A.
A single detached dwelling for one family and not
more than one such dwelling per lot.
B.
The letting of rooms and/or furnishing of board in
a dwelling unit to a total of not more than four persons, subject
to the following conditions:
(1)
The person or persons letting the rooms and/or furnishing
board shall reside in the dwelling unit.
(2)
When rooms are let, the dwelling unit shall contain
a minimum floor area of 200 square feet times the number of persons
to whom the rooms are let.
(3)
The letting of rooms shall not include the provision
of cooking facilities for such rooms but may include sharing of the
cooking facilities of the dwelling.
(4)
No accessory building shall be used for letting of
rooms or furnishing of board.
C.
Farms, nurseries, truck gardens, the keeping of livestock
and poultry and forestry, provided that any such use shall consist
of three acres or more, exclusive of any required lot area for a dwelling,
and provided further that any greenhouses incidental thereto and any
buildings in which livestock or poultry are kept are located not less
than 50 feet from any property or street line.
[Amended 10-15-2019]
(1)
On smaller parcels which do not qualify as a farm, as defined in § 383-26C, the keeping of no more than 20 chickens, similar poultry, rabbits or similar animals may be kept, provided that:
D.
The keeping and raising of one horse or pony for personal
or family purposes as a pet, on any lot having a minimum area of one
acre, and one additional horse or pony may be maintained on said lot
for each additional acre contained in said lot, all subject to the
following conditions:
(1)
Any horse or pony so maintained shall be kept in a
building or stable which shall be detached from the main building
on such lot and which shall be located at least 50 feet distant from
any property line and 100 feet distant from any well from which water
is taken for human consumption.
(2)
Stable manure shall be kept in a covered water-tight
pit or chamber and shall be removed at least once a week during the
period from May 1 to October 1 and during other months at intervals
sufficiently frequent to maintain a sanitary condition satisfactory
to the Director of Health.
E.
(Reserved)
F.
Conversion of dwellings existing on January 1, 1937,
so as to contain not more than two dwelling units, subject to the
following provisions:
(1)
Each dwelling unit shall contain not less than 900
square feet of floor area.
(2)
The dwelling shall be located on a lot having a minimum
area of 40,000 square feet, if serviced by city water; 60,000 square
feet if serviced by well. As used herein the term "city water" means
water service provided by the Regional Water Authority of South Central
Connecticut or its successors.
(3)
Separate cooking facilities and a separate bathroom
shall be provided within each dwelling unit.
(4)
There shall be no structural alteration of the dwelling
except to provide means of egress from each dwelling unit, and in
making changes in the exterior of the dwelling, the appearance and
character of a single family dwelling shall be preserved.
G.
Buildings, uses and facilities of the Town of Orange.
I.
Accessory uses customary with and incidental to any
aforesaid permitted use, subject to the following additional standards
and conditions:
(1)
The accessory use shall be located on the same lot
with the permitted use to which it is accessory.
(2)
Uses accessory to a dwelling may include off-street
parking spaces, swimming pools and pool houses, tennis and similar
court games facilities, boat houses, landings and docks, greenhouses,
shelter for horses and ponies, poultry and household pets and storage
facilities for personal goods, and solar and other renewable forms
of energy and energy conservation structures and buildings for such
uses, but only when such uses are for the personal and family use
of the occupants of the dwelling and their guests.
[Amended 5-23-2023]
(3)
Buildings and structures for uses accessory to a dwelling
or other permitted use but having no common wall with or otherwise
detached from the dwelling or any building for such use shall not
exceed a height of 15 feet nor an aggregate ground coverage of 300
square feet, provided however, that:
(a)
A larger ground coverage, and a height in excess of 15 feet, is permitted subject to approval of a special use in accordance with the provisions of Article XIV; and
[Amended 1-17-2012]
(b)
The ground coverage limitation shall not apply
to a one or two car garage accessory to a dwelling and having a coverage
of 675 square feet or less nor to unroofed swimming pools accessory
to a dwelling.
(4)
Off-street parking.
[Amended 12-7-2021]
(b)
Any such vehicle identified in § 383-26I(4)(a) must be owned and operated by a resident of the dwelling any may not exceed 7,500 pounds curb weight. Otherwise the parking or storage of vehicles so registered, and without limitation as to weight, is permitted on a lot in a Residence District only when accessory to the following:
(c)
The aforesaid provisions do not apply to vehicles
actually in use for bona fide construction, cultivation, maintenance
or delivery work on a lot in a Residence District.
(5)
No part of a lot located in a Residence District shall
be used for access to a use not permitted in such district.
(6)
No
part of a solar and other renewable forms of energy and energy conservation
structure shall be located in front of the primary structure or in
any area between a street line and the primary structure.
[Added 5-23-2023]
J.
A home occupation or home office which meets all of the following provisions shall be permitted as an accessory use subject to the issuance of a certificate of zoning compliance permit by the Zoning Enforcement Officer in accordance with §§ 383-2 through 383-11 of the Orange Zoning Regulations. It shall also conform to the following additional standards and conditions:
(1)
No person other than a resident of the dwelling unit
shall be engaged or employed in the home occupation or home office.
