Seymour City Zoning Code

DENSITY, INTENSITY

AND DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS

§ 157.070 DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS TABLES.

(A) Residential districts.

(1) Minimum standards for conventional subdivisions and infill development. Development in residential districts shall comply with the standards set forth on the following table.

Residential Dimensional and Intensity Standards Permitted Uses

District	Use	Maximum density	Minimum lot area	Minimum lot width	Front	Side	Rear	Maximum height	Maximum lot coverage
All R	Institutional	NA	10,000	100 feet	See § 157.085	10% of width	20 feet	35 feet	50%%
RS	Rasing of crops	NA	3 acres	150 feet	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
	Farm building	NA	3 acres	150 feet	See § 157.085	10% of width	50 feet	50 feet	30%
	One-family dwelling
	With sewers	3 unites per acre	15,000 square feet	100 feet	See § 157.085	10% of width	20 feet	35 feet	50%
	Without sewers	1 unit per acre	1 square acre	150 feet	See § 157.085	10% of width	20 feet	35 feet	50%
RS-1	One-family dwelling	4 units per acre	10,000 square feet	80 feet	See § 157.085	10% of width	20 feet	35 feet	50%
R-1	One-family dwelling	NA	6,000 square feet	50 feet	See § 157.085	10% of width	20 feet	35 feet	60%

District	Use	Maximum density	Minimum lot area	Minimum lot width	Front	Side	Rear	Maximum height	Maximum lot coverage
R-2	Multi-family dwelling	15 units per acre	10,000 square feet	100 feet	See § 157.085	10% of width (5 feet mini mum)	10 feet	35 feet	50%
R-3	One-family dwelling	NA	5,000 square feet	40 feet	See § 157.085	10%	10 feet	35 feet	60%
	Two-family dwelling	2,500 square feet per unit	5,000 square feet	50 feet	See § 157.085	10% of width	10 feet	35 feet	60%
	Multi-family dwelling or townhouse	20 units per acre	10,000 square feet	75 feet	See § 157.085	10 feet	20 feet	35 feet	60%
R-4	Manufactured home (See § 157.087)	9 units per acre	5 acres	300 feet for park	30 feet for park	25 feet for park	25 feet	15 feet	50%
		9 units per acre	5 acres	75 feet for unit	10 feet for unit	5 feet for unit	25 feet	15 feet	50%

(2) Bonuses. For subdivisions meeting the requirements of §§ 156.60 through 156.63, the Plan Commission may, as part of the subdivision approval, permit reduced lot sizes and setbacks as indicated on the following table (Minimum area width bonus for qualifying), provided that the overall density does not exceed the amount shown on the previous table (Residential dimensional and intensity standards permitted uses).

Minimum Area Width Bonus for Qualifying

District	Use	Front setback	Side setback	Minimum lot area	Minimum lot width
RS	One-family dwelling	15 feet	20 feet	8,000 square feet	75 feet
	One-family dwelling without sewers	No change	No change	20,000 square feet1	100 feet
RS -1	One-family dwelling	15 feet	15 feet	6,000 square feet	60 feet
R-2	One-family dwelling, townhouse	12 feet	2 feet	No change	No change
R-3	One-family dwelling. townhouse	12 feet	2 feet	No change	No change

1 The reduced lot size available only for subdivisions with qualifying sewage disposal systems, such as constructed wetlands or community subsurface disposal systems.

2 One side only

(B) Commercial districts.

Commercial Dimensional and Intensity Standards

District	Minimum lot area (square feet)	Minimum lot width (feet)	Maximum height (feet)	Minimum front setback (feet)	Minimum side setback (feet)	Minimum rear setback (feet)
C-1	10,000	100	35	See § 157.085	0	5
C-2	10,000	100	45 *	See § 157.085	0	5
C-3	10,000	100	45 *	See § 157.085	10	5
C-4	4,000	50	100	0	0	5
C-5	15,000	150	45 *	See § 157.085	20	10

* Unless within 200 feet of a residential zone 3.

Industrial Dimensional and Intensity Standards

District	Minimum lot area (square feet)	Minimum lot width (feet)	Maximum height (feet)	Minimum front setback (feet)	Minimum side setback (feet)	Minimum rear setback (feet)
I-1	20000	200	35	75	30	30
I-2	40000	400	50	75	30	30
I-31	10 acres for park	400 for park	50	50	30	30

1 Within the industrial park, lot sizes and widths shall be those approved by the Plan Commission as part of the development plan required under § 157.054.

(Ord. 17-2006, passed 11-27-2006)

§ 157.071 MEASUREMENTS.

