-2018 by TOR 2018-14]
A.
Side yards. There shall be a side yard between a principal
building and each side lot line which shall be 15 feet wide in its
least dimension. Detached garages or accessory buildings shall be
placed at least five feet from a side lot line if located more than
65 feet from a street line.
B.
Rear yards.
(1)
There shall be a rear yard on every lot between the
principal building and the rear lot line. It shall be not less than
25 feet deep in its least dimension.
(2)
A one-story accessory building shall be placed at
least five feet from the rear lot line. A one-and-one-half-story accessory
building shall be placed at least 10 feet from the rear lot line.
No lot shall have a frontage of less than 125
feet on a street or an area of less than 17,000 square feet.
No principal building shall be erected or altered
so as to cover more than 30% of the area of the lot on which it is
located.
