Residential Zoning Districts
The total square feet of all sides of the building from foundation to roof line, excluding eaves, gables and the garage door, times the percentages required as referred to above (eighty percent (80%), thirty-five percent (35%) or twenty percent (20%), shall equal the square feet of masonry required in each building. |
Community center. |
Church or other non-denominational place of worship. |
Day-care center. |
Group home. No group home shall be located within two thousand five hundred (2,500) feet of another group home. The exterior appearance of the home and property shall be in reasonable conformance with the general neighborhood standards. Group homes shall be eleemosynary or not-for-profit in nature. |
Hospital. |
Library. |
Liquor sales in conjunction with permitted uses and conditional uses. |
Museum. |
Nursing home facility. |
Private civic, fraternal or charitable club. |
Public building. |
Public park and playground. |
Recreation facility, public or private. |
School, college (other than public). |
Short term residental rentals. |
Utility facility. |
The Marsh Field Acres Preservation Overlay District is identified as all properties zoned "R-1" Single-Family Residential on both sides Marsh, Hilltop, Fairview and Field. |
Church or other non-denominational place of worship. |
Day care home under Section 400.450 herein. |
No-impact home-based business. |
Public school. |
Single-family dwelling. |
Day care center. |
Eleemosynary retirement complex. |
Multi-family dwellings. |
Public building. |
Recreation facility, public or private. |
School, college (other than public). |
Short term residential rentals. |
Two-family dwelling. |
Utility facility. |
All plans for screening these facilities shall be submitted to the Department of Planning and Community Development for review. No building permit or installation permit shall be issued until these plans have been approved by the Department of Planning and Community Development. |
Day care centers. | |
Golf courses which are illuminated and practice driving tees. Miniature golf courses are excluded. | |
Group homes. No group home shall be located within two thousand five hundred (2,500) feet of another group home. The exterior appearance of the home and property shall be in reasonable conformance with the general neighborhood standards. Group homes shall be eleemosynary or not-for-profit in nature. | |
Group living facilities providing a permanent residence for not more than nine (9) individuals, all over eighteen (18) years of age and who are ordained or hold a designated religious position with the same religious institution. | |
Hospitals and hospices. | |
Local public utility facilities over sixty (60) feet in height. | |
Nursing homes. | |
Police and fire stations. | |
Private not-for-profit clubs, private not-for-profit recreational land uses and community centers. | |
Public utility facilities. | |
Retreats owned and operated by religious, educational or other not-for-profit establishments. | |
Schools, public or private elementary, on a tract of land of at least three (3) acres but less than five (5) acres. | |
Sewage treatment facilities, other than facilities permitted as an accessory use. | |
Short term residential rentals. | |
Specialized private schools. |
Use | Minimum Area | |
|---|---|---|
Child care center | 30,000 square feet | |
Church | 3 acres | |
Dwelling, single-family | 15,000 square feet | |
Group living facilities for religious purposes | 15,000 square feet | |
Library | 1 acre | |
Group homes | 15,000 square feet | |
Local public utility facilities | 10,000 square feet | |
Mechanical sewage treatment facility | 15,000 square feet | |
Schools: | ||
Nursery or day nursery | 15,000 square feet | |
Kindergarten (separate) | 1 acre | |
Elementary (permitted use) | 5 acres | |
Elementary (conditional use) | 3 acres | |
Junior high | 10 acres | |
Senior high | 20 acres | |
Collegiate | 10 acres | |
Churches. | ||
Day care homes. | ||
Dwellings, multiple-family, row houses and other group-house arrangements of attached or detached buildings. | ||
Dwellings, single-family. | ||
Dwellings, two-family. | ||
Libraries, public or private not-for-profit. | ||
Local public utility facilities, sixty (60) feet or less in height, provided that any installation, other than poles and equipment attached to the poles, shall be: | ||
a. | Adequately screened with landscaping, fencing or walls or any combination thereof, or | |