(A) Percentages and fractions. When a measurement results in a fractional number or percentage, any fraction of 1/2 or less shall be rounded down to the next lower whole number and any fraction of more than 1/2 shall be rounded up to the next higher whole number. Any percentage of .5 or greater shall be rounded up to the next higher whole number and any percentage less than .5 shall be rounded down to the next lower whole number.

(B) Distances.

(1) When a minimum distance between buildings or uses is specified, such distance shall be measured in a straight line without regard to intervening structures or objects, between the two closest lot lines of the properties in question.

(2) The distance between signs is measured between signs on the along the centerline of the road to which the sign is oriented.

(C) Lot area. The lot area is the total area within the lot lines of a lot, excluding any street right-of-way but including any water features such as lakes, ponds, or streams.

(D) Sign area.

(1) For individual signs, the area of a sign face shall be measured by the smallest square, circle, rectangle, or combination thereof that will encompass the entire sign area.

(2) For multi-faced signs, the area shall be computed by adding together the area of all sign faces visible from any one point at the same time. When two identical sign faces are placed back-to-back so that only one face is visible from an point at any time, and when such sign faces are part of the same sign structure and are not more than 42 inches apart, only one of the faces shall be counted toward the sign area.

(3) The total area of signs permitted on a lot shall be determined as specified in § 157.095.

Sign Measurements

(E) Height.

(1) Measurement.

(a) Building height. The height of a structure shall be measured from the average grade

adjoining the walls of the structure to the average of the highest points of the roof surface of a flat roof; or to the deck line of a mansard roof; or the mean height level between eaves and ridge for a gable, hip or gambrel roof.

Building Height Measurements

(b) Sign height.

1. The height of a sign shall be measured in a vertical plane from the base of the sign at normal grade to the top of the highest attached component of the sign. Normal grade shall be construed to be the lower of

a. Existing grade prior to construction; or

b. The newly established grade after construction, exclusive of any fill, berming, mounding or excavating solely for the purpose of locating the sign.

2. In cases where the normal grade cannot reasonably be determined, sign height shall be measured from the grade at the edge of pavement of the street to which the sign is oriented to the highest point of the sign.

Freestanding Sign Height Measurement

(2) Exceptions. The following uses and structures are exempt from the height limitations of this chapter:

(a) Architectural projections, including but not limited to spires, steeples, belfries, parapet walls, cupolas, domes, flues, and chimneys;

(b) Special structures such as silos, windmills, elevator penthouses, gas tanks, grain elevators, observation towers, scenery lofts, heating and air conditioning equipment and necessary mechanical appurtenances, cooling towers, fire towers, ornamental towers, substations, and smoke stacks;

(c) Towers and utility structures including but not limited to water towers, electric power and communication transmission lines. Wireless communication towers are regulated by § 157.115.

(F) Setback.

(1) Lot lines. Building setback shall be measured from a line drawn parallel to a lot line at a distance equal to the depth of the required yard setback. The distance shall be measured along a straight line drawn perpendicular to the lot line and the setback line (See the following figure). For front yards, setbacks are measured from the centerline of the adjacent street, as established by the thoroughfare plan. Lots having more than one street frontage are considered to have a front yard for each such frontage.

Yard Definitions

(2) Cul-de-sacs. The required setback on cul-de-sacs and curved streets shall be determined by measuring the required setback from the radius of the cult-de-sac resulting in a setback line that is parallel to the arc of the street right-of-way.

Cul-De-Sacs

Seymour City Zoning Code

DENSITY, INTENSITY

AND DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS

§ 157.070 DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS TABLES.

(A) Residential districts.

(1) Minimum standards for conventional subdivisions and infill development. Development in residential districts shall comply with the standards set forth on the following table.

Residential Dimensional and Intensity Standards Permitted Uses

District	Use	Maximum density	Minimum lot area	Minimum lot width	Front	Side	Rear	Maximum height	Maximum lot coverage
All R	Institutional	NA	10,000	100 feet	See § 157.085	10% of width	20 feet	35 feet	50%%
RS	Rasing of crops	NA	3 acres	150 feet	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
	Farm building	NA	3 acres	150 feet	See § 157.085	10% of width	50 feet	50 feet	30%
	One-family dwelling
	With sewers	3 unites per acre	15,000 square feet	100 feet	See § 157.085	10% of width	20 feet	35 feet	50%
	Without sewers	1 unit per acre	1 square acre	150 feet	See § 157.085	10% of width	20 feet	35 feet	50%
RS-1	One-family dwelling	4 units per acre	10,000 square feet	80 feet	See § 157.085	10% of width	20 feet	35 feet	50%
R-1	One-family dwelling	NA	6,000 square feet	50 feet	See § 157.085	10% of width	20 feet	35 feet	60%

