Thomaston City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VIII
Apartment B Districts
§ 203-49 Application of regulations.
In the Apartment B District, the following regulations shall apply.
§ 203-50 Uses permitted.
No building may be erected, altered or used and no lot or premises may be used except for:
A.
Multiple dwelling or apartment house and also, as a permitted accessory use, a garage, storage or parking place for motor vehicles of the type known as "passenger automobiles" (excluding motor vehicles used for commercial purposes) for residents of such dwelling or house, including outdoor off-street parking on the same lot or premises as such dwelling or house, in accordance with the provisions of Article XV.
B.
In connection with a lot or premises used for a multiple dwelling or apartment house, a community group garage so located on the lot that no part thereof will be nearer the street or streets on which the lot has any frontage than the wall of the main building most distant from such street and most nearly parallel thereto.
C.
Religious uses, with the permission of the Board of Trustees, subject to the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 11-27-1990 by L.L. No. 9-1990]
D.
Educational uses, with the permission of the Board of Trustees, subject to the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 11-27-1990 by L.L. No. 9-1990]
E.
Public library, public art gallery, public museum.
F.
Municipal firehouse, municipal administrative or recreational use.
G.
Signs, as follows:
(1)
One sign displaying, separately or in any combination, the street name, street number and name of occupant of the premises, such sign not to exceed one square foot in area.
(2)
One sign advertising the premises on which it is located "for rent" or "for sale," not exceeding two square feet in area in the case of a single lot or 12 square feet in area in the case of a real estate subdivision, with a space not to exceed two feet between the bottom of the sign and the ground and so placed as to conform to the front and side yard restrictions, and such sign shall not be illuminated.
§ 203-51 Minimum lot area and street frontage.
The minimum lot area per family shall be 600 square feet for apartments, but nevertheless no apartment house shall be constructed on a lot of an area less than 16,500 square feet nor upon a lot having a street frontage less than 150 feet.
§ 203-52 Maximum building area.
The building area shall include all structures above finished grade and shall not exceed 35% of the area of the lot, except that the extension of the basement area of the building on such lot entirely beneath the finished grade of the lot for the purpose of providing required off-street parking spaces shall not be considered in computing the building area hereunder. Such extended basement area, however, shall not invade the front, rear or side yard restrictions hereafter provided in this Article.
§ 203-53 Yard requirements.
A.
Front yard. There shall be a front yard, the depth of which shall not be less than 15 feet.
B.
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard, the depth of which shall not be less than 25 feet.
C.
Side yards. There shall be two side yards, one on each side of the main building, and the width of each shall be 15 feet.
§ 203-54 Building height restrictions.
§ 203-54.1 (Reserved) [1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 203-54.1, Incentive uses for adjoining zoning districts, added 7-12-2021 by L.L. No. 3-2021, was repealed 12-20-2021 by L.L. No. 5-2021.