A.

Purpose

The R-SC District is established to provide the opportunity for clustering of single-family detached and attached dwellings to promote sensitive use for the land as well as to provide compatibility with other residential districts.

B.

Uses Permitted as a Matter of Right

1.

One single-family detached dwelling unit per lot.

2.

One zero lot line dwelling unit per lot.

3.

Single-family attached dwelling units.

4.

Farming, provided that on a residential lot or parcel of less than 40,000 square feet no livestock shall be permitted. However, residential chicken keeping is allowed as noted in Section 128.0.D.

5.

Conservation areas, including wildlife and forest preserves, environmental management areas, reforestation areas, and similar uses.

6.

Convents and monasteries used for residential purposes.

7.

Government structures, facilities and uses, including public schools and colleges.

8.

Private recreational facilities, such as swimming pools, basketball courts and tennis courts, reserved for the use of on-site residents and their guests. Such facilities may be located within condominium developments as well as within communities where all properties are included within recorded covenants and liens which govern and provide financial support for operations of the facilities.

9.

Carnivals and fairs sponsored by and operated on a nonprofit basis for the benefit of charitable, social, civic or educational organizations, subject to the requirements of Section 128.0.D.

10.

Seasonal sales of Christmas trees or other decorative plant materials, subject to the requirements of Section 128.0.D.

11.

Underground pipelines; electric transmission and distribution lines; telephone, telegraph and CATV lines; mobile transformer units; telephone equipment boxes; and other similar public utility uses not requiring a Conditional Use.

12.

Commercial communication antennas attached to structures, subject to the requirements of Section 128.0.E.4. Commercial communication towers located on government property, excluding School Board property, and with a height of less than 200 feet measured from ground level, subject to the requirements of Section 128.0.E.2 and 128.0.E.3. This height limit does not apply to government communication towers, which are permitted as a matter of right under the provisions for "Government structures, facilities and uses."

13.

Volunteer fire departments.

14.

Rooftop solar collectors.

(Bill No. 17-2021(ZRA-197), § 1, 5-6-2021)

C.

Accessory Uses

The following are permitted accessory uses in the R-SC District. More than one accessory use shall be permitted on a lot, provided that the combination of accessory uses remains secondary, incidental and subordinate to the principal use.

1.

Any use normally and customarily incidental to any use permitted as a matter of right in this District. Accessory structures are subject to the requirements for Section 128.0.A.

2.

Accessory apartments, subject to the requirements of Section 128.0.A., provided that:

a.

The area of the lot is at least 12,000 square feet;

b.

Except for an exterior entrance and necessary parking area, there shall be no external evidence of the accessory apartment; and,

c.

The accessory apartment shall have no more than two bedrooms.

3.

Farm tenant houses, caretakers' cottages and similar uses customarily accessory to agricultural and residential estate uses, provided that these uses shall not be permitted on parcels of less than 50 acres, and further provided that one unit shall be allowed for each 50 acres of that parcel.

4.

The housing by a resident family of:

a.

Not more than four non-transient roomers or boarders; or

b.

Not more than eight mentally and/or physically disabled persons or persons 62 years of age or older, provided the use is registered, licensed or certified by the State of Maryland; or

c.

A combination of a and b above, provided that the total number of persons housed in addition to the resident family does not exceed eight.

5.

Home occupations, subject to the requirements of Section 128.0.C.

6.

Home care, provided that if home care is combined with housing of mentally or physically disabled persons or persons 62 years of age or older, as allowed by Subsection 4.b above, the total number of persons receiving home care at any one time plus the number of persons being housed shall not exceed eight.

7.

Parking:

a.

Off-street parking of no more than two commercial vehicles on lots of three or more acres and no more than one commercial vehicle on lots of less than three acres. Private off-street parking is restricted to vehicles used in connection with or in relation to a principal use permitted as a matter of right in the district.

b.

Off-street parking or storage of unregistered, inoperable, wrecked, dismantled or destroyed motor vehicles shall not be permitted, except as provided by Section 128.0.D.

8.

Storage of recreational vehicles or boats, provided that on lots of 20,000 square feet or smaller, such storage shall be limited to the following:

a.

One recreational vehicle with a length of 30 feet or less; and

b.

One boat with a length of 20 feet or less.

9.

Farm stand, subject to the requirements of Section 128.0.I.

10.

Small Wind Energy System, building mounted, on single-family detached dwellings and non-residential structures only, subject to the requirements of Section 128.0.L.

11.

Snowball stands, subject to the requirements of Section 128.0.D.

12.

Accessory ground-mount solar collectors.

13.

Residential chicken keeping, subject to the requirements of Section 128.0.D.

(Bill No. 17-2021(ZRA-197), § 1, 5-6-2021)

D.