District	Use	Maximum density	Minimum lot area	Minimum lot width	Front	Side	Rear	Maximum height	Maximum lot coverage
R-2	Multi-family dwelling	15 units per acre	10,000 square feet	100 feet	See § 157.085	10% of width (5 feet mini mum)	10 feet	35 feet	50%
R-3	One-family dwelling	NA	5,000 square feet	40 feet	See § 157.085	10%	10 feet	35 feet	60%
	Two-family dwelling	2,500 square feet per unit	5,000 square feet	50 feet	See § 157.085	10% of width	10 feet	35 feet	60%
	Multi-family dwelling or townhouse	20 units per acre	10,000 square feet	75 feet	See § 157.085	10 feet	20 feet	35 feet	60%
R-4	Manufactured home (See § 157.087)	9 units per acre	5 acres	300 feet for park	30 feet for park	25 feet for park	25 feet	15 feet	50%
		9 units per acre	5 acres	75 feet for unit	10 feet for unit	5 feet for unit	25 feet	15 feet	50%

Minimum Area Width Bonus for Qualifying

District	Use	Front setback	Side setback	Minimum lot area	Minimum lot width
RS	One-family dwelling	15 feet	20 feet	8,000 square feet	75 feet
	One-family dwelling without sewers	No change	No change	20,000 square feet1	100 feet
RS -1	One-family dwelling	15 feet	15 feet	6,000 square feet	60 feet
R-2	One-family dwelling, townhouse	12 feet	2 feet	No change	No change
R-3	One-family dwelling. townhouse	12 feet	2 feet	No change	No change

1 The reduced lot size available only for subdivisions with qualifying sewage disposal systems, such as constructed wetlands or community subsurface disposal systems.

2 One side only

(B) Commercial districts.

Commercial Dimensional and Intensity Standards

District	Minimum lot area (square feet)	Minimum lot width (feet)	Maximum height (feet)	Minimum front setback (feet)	Minimum side setback (feet)	Minimum rear setback (feet)
C-1	10,000	100	35	See § 157.085	0	5
C-2	10,000	100	45 *	See § 157.085	0	5
C-3	10,000	100	45 *	See § 157.085	10	5
C-4	4,000	50	100	0	0	5
C-5	15,000	150	45 *	See § 157.085	20	10

* Unless within 200 feet of a residential zone 3.

Industrial Dimensional and Intensity Standards

District	Minimum lot area (square feet)	Minimum lot width (feet)	Maximum height (feet)	Minimum front setback (feet)	Minimum side setback (feet)	Minimum rear setback (feet)
I-1	20000	200	35	75	30	30
I-2	40000	400	50	75	30	30
I-31	10 acres for park	400 for park	50	50	30	30

1 Within the industrial park, lot sizes and widths shall be those approved by the Plan Commission as part of the development plan required under § 157.054.

(Ord. 17-2006, passed 11-27-2006)

§ 157.071 MEASUREMENTS.

(B) Distances.

(2) The distance between signs is measured between signs on the along the centerline of the road to which the sign is oriented.

(C) Lot area. The lot area is the total area within the lot lines of a lot, excluding any street right-of-way but including any water features such as lakes, ponds, or streams.

(D) Sign area.

(1) For individual signs, the area of a sign face shall be measured by the smallest square, circle, rectangle, or combination thereof that will encompass the entire sign area.

(3) The total area of signs permitted on a lot shall be determined as specified in § 157.095.

Sign Measurements

(E) Height.

(1) Measurement.

(a) Building height. The height of a structure shall be measured from the average grade

Building Height Measurements

(b) Sign height.

a. Existing grade prior to construction; or

b. The newly established grade after construction, exclusive of any fill, berming, mounding or excavating solely for the purpose of locating the sign.

Freestanding Sign Height Measurement

(2) Exceptions. The following uses and structures are exempt from the height limitations of this chapter:

(a) Architectural projections, including but not limited to spires, steeples, belfries, parapet walls, cupolas, domes, flues, and chimneys;

(c) Towers and utility structures including but not limited to water towers, electric power and communication transmission lines. Wireless communication towers are regulated by § 157.115.

(F) Setback.

Yard Definitions

Cul-De-Sacs

Seymour City Zoning Code

DENSITY, INTENSITY

AND DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS

§ 157.070 DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS TABLES.

(A) Residential districts.

(1) Minimum standards for conventional subdivisions and infill development. Development in residential districts shall comply with the standards set forth on the following table.

