In an H Historical District, the regulations in this article
shall apply.
In an H Historical District, a building may be erected, altered
or used, and a lot or premises may be used, for any of the following
purposes and for no other:
A. One one-family detached dwelling.
B. Churches or similar places of worship, parish houses and convents.
C. Public libraries, public schools, public parks, public playgrounds
or recreation areas and municipal uses.
D. Business, professional or banking offices, funeral homes and retail
stores.
E. Stores for the sale of goods at retail or for the performance of
customary personal services or services clearly incidental to retail
sales, but no processing or fabrication or manufacturing except as
is incidental to and in the same premises with such retail sales,
provided that such incidental processing, fabrication or manufacturing
is conducted entirely within a building and does not occupy more than
20% of the floor area used for business purposes.
F. The following uses, provided that a special exception from the Zoning
Board of Appeals is first obtained and subject to such conditions
and safeguards as deemed appropriate and imposed by such Board.
In an H Historical District, each lot shall have a frontage
of at least 100 feet, a depth of at least 100 feet and an area of
at least 15,000 square feet, except that, if a plot having a frontage
of not less than 100 feet and an area of not less than 12,000 square
feet was in one single separate ownership on May 28, 1987, a building
may be erected on such plot, provided that all other provisions of
this Code are complied with, and further provided that such single
and separate ownership is continuously maintained following the aforesaid
date.
In an H Historical District:
A. No one-story dwelling shall contain less than 1,000 square feet of
habitable floor space.
B. No one-and-one-half-story dwelling shall contain less than 1,200
square feet of habitable floor space.
C. A dwelling of two or more stories shall contain not less than 1,500
square feet of habitable floor space.
D. No dwelling shall be less than 24 feet in width, exclusive of unenclosed
porches and bay windows.
No building or structure in the H Historical District shall
exceed 32 feet in height.
In an H Historical District, no building shall have a roof pitch
which is less than four inches to each one foot on the main part thereof,
except that, upon due cause being shown, the Zoning Board of Appeals
may grant a special exception.
In an H Historical District, there shall be two side yards,
one on each side, the aggregate widths of which shall be at least
24 feet. Neither side yard shall be less than 12 feet wide.
In an H Historical District, there shall be a rear yard the
depth of which shall be at least 25 feet, or at least equal to the
height of the building, whichever is greater.
Accessory buildings in an H Historical District may occupy 1,000
square feet of the required area of the rear yard up to an average
height of 14 feet as measured by the average grade adjacent to such
building. No part of an accessory building shall be nearer the rear
or side lot line than four feet.
In the H Historical District, the building area shall not exceed
32% of the lot area.