Bulk Regulations

(Also see Section 128.0.A, Supplementary Bulk Regulations, and 128.0.G, Alternative Regulations for Traditional Residential Neighborhoods.)

1.

The following maximum limitations shall apply:

a.

Height

(1)

Principal structure .....34 feet

However, the maximum height for single-family attached dwellings with gable, hip or gambrel roofs shall be .....40 feet

(2)

Accessory structures .....15 feet

b.

Lot coverage for structures within single-family attached projects developed with one dwelling unit per lot .....60%

c.

Density .....4.0
dwelling units per net acre

d.

Units per structure—single-family attached dwelling
units .....8 units
per structure

e.

Building length—single-family attached .....120 feet

However, the Director of the Department of Planning and Zoning may approve a greater length, up to a maximum of 200 feet, based on a determination that the design of the building will mitigate the visual impact of the increased length.

2.

Minimum lot size—single-family detached dwellings .....6,000 sq. ft.

3.

Minimum lot width at building restriction line single-family detached dwellings .....60 feet

4.

Minimum setback requirements

a.

From arterial or collector public street right-of-way

(1)

Structures

(a)

Front or side .....30 feet

(b)

Rear

(i)

Accessory structures on single-family detached lot .....10 feet

(ii)

Other .....50 feet

(2)

Uses (other than structures) in all development projects except single-family detached .....30 feet

b.

From other public street right-of-way

(1)

Structures

(a)

Front or side .....20 feet

(b)

Rear

(i)

Accessory structures on single-family detached lot .....10 feet

(ii)

Other .....40 feet

(2)

Uses (other than structures) excluding uses in single-family detached development projects and parking for single-family attached dwellings .....20 feet

c.

From vicinal properties—for all structures and uses in single-family attached development projects

(1)

From an RC, RR, R-ED, R-20, or R-12 District or a single-family detached area of a PGCC, NT or MXD District

(a)

Dwellings .....75 feet

(b)

Other structures and uses .....50 feet

(2)

From any other zoning district or, if land adjacent to project is zoned R-SC, from the project boundary

(a)

Dwellings .....50 feet

(b)

Other structures and uses .....20 feet

(3)

If another residential zoning district is separated from the R-SC District by a public street, only the setbacks from the public street right-of-way apply.

d.

From lot lines

(1)

Structures in all development projects except single-family attached

(a)

Front .....20 feet

(b)

Side

(i)

Development other than zero lot line .....7.5 feet

(ii)

Zero lot line development .....0 feet

A minimum of 15 feet must be provided between residential structures

(c)

Rear

(i)

Principal structure .....30 feet

(ii)

Accessory structure .....10 feet

(2)

Uses (other than structures) in all development projects except single-family detached or attached .....20 feet

5.

Minimum distances between single-family attached buildings, or between single-family attached buildings and single-family detached dwellings:

a.

Face to face .....30 feet

b.

Face to side/Rear to side .....30 feet

c.

Side to side .....15 feet

d.

Rear to rear .....60 feet

e.

Rear to face .....100 feet

E.

Moderate Income Housing Units

At least 10% of the dwellings in each R-SC development shall be Moderate Income Housing Units. Multi-plex units that are comparable in size to surrounding dwellings are permitted on a single-family detached lot.

F.

Density Exchange for Neighborhood Preservation Parcels

Sending parcel for Neighborhood Preservation:

A parcel qualifying with the criteria for residential infill development as defined in Section 16.108(b) of the Subdivision and Land Development Regulations or parcels principally used for a Swimming Pool, Community, as defined in of the Zoning Regulations may be sending parcels for neighborhood preservation in accordance with the requirements of Section 128.0.K of the Zoning Regulations.

Receiving Parcel for Neighborhood Preservation:

A parcel may be developed as a receiving parcel in association with Neighborhood Preservation Parcel sending parcels at a bonus of up to 10% more dwelling units than would be achievable based on net density of 3 dwelling units per net acre, in accordance with Section 128.0.K requirements.

G.

Other Provisions

1.

On a lot or group of contiguous lots in the R-SC District with a combined total lot area of less than 100,000 square feet, uses permitted in the R-12 District may be developed pursuant to the bulk regulations and other provisions of the R-12 District.

2.

A zero lot line dwelling unit may be located on the property line provided that no part of the building shall protrude onto the adjoining lot, and provided that at the time of recordation of the Final Subdivision Plan, easements shall be recorded to permit access to the adjoining lot for purposes of maintenance to the side of any zero lot line dwelling which faces a side yard of less than seven and one-half feet. Further, a maintenance agreement shall be included in the deed where appropriate.

H.

Conditional Uses

Conditional Uses in the R-SC District are subject to the detailed requirements for Conditional Uses given in Section 131.0. For the list of permitted Conditional Uses, refer to the chart in Section 131.0.