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City of Westminster, MD
Carroll County
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The following regulations shall apply in all C Conservation Zones.
No building, structure or land shall be used and no building or structure shall be hereafter erected, structurally altered, enlarged or maintained, except for one or more of the following uses:
A. 
Accessory uses and buildings customarily incidental to any permitted use in this section.
B. 
Agriculture, as defined in § 164-3, except that woodland intended to be cleared for cultivation or pasturing shall be subject to review by the Board of Appeals, and provided that any greenhouse heating plant or any building or feeding pens in which farm animals are kept shall comply with the distance requirements specified in § 164-140.
C. 
Dwelling, single-family detached.
D. 
Forests, forestation and wildlife preserves.
E. 
Publicly owned or government-operated buildings and uses.
F. 
Publicly owned or private parks of a nonprofit nature, including campgrounds, golf courses, riding trails, summer or winter resort areas, hunting, fishing or country clubs, game preserves and similar uses for the purpose of preserving and enjoying the natural resources of the property.
G. 
Schools and colleges, subject to the approval of a site development plan by the Commission.
H. 
Water supply works, flood control or watershed protection works and fish and game hatcheries.
[Amended 10-26-1998 by Ord. No. 631]
The following uses may be permitted as special exceptions in accordance with the provisions of Article XXII:
A. 
Antique shops.
B. 
Home occupations.
C. 
Public utility structures, other than essential utility equipment as enumerated in § 164-139.
D. 
Riding stables, as defined in § 164-3, which are noncommercial and private in use and are located in a rear yard subject to the distance requirements specified in § 164-140.
E. 
Telecommunications facilities, subject to the requirements of § 164-139.1.
F. 
Trap, skeet, rifle or archery ranges, including gun clubs, provided that such use shall be five times the distance requirement specified in § 164-140.
G. 
Veterinary clinics, animal hospitals or kennels, with or without runways, provided that the minimum area is 10 acres for any of the aforesaid uses, and provided that any structure or area used for such purposes shall be subject to twice the distance requirements as specified in § 164-140. In any event, such structure or use shall not be located closer than 200 feet from any property line of the subject property.
H. 
Tourist homes (bed/breakfast).
A. 
Net lot area. Each single-family detached dwelling hereafter erected, together with its accessory buildings, shall be located on a lot or tract of land having an area of at least three acres. All other uses, including together principal structures and accessory buildings, shall be located on a lot or tract of land having an area of at least five acres.
B. 
Percentage of lot coverage. Not more than 25% of the net area of the lot or tract of land may be covered by buildings, including accessory buildings.
C. 
Lot width and yard requirements.
(1) 
The following minimum requirements shall be observed:
Use
Lot Width at Building Line
(feet)
Front Yard Depth
(feet)
Side Yard Width
(each)
(feet)
Rear Yard Depth
(feet)
Single-family detached
300
50
50
0
All other uses, except as otherwise provided in this section
300
50
50
50
(2) 
A corner lot shall have a minimum width of 300 feet measured at the building line along each street front and shall have two front yards.
No principal structure shall exceed 2 1/2 stories or 35 feet in height, and no accessory building shall exceed two stories or 20 feet in length, except in the case of agricultural buildings, which shall have no height limitations.
Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with Article XVI of this chapter.
Signs shall be permitted subject to the provisions of Article XVII of this chapter.