b. | Placed underground, or | |
c. | Enclosed in a structure in such a manner so as to blend with and complement the character of the surrounding area. | |
All plans for screening these facilities shall be submitted to the Department of Planning and Community Development for review. No building permit or installation permit shall be issued until these plans have been approved by the Department of Planning and Community Development. | ||
No-impact home-based businesses. | ||
Parks, parkways and playgrounds, public or private not-for-profit. | ||
Police stations and fire stations. | ||
Schools, public or private kindergarten, secondary and collegiate. | ||
Schools, public or private elementary, on a tract of land of at least five (5) acres. | ||
Child care centers, nursery schools and day nurseries. | |
Dormitory or group living facilities for religious, educational or charitable purposes. | |
Golf courses. Miniature golf courses are excluded. | |
Group homes. No group home shall be located within two thousand five hundred (2,500) feet of another group home. The exterior appearance of the home and property shall be in reasonable conformance with the general neighborhood standards. Group homes shall be eleemosynary or not-for-profit in nature. | |
Hospitals and hospices. | |
Local public utility facilities over sixty (60) feet in height. | |
Nursing homes. | |
Parking lot, when adjacent to land in a "C" Commercial or "M" Industrial District and when parking is used with a commercial or industrial development. | |
Private not-for-profit clubs, private not-for-profit recreational land uses and community centers. | |
Public utility facilities. | |
Retreats owned and operated by religious, educational or other not-for-profit establishments. | |
Schools, public or private elementary, on a tract of land of at least three (3) acres but less than five (5) acres. | |
Sewage treatment facilities, other than facilities permitted as an accessory use. | |
Short term residential rentals. | |
Specialized private schools. |
Use | Minimum Area | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Child care center | 30,000 square feet | ||
Church | one-half (½) acre | ||
Dwelling, single-family | 4,500 square feet | ||
Dwelling, two-family | 4,500 square feet per unit | ||
Dwelling, three-family | 4,000 square feet per unit | ||
Dwelling, multiple-family | 4,000 square feet per unit | ||
Fire station | one-half (½) acre | ||
Group living facilities for religious purposes | 4,500 square feet | ||
Library | one-half (½) acre | ||
Local public utility facilities | 10,000 square feet | ||
Mechanical sewage treatment facility | 10,000 square feet | ||
Parking lot | 10,000 square feet | ||
Police station | 10,000 square feet | ||
Schools | |||
Nursery or day nursery | 15,000 square feet | ||
Kindergarten (separate) | 1 acre | ||
Elementary (permitted use) | 5 acres | ||
Elementary (conditional use) | 3 acres | ||
Junior high | 10 acres | ||
Senior high | 20 acres | ||
Collegiate | 10 acres | ||
Walls | Front | Side | Rear | Walls of Detached Accessory Buildings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Front | 50 feet plus additional 10 feet for each story over two stories | 30 feet except 20 feet if side wall has no windows | 100 feet | 30 feet |
Side | 30 feet except 20 feet if side wall has no windows | 20 feet | 30 feet | 10 feet |
Rear | 100 feet | 30 feet | 50 feet | 20 feet |
Any dimension given above shall include the side yard required for a single-family dwelling, when any described wall faces the side lot of any separately owned property, whether or not any structure is located on said property. |
Church. | |
Day care homes under Section 400.450 herein. | |
Dwellings, single-family. | |
No-impact home-based businesses. |
Devices for the generation of energy, such as solar panels, wind generators and similar devices. | |
Signs (directional and information). | |
Short term residential rentals. |
Churches. | ||
Commercial vegetable and flower gardening, as well as plant nurseries and greenhouses, but not including any structure used as a sales room. | ||
Dairy farming. | ||
Dwelling, single-family. | ||
Farming, including the cultivation and sale of any plant crops and domestic animals. | ||
Forests, wildlife reservations, as well as conservation projects. | ||
Hunting and fishing, as well as propagation of wildlife of any kind. | ||
Libraries, public or private not-for-profit. | ||
