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Raymond City Zoning Code

ARTICLE 15

Area and Dimensional Requirements and Associated Notes

§ 197-15.1 Proposed Area and Dimensional Requirements Table.

Zone
Minimum Lot Size Requirements
Minimum Frontage Requirements
(feet)
Minimum Setback Requirements
(feet)
Square Feet
Acreage
Front
Sides
Rear
A (serviced by Town water)
40,000
0.92
100
25
10
10
A (not serviced by Town water)
87,120
2.0
200
30
30
30
B
87,120
2.0
200
30
30
30
C.1
21,780
0.5
50
15
15
15
C.2
21,780
0.5
50
15
15
15
C.3 (non-residential development) (03/2018)
21,780
0.5
50
15
15
15
C.3 (single-family residential)
65,340
1.5
150
25
25
25
C.3 (two-family residential)
(15.1.1)
65,340
1.5
150
25
25
25
C.3 (multifamily residential)
(15.1.2)
217,800
5.0
200
25
25
25
D
21,780
0.5
50
15
15
15
E
87,120
2.0
200
50
50
50
F
N/A
N/A
N/A
50
50
50
G
*
*
*
*
*
*
Note:
*
Refer to § 197-15.3, Special requirements in Zone G. (03/2024)
15.1.1. 
Provisions of § 197-6.4 shall be utilized in the design and review of these developments as proposed in the C.3 District as if it were Zone A.
15.1.2. 
Density and area for multifamily dwellings shall be determined in accordance with § 197-6.5 and Subsection 6.5.8.

§ 197-15.2 Notes to area and dimensional requirements.

15.2.1. 
Excepted from this requirement are all buildings on any pre-existing lot in Zone B, C, D or E or less than two acres, which shall require setbacks of 25 feet from all property lines.
15.2.2. 
Accessory buildings 144 square feet or smaller shall be permitted no closer than 25 feet to side property lines. Larger accessory buildings shall be permitted no closer than 30 feet to the side property lines. (03/2016)
15.2.3. 
All existing lots of 1/3 acre (14,520 square feet) or less shall meet the setback requirements of Zone A.
15.2.4. 
No new buildings may be erected or established on any lot within the Town of Raymond which does not meet the requirements for lot size specified herein: Only one principal building will be permitted on any one lot except in Zone C.1, C.2 or C.3 Commercial and Zone D Industrial, where more than one principal building will be permitted per lot. Within the C.3 District, however, single-family detached dwelling and dwelling-two-family unit developments will be limited to one principal building per lot. (03/2016)
15.2.5. 
Frontage for wedge-shaped lots, on the outside of a curving street, may have 2/3 of the otherwise required frontage, only if their average width meets frontage requirements normally used.
15.2.6. 
Any residential structure proposed for location within a Commercial (C.1 and C.2) or Industrial Zone (D) shall require a minimum setback of 100 feet, or, in the alternative, 50 feet, inclusive of a minimum of 20 feet of dense vegetative buffer and a fence of a type designed to shield the residential structures from light and noise generated by a commercial or industrial use. Security apartments which are accessory to any commercial or industrial use shall not be affected by this section. (03/2002)
15.2.7. 
Any commercial or industrial structure which is proposed to be located abutting a residential zone, or in C.2 only, an existing residential use, shall require a minimum setback of 50 feet, which shall include a twenty-foot dense vegetative buffer and a fence to shield the residential zone, or in C.2 only, an existing residential use, from light and noise generated by the commercial or industrial structure. If the entire fifty-foot buffer is developed and maintained as dense vegetative buffer, a fence is not required. (03/2002)
15.2.8. 
All proposed commercial and industrial uses shall meet the performance standards contained in the Raymond Site Plan Review Regulations. (03/1994)
15.2.9. 
Zones A, B & E, including all residential overlay zones, shall not include the use of Zone G land in determining the maximum number of units or lots being developed. (03/2010)
15.2.10. 
Within the C.3 District, the setbacks reflected in Subsection 15.1.3 are superseded by § 197-4.5, Subsections 4.5.2.2 and 4.5.2.6, as applicable.
15.2.11. 
Lots in Zone A and Zone B, which become serviced by Town water, will become eligible for a reduction of 50% of the required lot area, except for any lot for a "dwelling, two-family unit" in Zone A.

§ 197-15.3 Special requirements in Zone G.

All lots containing Zone G (Conservation District) land must meet the following dimensional and space requirements: (03/2010)
15.3.1. 
Minimum usable area calculations shall require a minimum 20,000 contiguous square feet of non-Zone G land in Zone A, and a minimum of 40,000 contiguous square feet of non-Zone G land in Zone B within which there exists a developable area of either a 110 feet by 110 feet square, 125 feet diameter circle, 180 feet equilateral triangle.
15.3.2. 
All lots containing Zone G land shall comply with the frontage and setback requirements of the underlying zone as set forth in § 197-15.1 and shall have minimum wetland setbacks of 75 feet, except a minimum wetland setback of 25 feet shall apply to lots that contain an approved structure with a drinking well or municipal water hookup and an approved working septic system on record at date of adoption on record as of March 14, 2023. (03/2023)

§ 197-15.4 Setbacks and No Clearing Buffer Zones table.

Item
Wetlands
Ponds, Streams
Vernal Pools
Lamprey & Exeter Rivers1
Manufactured Home Park2
C3 Mixed Use Commercial3
Conservation Development4
C1 C2 Industrial5
Zone G6, 7
Exterior Parcel Boundaries7
50 feet or 100 feet
20 feet
N/A
Roads7
N/A
Structures7
50 feet
or
100 feet
50 feet
or
100 feet
N/A
Septic Systems
75 feet
75 feet
75 feet
75 feet
75 feet
75 feet
75 feet
75 feet
N/A
Wells
75 feet
75 feet
75 feet
75 feet
75 feet
75 feet
75 feet
75 feet
N/A
No Clearing Buffer Zone
100 feet
Note 3
Item
Wetlands
Ponds, Streams
Vernal Pools
Lamprey & Exeter Rivers1
Manufactured Home Park2
C3 Mixed Use Commercial3
Conservation Development4
C1 C2 Industrial5
Zone G6, 7
Exterior Parcel Boundaries7
50 feet or 100 feet
20 feet
N/A
Roads7
N/A
Structures7
50 feet
or
100 feet
50 feet
or
100 feet
N/A
Septic Systems
75 feet
75 feet
75 feet
75 feet
75 feet
75 feet
75 feet
75 feet
N/A
Wells
75 feet
75 feet
75 feet
75 feet
75 feet
75 feet
75 feet
75 feet
N/A
No Clearing Buffer Zone
100 feet
Note 3
(03/2025)