(2)
The delivery of goods or materials to the premises
other than documents, office supplies, paper products, shall not be
permitted. Delivery of goods for sale, assembly or repair is prohibited.
(3)
The sale of goods or materials from the premises shall
not be permitted except by telephone, mail, e-mail or internet.
(4)
There shall be no display of products or signs on
or about the premises.
(5)
The home occupation or home office shall not involve
the use of equipment other than that normally used for household,
domestic or general office purposes, such as a telephone, personal
computer or fax machine.
(6)
The home occupation or home office shall not be noticeable
from the exterior of the dwelling or change the exterior appearance
or the residential character of the dwelling.
(7)
There shall be no outside storage of any goods, materials,
equipment or supplies.
(8)
The home occupation or home office shall not create
any electrical, radio, television or similar interference.
(9)
Visits by clients, patrons and/or associates shall
not exceed that normally and reasonably occurring for a residence.
(10)
No vehicular traffic shall be generated by the
home occupation or home office in greater volume than would normally
and reasonably be expected in a residential neighborhood.
(11)
The aggregate floor area devoted to the home
occupation or home office shall not exceed 15% of the floor area of
the dwelling unit and shall not exceed 400 square feet.
(12)
The home occupation or home office shall not
be located within any accessory building.
(13)
Parking areas for home occupation or home office
or the general public shall not be permitted within the required front
yard, unless located in the driveway.
(14)
No more than one home office shall be permitted
within any dwelling unit.
(15)
The following uses, by their inherent nature
and intensity, shall not be considered home occupations or home offices
and shall not be permitted as such in the Residence (RES) Zone: barber
shops, beauty parlors, animal hospitals, dance studios, mortuaries,
restaurants, metal working, and automobile, boat or other vehicle
repair or painting, general construction, landscaping, medical profession.
K.
Temporary use of a dwelling as a model home or model
home with a sales office in newly constructed residential developments,
with sales offices limited to activity related to the marketing, sales
and closing of homes located within the subdivision, subject to the
following conditions:
[Added 9-5-2006]
(1)
It shal be permitted by site plan approval, in accordance with the requirements of Article XIII.
(2)
The Commission may permit the model home for a period
not to exceed one year. Upon request, the Commission may grant one
extension of such approval.
(3)
Application for a temporary permit for model home/sales
office shall not be made until the subdivision or site plan have been
approved by the Commission.
(4)
The model home/sales office shall be located where
the amount of traffic shall not have negative impacts upon existing
residential neighborhoods.
(5)
There shall be adequate off-street and/or on-street
parking to serve the model home/sales office.
(6)
The use of the model home/sales office shall cease
upon termination of the temporary permit, and the structure shall
be converted to use as a residential dwelling, with all necessary
modifications.
A.
The public sale and/or processing of produce, nursery and greenhouse stock and other agricultural products of and in connection with a farm, nursery, truck garden or forestry use by the operator thereof. Any such sale or processing lawfully existing on the effective date of this Subsection A and for which no special use has been approved by the Commission may be continued provided that within 180 days of such effective date the operator thereof shall have made good faith application to the Commission for a special use under these Regulations. No application fee is required for such pre-existing uses and the site plan and architectural plan submission requirements of §§ 383-133B and C are not applicable if no change in existing buildings and site development is proposed under the application.
B.
The following uses when conducted by a non-profit
corporation and not as a business for profit: churches and places
of worship; parish halls, public and parochial schools, libraries;
cemeteries; and educational, religious, philanthropic and charitable
institutions.
C.
The following uses when not conducted as a business
or for profit: membership clubs; lodges; community houses; and nature
preserves and wildlife sanctuaries.
D.
Public utility substations and telephone equipment
buildings provided that there is no outside service yard or outside
storage of supplies.
E.
Water supply reservoirs, wells, towers, pump stations,
storage facilities and treatment facilities.
F.
Buildings, uses and facilities of the State of Connecticut
or federal government.
G.
Railroad rights-of-way and passenger stations, including
customary accessory services therein but not including switching storage
sidings, freight yards or freight terminals.
H.
Equestrian clubs, including uses incidental and subordinate
to any aforesaid use provided such uses are located on the same lot
with the aforesaid use. Such uses may include, but are not limited
to, off-street parking and loading facilities, riding trails, facilities
for the stabling, boarding and care of horses, ring and facilities
for riding instruction and the training of horses, facilities for
spectator viewing of horses and horse shows, excluding facilities
for the sale of food and beverages.
J.
Golf course. Eighteen hole golf course, including
uses normally associated with, and incidental and subordinate to any
aforesaid use provided such uses are located on the same parcel or
parcels constituting the golf course. Said uses may include, but are
not limited to, a clubhouse, parking lot, support structures and amenities
necessary and normally associated with the use, management and maintenance
of an eighteen hole golf course or club. A golf course may be private
or open to the public.
L.
Child care and preschool development centers located
on Route 34, west of Route 15 -- Merritt Parkway, and situated on
not less than three acres of contiguous land.
M.
Conversion of a single-family dwelling to accommodate
elderly housing.
O.
Farm winery.
[Added 2-5-2019]
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Editor's Note: Former § 383-32,
Minimum floor area, was deleted 2-17-2004.