Local public utility facilities, provided that any installation, other than poles and equipment attached to the poles, shall be: | ||
a. | Adequately screened with landscaping, fencing or walls or any combination thereof, | |
b. | Placed underground, or | |
c. | Enclosed in a structure in such a manner so as to blend with and complement the character of the surrounding area. | |
All plans for screening these facilities shall be submitted to the Department of Planning and Community Development for review. No building permit or installation permit shall be issued until these plans have been approved by the Department of Planning and Community Development. | ||
Mausoleums or crematoriums in an existing cemetery, any other provision of the law notwithstanding, but no such structure shall be situated closer than one hundred (100) feet to any cemetery property line. | ||
No-impact home-based businesses. | ||
Parks, parkways and playgrounds, public or private not-for-profit. | ||
Schools, public or private kindergarten, elementary, secondary and collegiate. | ||
Administrative offices and educational facilities for religious purposes. |
Blacksmiths. |
Cell towers. |
Cemeteries, including mortuaries operated in conjunction with the cemetery. |
Child care centers, nursery schools and day nurseries. |
Clubs, private not-for-profit. |
Comprehensive marijuana cultivation facilities. |
Correctional institutions. |
Fairgrounds. |
Feed or grain storage, commercial or cooperative. |
Golf courses including practice driving tees, miniature golf courses and independent practice driving tees. |
Group homes. No group home shall be located within two thousand five hundred (2,500) feet of another group home. The exterior appearance of the home and property shall be in reasonable conformance with the general neighborhood standards. Group homes shall be eleemosynary or not-for-profit in nature. |
Local public utility facilities over sixty (60) feet in height. |
Medical Marijuana Cultivation Facility (indoor). |
Medical Marijuana Cultivation Facility (outdoor). |
Mortuaries. |
Mulching plants for trees, wood or wood waste, but not including any assembly or manufacture of a product. |
Nursing homes, but not including self-care units. |
Police and fire stations. |
Public utility facilities. |
Radio, television and communication transmitting, receiving or relay towers and facilities. |
Recreational camps and camping facilities. |
Recreational land uses, commercial or not-for-profit. |
Residential substance abuse treatment facilities. |
Retreats owned and operated by religious, educational or other not-for-profit establishments and religious convents. |
Riding stables, kennels and veterinary clinics. |
Rifle ranges, skeet shooting clubs and other activities featuring the use of firearms when all parts of these activities are located at least one hundred (100) feet from the boundaries of the property involved. |
Sales rooms, when established as an accessory use to commercial gardens, plant nurseries and greenhouses, for the sale of nursery products and related items for use in preserving the life and health of such products, hand tools and plant containers. The preceding items shall not include power-driven equipment, lawn and garden furniture nor decorative accessories, fencing; however, bulk sale of sand, gravel, mulch, railroad ties or similar materials may be permitted. The sales room may occupy all or a portion of a building. |
Satellite dishes. |
Sewage treatment facilities, other than facilities permitted as an accessory use. |
Short term residential rentals. |
Specialized private schools. |
Use | Minimum Area | |
|---|---|---|
Administrative offices and educational facilities—religious | 4 acres | |
Child care center | 3 acres | |
Church | 3 acres | |
Dwelling, single-family | 3 acres | |
Dwelling, single-family, earth sheltered | 3 acres | |
Group homes | 3 acres | |
Local public utility facilities | 10,000 square feet | |
Mechanical sewage treatment facility | 3 acres | |
Mortuary | Minimum area 3 acres (minimum of 200 feet on a State (M.H.T.D.) roadway and adjacent to existing commercial zoning district) | |
Residential substance abuse treatment facility | 3 acres (except 5 acres for a facility of more than 8 resident patients) | |
Schools | ||
Nursery or day nursery | 1 acre | |
Kindergarten (separate) | 3 acres | |
Primary | 5 acres | |
Junior high | 10 acres | |
Senior | 20 acres | |
Collegiate | 10 acres | |
