Newton City Zoning Code
§ 320-7
T-3 Neighborhood Residential Zone.
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A.
T-3 purpose. The T-3 Transect Zone covers the majority of the single-family residential areas that span out from the downtown and neighborhood center areas. Minimum lot size is 9,000 square feet and minimum lot width is 72 feet.
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(1)
Parking shall be located at the second and third lot layers, except where the shape or size of the lot do not permit access to parking in the second and third lot layers as required in § 320-7C. In that case, parking may be permitted in the first lot layer at the discretion of the Planning Board.
(2)
The public frontage shall include native trees of various species, naturallistically clustered, as well as understory.
(3)
Allowed building types: single-family residential, duplex.
B.
T-3 bulk requirements.
Base Residential Density | By right | 4.84 units/acre (9,000 s.f. lot min.) |
Building Configuration | Principal building | 2 stories/35 feet maximum |
Accessory building | 2 stories/25 feet maximum | |
Lot Occupation | Lot width | 72 feet minimum |
Lot coverage | 60% max. | |
Building Disposition (§ 320-26B) | Edgeyard | Permitted |
Sideyard | Not permitted | |
Rearyard | Not permitted | |
Courtyard | Not permitted | |
Principal Building Setbacks | Front yard primary (g.1)1 | 35 feet minimum |
Front yard secondary (g.2)1 for corner lot | 35 feet minimum | |
Side yard (g.3)1 | 12 feet minimum | |
Rear yard (g.4)1 | 30 feet minimum | |
Frontage build-out | 40% minimum at setback | |
Accessory Building Setbacks | Front (h.1)1 | 20 feet minimum + principal bldg. setback |
Side yard (h.2)1 | 7 feet minimum | |
Rear yard (h.3)1 | 7 feet minimum | |
Private Frontages (§ 320-26A) | Common lawn | Permitted |
Porch and fence | Permitted | |
Terrace | Permitted | |
Forecourt | Permitted | |
Stoop | Permitted | |
Shopfront and awning | Not permitted | |
Gallery | Not permitted | |
Arcade | Not permitted | |
Civic Spaces (§ 320-26C) | Park | Permitted |
Green | Permitted | |
Square | Permitted | |
Plaza | Not permitted | |
Playground | Permitted |
NOTES: 1 See § 320-7C. |
C.
T-3 building configuration and height.
BUILDING CONFIGURATION 1. Building height shall be measured from the average elevation of the finished grade along the front of the building to the mean elevation of the roof surface. 2. Stories may not exceed 14 feet in height from finished floor to finished ceiling, except for a first floor commercial function which must be a minimum of 11 feet with a maximum of 24 feet. |  |
SETBACKS — PRINCIPAL BLDG 1. The facades and elevations of principal buildings shall be distanced from the lot lines as shown. 2. Facades shall be built along the principal frontage to the minimum specified width in the table. |  |
SETBACKS — OUTBUILDINGS 1. The elevation of the outbuilding shall be distanced from the lot lines as shown. |  |
PARKING PLACEMENT 1. Uncovered parking spaces may be provided within the second and third layer as shown in the diagram. 2. Covered parking shall be provided within the third layer as shown in the diagram. Side-or rear-entry garages may be allowed in the first or second layer at the discretion of the Planning Board. 3. Trash containers shall be stored within the third layer. |  |