Provide incentives to encourage the adaptive reuse of existing structures.

Allow and encourage a mixture of uses and mixed-use structures.

Accomplish and continue a sense of community.

Provide a walkable, pedestrian-friendly environment.

Respect and preserve unique natural features within the district.

Provide design regulations that encourage compatible building arrangements, bulk, form, character and landscaping to establish a livable, harmonious and diverse environment.

Discourage the demolition of existing structures that possess significant historic or other essential elements that contribute to the character of the district.

Create a small-town, historic-style business district that limits large scale out-of-character commercial developments.

Personal service shops.

Small retail shops.

Banks.

Mixed-use buildings.

Community facilities.

Second-floor multifamily dwelling units.

Professional offices.

Diners or small restaurants.

Churches.

Single-family residences.

Two-family residences.

Any permitted use in a new structure measuring between 10,000 and 30,000 square feet in gross area.

Expansions of existing structures requiring site plan approval that will result in a cumulative structure measuring between 10,000 and 30,000 square feet in gross area.

Drive-through establishments.

Multifamily dwelling units (maximum eight units/acre).

No building or buildings, exclusive of accessory buildings, porches, entries, garages and terraces, shall contain less than 800 square feet gross floor area. No building or buildings, exclusive of accessory buildings, porches, entries, garages and terraces, shall contain more than 10,000 square feet gross floor area, if used as a permitted use, nor more than 30,000 square feet gross floor area, if used as a special exception use.

Buildings used in whole or in part for residential purposes, exclusive of accessory buildings and exclusive of porches, entries, garages and terraces, shall contain no less than 900 square feet of usable living space if a one-story building used as a one-family dwelling, nor less than 600 square feet of usable first floor living space if more than one story, provided that no such building shall contain a total of less than 1,000 square feet of usable living space if used as a one-family dwelling; and provided, further, that no such building shall contain a total of less than 600 square feet of usable living space for each one-bedroom family unit or apartment, 720 square feet of usable living space for each two-bedroom family unit or apartment and 1,000 square feet of usable living space for each three-bedroom family unit or apartment.

Setbacks shall be as follows:

All new buildings shall adhere to these setback lines for required yard areas. The established build-to line is 10 feet. Where there is a preexisting building setback line established, principal structures may vary up to 35 feet from the established build-to line as measured from structures within 300 feet of the proposed building. In no case may the front yard setback for a principal structure exceed 45 feet from the front property line.

Balconies, stoops, stairs, chimneys, open porches, bay windows and raised doorways shall be permitted to extend within the minimum front setback, to a maximum of 12 feet. Open patios and decks in rear yard may extend up to 12 feet. In no case shall the encroachment enter a public highway right-of-way or property line.

Side yards that abut a public street shall be treated as described above. Hedges, garden walls or fences may be built on property lines or as a continuation of building walls. Buildings should avoid long monotonous, uninterrupted walls or roof planes. Blank, windowless walls are generally not allowed along street frontage.

The vertical distance from the mean elevation of the finished grade relative to the frontage street to the ridgeline of the structure.

Exceptions: roof equipment not intended for human occupancy and which is necessary to the structure upon which it is placed.

General.

Parking lots.

Architecture.

All buildings and impervious surfaces, including but not limited to parking areas and public or private drives may not cover more than 60% of a project site. Where a property owner has shared access and shared parking arrangements with adjoining property owners in perpetuity (for example: via a permanent easement recorded in the deed), the lot coverage requirements may be increased to 85% of the lot.

The Rural Neighborhood.