Residential Zoning Districts
The total square feet of all sides of the building from foundation to roof line, excluding eaves, gables and the garage door, times the percentages required as referred to above (eighty percent (80%), thirty-five percent (35%) or twenty percent (20%), shall equal the square feet of masonry required in each building. |
Community center. |
Church or other non-denominational place of worship. |
Day-care center. |
Group home. No group home shall be located within two thousand five hundred (2,500) feet of another group home. The exterior appearance of the home and property shall be in reasonable conformance with the general neighborhood standards. Group homes shall be eleemosynary or not-for-profit in nature. |
Hospital. |
Library. |
Liquor sales in conjunction with permitted uses and conditional uses. |
Museum. |
Nursing home facility. |
Private civic, fraternal or charitable club. |
Public building. |
Public park and playground. |
Recreation facility, public or private. |
School, college (other than public). |
Short term residental rentals. |
Utility facility. |
The Marsh Field Acres Preservation Overlay District is identified as all properties zoned "R-1" Single-Family Residential on both sides Marsh, Hilltop, Fairview and Field. |
Church or other non-denominational place of worship. |
Day care home under Section 400.450 herein. |
No-impact home-based business. |
Public school. |
Single-family dwelling. |
Day care center. |
Eleemosynary retirement complex. |
Multi-family dwellings. |
Public building. |
Recreation facility, public or private. |
School, college (other than public). |
Short term residential rentals. |
Two-family dwelling. |
Utility facility. |
All plans for screening these facilities shall be submitted to the Department of Planning and Community Development for review. No building permit or installation permit shall be issued until these plans have been approved by the Department of Planning and Community Development. |
Day care centers. | |
Golf courses which are illuminated and practice driving tees. Miniature golf courses are excluded. | |
Group homes. No group home shall be located within two thousand five hundred (2,500) feet of another group home. The exterior appearance of the home and property shall be in reasonable conformance with the general neighborhood standards. Group homes shall be eleemosynary or not-for-profit in nature. | |
Group living facilities providing a permanent residence for not more than nine (9) individuals, all over eighteen (18) years of age and who are ordained or hold a designated religious position with the same religious institution. | |
Hospitals and hospices. | |
Local public utility facilities over sixty (60) feet in height. | |
Nursing homes. | |
Police and fire stations. | |
Private not-for-profit clubs, private not-for-profit recreational land uses and community centers. | |
Public utility facilities. | |
Retreats owned and operated by religious, educational or other not-for-profit establishments. | |
Schools, public or private elementary, on a tract of land of at least three (3) acres but less than five (5) acres. | |
Sewage treatment facilities, other than facilities permitted as an accessory use. | |
Short term residential rentals. | |
Specialized private schools. |
Use | Minimum Area | |
|---|---|---|
Child care center | 30,000 square feet | |
Church | 3 acres | |
Dwelling, single-family | 15,000 square feet | |
Group living facilities for religious purposes | 15,000 square feet | |
Library | 1 acre | |
Group homes | 15,000 square feet | |
Local public utility facilities | 10,000 square feet | |
Mechanical sewage treatment facility | 15,000 square feet | |
Schools: | ||
Nursery or day nursery | 15,000 square feet | |
Kindergarten (separate) | 1 acre | |
Elementary (permitted use) | 5 acres | |
Elementary (conditional use) | 3 acres | |
Junior high | 10 acres | |
Senior high | 20 acres | |
Collegiate | 10 acres | |
Churches. | ||
Day care homes. | ||
Dwellings, multiple-family, row houses and other group-house arrangements of attached or detached buildings. | ||
Dwellings, single-family. | ||
Dwellings, two-family. | ||
Libraries, public or private not-for-profit. | ||
Local public utility facilities, sixty (60) feet or less in height, provided that any installation, other than poles and equipment attached to the poles, shall be: | ||
a. | Adequately screened with landscaping, fencing or walls or any combination thereof, or | |
