Sykesville City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IX
R-7,500 Urban Residence District
§ 180-52 Purpose.
The purpose of the R-7,500 Urban Residence District is to enable in the urban areas of the Town, where both public water and sewerage facilities are available, a greater number of dwellings per acre. The minimum lot size for a single-family dwelling is 7,500 square feet. This district also enables the use of multifamily structures where determined suitable through planned unit development provisions of this chapter.
§ 180-53 Applicability.
The following regulations and the applicable regulations contained in other articles shall apply in the R-7,500 Residence District.
§ 180-54 Principal permitted uses.
The principal permitted uses in this district shall be as follows:
A.
Dwellings, single- and two-family.
B.
Dwellings, multifamily, subject to the provisions of planned unit development as enumerated in § 180-93.
D.
Any use or structure permitted and as regulated as a principal permitted use in the R-10,000 District, except as hereinafter modified, and except cluster subdivision.
§ 180-55 Conditional uses.
The conditional uses requiring Board authorization in this district shall be as follows:
A.
Any conditional use permitted and as regulated in the R-10,000 District.
B.
Only communication towers, freestanding towers, guyed towers for amateur radio communications licensed by the Federal Communications Commission as defined in this chapter and as regulated as provided hereinafter.
[Added 5-28-1996 by Ord. No. 207]
§ 180-56 Accessory uses.
The accessory uses allowed in this district shall be as follows:
A.
Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to any principal use or authorized conditional use.
B.
A satellite television antenna, defined as any device used or designed to receive television signals from one or more orbitally based satellites, may be allowed, in this district, provided the following requirements are met:
[Added 1-28-1991 by Ord. No. 182]
(1)
The television satellite antenna shall be located in the rear or side yard only;
(2)
The television satellite antenna shall be set back at least 10 feet from the property line or public right-of-way line or any other easements of record;
(3)
The television satellite antenna shall be screened to minimize visual impact on surrounding properties and public rights-of-way and public property. Such screening may include architectural or landscape treatments along the antennas nonreception window axis and low-level landscape treatment along the reception window axis providing minimum opaqueness without interfering with signal reception, or any other similar type of screening approved by the Zoning Administrator;
(4)
A zoning permit shall be obtained from the Town Zoning Administrator prior to the installation of the satellite television antenna in accordance with the requirements of this chapter; and
(5)
The installation and use of the satellite television antenna shall meet all other applicable local, state and federal laws.