Residential Dimensional and Intensity Standards Permitted Uses

District	Use	Maximum density	Minimum lot area	Minimum lot width	Front	Side	Rear	Maximum height	Maximum lot coverage
All R	Institutional	NA	10,000	100 feet	See § 157.085	10% of width	20 feet	35 feet	50%%
RS	Rasing of crops	NA	3 acres	150 feet	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
	Farm building	NA	3 acres	150 feet	See § 157.085	10% of width	50 feet	50 feet	30%
	One-family dwelling
	With sewers	3 unites per acre	15,000 square feet	100 feet	See § 157.085	10% of width	20 feet	35 feet	50%
	Without sewers	1 unit per acre	1 square acre	150 feet	See § 157.085	10% of width	20 feet	35 feet	50%
RS-1	One-family dwelling	4 units per acre	10,000 square feet	80 feet	See § 157.085	10% of width	20 feet	35 feet	50%
R-1	One-family dwelling	NA	6,000 square feet	50 feet	See § 157.085	10% of width	20 feet	35 feet	60%

District	Use	Maximum density	Minimum lot area	Minimum lot width	Front	Side	Rear	Maximum height	Maximum lot coverage
R-2	Multi-family dwelling	15 units per acre	10,000 square feet	100 feet	See § 157.085	10% of width (5 feet mini mum)	10 feet	35 feet	50%
R-3	One-family dwelling	NA	5,000 square feet	40 feet	See § 157.085	10%	10 feet	35 feet	60%
	Two-family dwelling	2,500 square feet per unit	5,000 square feet	50 feet	See § 157.085	10% of width	10 feet	35 feet	60%
	Multi-family dwelling or townhouse	20 units per acre	10,000 square feet	75 feet	See § 157.085	10 feet	20 feet	35 feet	60%
R-4	Manufactured home (See § 157.087)	9 units per acre	5 acres	300 feet for park	30 feet for park	25 feet for park	25 feet	15 feet	50%
		9 units per acre	5 acres	75 feet for unit	10 feet for unit	5 feet for unit	25 feet	15 feet	50%

Minimum Area Width Bonus for Qualifying

District	Use	Front setback	Side setback	Minimum lot area	Minimum lot width
RS	One-family dwelling	15 feet	20 feet	8,000 square feet	75 feet
	One-family dwelling without sewers	No change	No change	20,000 square feet1	100 feet
RS -1	One-family dwelling	15 feet	15 feet	6,000 square feet	60 feet
R-2	One-family dwelling, townhouse	12 feet	2 feet	No change	No change
R-3	One-family dwelling. townhouse	12 feet	2 feet	No change	No change

1 The reduced lot size available only for subdivisions with qualifying sewage disposal systems, such as constructed wetlands or community subsurface disposal systems.

2 One side only

(B) Commercial districts.

Commercial Dimensional and Intensity Standards

District	Minimum lot area (square feet)	Minimum lot width (feet)	Maximum height (feet)	Minimum front setback (feet)	Minimum side setback (feet)	Minimum rear setback (feet)
C-1	10,000	100	35	See § 157.085	0	5
C-2	10,000	100	45 *	See § 157.085	0	5
C-3	10,000	100	45 *	See § 157.085	10	5
C-4	4,000	50	100	0	0	5
C-5	15,000	150	45 *	See § 157.085	20	10

* Unless within 200 feet of a residential zone 3.

Industrial Dimensional and Intensity Standards

District	Minimum lot area (square feet)	Minimum lot width (feet)	Maximum height (feet)	Minimum front setback (feet)	Minimum side setback (feet)	Minimum rear setback (feet)
I-1	20000	200	35	75	30	30
I-2	40000	400	50	75	30	30
I-31	10 acres for park	400 for park	50	50	30	30

1 Within the industrial park, lot sizes and widths shall be those approved by the Plan Commission as part of the development plan required under § 157.054.

(Ord. 17-2006, passed 11-27-2006)

§ 157.071 MEASUREMENTS.

(B) Distances.

(2) The distance between signs is measured between signs on the along the centerline of the road to which the sign is oriented.

(C) Lot area. The lot area is the total area within the lot lines of a lot, excluding any street right-of-way but including any water features such as lakes, ponds, or streams.

(D) Sign area.

(1) For individual signs, the area of a sign face shall be measured by the smallest square, circle, rectangle, or combination thereof that will encompass the entire sign area.

(3) The total area of signs permitted on a lot shall be determined as specified in § 157.095.

Sign Measurements

(E) Height.

(1) Measurement.

(a) Building height. The height of a structure shall be measured from the average grade

Building Height Measurements

(b) Sign height.

a. Existing grade prior to construction; or

b. The newly established grade after construction, exclusive of any fill, berming, mounding or excavating solely for the purpose of locating the sign.

Freestanding Sign Height Measurement

(2) Exceptions. The following uses and structures are exempt from the height limitations of this chapter:

(a) Architectural projections, including but not limited to spires, steeples, belfries, parapet walls, cupolas, domes, flues, and chimneys;

(c) Towers and utility structures including but not limited to water towers, electric power and communication transmission lines. Wireless communication towers are regulated by § 157.115.

(F) Setback.

Yard Definitions

Cul-De-Sacs