b. | Placed underground, or | |
c. | Enclosed in a structure in such a manner so as to blend with and complement the character of the surrounding area. | |
All plans for screening these facilities shall be submitted to the Department of Planning and Community Development for review. No building permit or installation permit shall be issued until these plans have been approved by the Department of Planning and Community Development. | ||
No-impact home-based businesses. | ||
Parks, parkways and playgrounds, public or private not-for-profit. | ||
Police stations and fire stations. | ||
Schools, public or private kindergarten, secondary and collegiate. | ||
Schools, public or private elementary, on a tract of land of at least five (5) acres. | ||
Child care centers, nursery schools and day nurseries. | |
Dormitory or group living facilities for religious, educational or charitable purposes. | |
Golf courses. Miniature golf courses are excluded. | |
Group homes. No group home shall be located within two thousand five hundred (2,500) feet of another group home. The exterior appearance of the home and property shall be in reasonable conformance with the general neighborhood standards. Group homes shall be eleemosynary or not-for-profit in nature. | |
Hospitals and hospices. | |
Local public utility facilities over sixty (60) feet in height. | |
Nursing homes. | |
Parking lot, when adjacent to land in a "C" Commercial or "M" Industrial District and when parking is used with a commercial or industrial development. | |
Private not-for-profit clubs, private not-for-profit recreational land uses and community centers. | |
Public utility facilities. | |
Retreats owned and operated by religious, educational or other not-for-profit establishments. | |
Schools, public or private elementary, on a tract of land of at least three (3) acres but less than five (5) acres. | |
Sewage treatment facilities, other than facilities permitted as an accessory use. | |
Short term residential rentals. | |
Specialized private schools. |
Use | Minimum Area | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Child care center | 30,000 square feet | ||
Church | one-half (½) acre | ||
Dwelling, single-family | 4,500 square feet | ||
Dwelling, two-family | 4,500 square feet per unit | ||
Dwelling, three-family | 4,000 square feet per unit | ||
Dwelling, multiple-family | 4,000 square feet per unit | ||
Fire station | one-half (½) acre | ||
Group living facilities for religious purposes | 4,500 square feet | ||
Library | one-half (½) acre | ||
Local public utility facilities | 10,000 square feet | ||
Mechanical sewage treatment facility | 10,000 square feet | ||
Parking lot | 10,000 square feet | ||
Police station | 10,000 square feet | ||
Schools | |||
Nursery or day nursery | 15,000 square feet | ||
Kindergarten (separate) | 1 acre | ||
Elementary (permitted use) | 5 acres | ||
Elementary (conditional use) | 3 acres | ||
Junior high | 10 acres | ||
Senior high | 20 acres | ||
Collegiate | 10 acres | ||
Walls | Front | Side | Rear | Walls of Detached Accessory Buildings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Front | 50 feet plus additional 10 feet for each story over two stories | 30 feet except 20 feet if side wall has no windows | 100 feet | 30 feet |
Side | 30 feet except 20 feet if side wall has no windows | 20 feet | 30 feet | 10 feet |
Rear | 100 feet | 30 feet | 50 feet | 20 feet |
Any dimension given above shall include the side yard required for a single-family dwelling, when any described wall faces the side lot of any separately owned property, whether or not any structure is located on said property. |
Church. | |
Day care homes under Section 400.450 herein. | |
Dwellings, single-family. | |
No-impact home-based businesses. |
Devices for the generation of energy, such as solar panels, wind generators and similar devices. | |
Signs (directional and information). | |
Short term residential rentals. |
Churches. | ||
Commercial vegetable and flower gardening, as well as plant nurseries and greenhouses, but not including any structure used as a sales room. | ||
Dairy farming. | ||
Dwelling, single-family. | ||
Farming, including the cultivation and sale of any plant crops and domestic animals. | ||
Forests, wildlife reservations, as well as conservation projects. | ||
Hunting and fishing, as well as propagation of wildlife of any kind. | ||
Libraries, public or private not-for-profit. | ||
Local public utility facilities, provided that any installation, other than poles and equipment attached to the poles, shall be: | ||
a. | Adequately screened with landscaping, fencing or walls or any combination thereof, | |
b. | Placed underground, or | |
c. | Enclosed in a structure in such a manner so as to blend with and complement the character of the surrounding area. | |
All plans for screening these facilities shall be submitted to the Department of Planning and Community Development for review. No building permit or installation permit shall be issued until these plans have been approved by the Department of Planning and Community Development. | ||
Mausoleums or crematoriums in an existing cemetery, any other provision of the law notwithstanding, but no such structure shall be situated closer than one hundred (100) feet to any cemetery property line. | ||
No-impact home-based businesses. | ||
Parks, parkways and playgrounds, public or private not-for-profit. | ||
Schools, public or private kindergarten, elementary, secondary and collegiate. | ||
Administrative offices and educational facilities for religious purposes. |
Blacksmiths. |
Cell towers. |
Cemeteries, including mortuaries operated in conjunction with the cemetery. |
Child care centers, nursery schools and day nurseries. |
Clubs, private not-for-profit. |
Comprehensive marijuana cultivation facilities. |
Correctional institutions. |
Fairgrounds. |
Feed or grain storage, commercial or cooperative. |
Golf courses including practice driving tees, miniature golf courses and independent practice driving tees. |
Group homes. No group home shall be located within two thousand five hundred (2,500) feet of another group home. The exterior appearance of the home and property shall be in reasonable conformance with the general neighborhood standards. Group homes shall be eleemosynary or not-for-profit in nature. |
Local public utility facilities over sixty (60) feet in height. |
Medical Marijuana Cultivation Facility (indoor). |
Medical Marijuana Cultivation Facility (outdoor). |
Mortuaries. |
Mulching plants for trees, wood or wood waste, but not including any assembly or manufacture of a product. |
Nursing homes, but not including self-care units. |
Police and fire stations. |
Public utility facilities. |
Radio, television and communication transmitting, receiving or relay towers and facilities. |
Recreational camps and camping facilities. |
Recreational land uses, commercial or not-for-profit. |
Residential substance abuse treatment facilities. |
Retreats owned and operated by religious, educational or other not-for-profit establishments and religious convents. |
Riding stables, kennels and veterinary clinics. |
Rifle ranges, skeet shooting clubs and other activities featuring the use of firearms when all parts of these activities are located at least one hundred (100) feet from the boundaries of the property involved. |
Sales rooms, when established as an accessory use to commercial gardens, plant nurseries and greenhouses, for the sale of nursery products and related items for use in preserving the life and health of such products, hand tools and plant containers. The preceding items shall not include power-driven equipment, lawn and garden furniture nor decorative accessories, fencing; however, bulk sale of sand, gravel, mulch, railroad ties or similar materials may be permitted. The sales room may occupy all or a portion of a building. |
Satellite dishes. |
Sewage treatment facilities, other than facilities permitted as an accessory use. |
Short term residential rentals. |
Specialized private schools. |
Use | Minimum Area | |
|---|---|---|
Administrative offices and educational facilities—religious | 4 acres | |
Child care center | 3 acres | |
Church | 3 acres | |
Dwelling, single-family | 3 acres | |
Dwelling, single-family, earth sheltered | 3 acres | |
Group homes | 3 acres | |
Local public utility facilities | 10,000 square feet | |
Mechanical sewage treatment facility | 3 acres | |
Mortuary | Minimum area 3 acres (minimum of 200 feet on a State (M.H.T.D.) roadway and adjacent to existing commercial zoning district) | |
Residential substance abuse treatment facility | 3 acres (except 5 acres for a facility of more than 8 resident patients) | |
Schools | ||
Nursery or day nursery | 1 acre | |
Kindergarten (separate) | 3 acres | |
Primary | 5 acres | |
Junior high | 10 acres | |
Senior | 20 acres | |
Collegiate | 10 acres | |