All townhouse dwellings in the R-TH District
shall conform to the following regulations as to bulk, height and
other requirements, and, unless otherwise indicated, these regulations
shall be deemed to be the minimum requirements in every instance:
A. Townhouses shall be built, erected, converted, reconstructed
or used in groups of not less than four nor more than eight individual
townhouse units.
B. The minimum lot size shall be 10,000 square feet.
C. The minimum lot width shall be 100 feet, and the minimum
lot depth shall be 100 feet.
D. The lot area per dwelling unit shall not be less than
2,500 square feet per unit.
E. Not more than 25% of the area of the lot may be covered
by the footprint of the principal building or buildings, and:
(1) Permitted accessory buildings and structures shall
not be permitted to cover more than 10% of the lot.
(2) Parking area and drives shall not cover more than
35% of the lot area.
(3) The remaining 30% of the lot shall be exclusively
devoted to landscaping and green space.
F. The principal building or structures shall not exceed
2 1/2 stories, nor shall they exceed 30 feet in height.
G. There shall be a front yard setback of 20 feet, and
no more than two single townhouse groups fronting in the same direction
shall have the same front setback. In order for the front of the townhouse
group to appear staggered, each townhouse after the initial two shall
have an additional front setback of at least two feet. Front yards
shall be maintained as open space and shall not be used for services
of any kind.
H. There shall be a rear yard of not less than 30 feet.
I. There shall be a side yard on each side of the building
or structure of not less than 10 feet and combined total side yards
of not less than 22 feet.
J. The minimum distance between each group of townhouses
shall be 30 feet.
K. No single townhouse group shall exceed 160 feet in
its longest dimension. The minimum width of a townhouse unit shall
be 20 feet.
L. No townhouse shall be used or occupied for professional
office space nor shall a townhouse be used or occupied by more than
one family.
M. The basements and cellars of each townhouse shall
not be used for any purpose except locations of utilities, storage,
recreation rooms, laundries or garages.
N. Accessory buildings. Accessory buildings or structures
shall be permitted, subject to setback requirements of the principal
buildings, if such accessory buildings are:
(1) Community buildings for recreation or meetings, provided
that the same are restricted to use by the townhouse occupants.
(2) Garages not exceeding one story in height, restricted
to use by townhouse occupants.
(3) Swimming pools and other recreational facilities restricted
to use by townhouse occupants.
(4) Temporary and permanent enclosures for solid waste
containers, provided that the same has a minimum ten-foot setback
from any property and/or principal building.
All office townhouses shall conform to the following
regulations as to bulk, height and other requirements and, unless
otherwise indicated, these regulations shall be deemed to be the minimum
requirements in every instance:
A. All regulations, requirements, limitations and restrictions
applicable to townhouse dwellings shall apply to office townhouses
except:
(1) Not more than 35% of the area of the lot may be covered
by the footprint of the principal building or buildings.
(2) Parking areas and drives shall not cover more than
35% of the lot area.
(3) The remaining 30% of the lot area shall be exclusively
devoted to landscaping and green space.
All garden apartment dwellings shall conform
to the following regulations as to bulk, height and other requirements,
and, unless otherwise indicated, these regulations shall be deemed
to be the minimum requirements in every instance:
A. All regulations, requirements, limitations and restrictions
applicable to townhouse dwellings shall apply to garden apartments,
except:
(1) Garden apartments shall not be built, erected, converted,
reconstructed or used, in the case of common wall construction containing
less than four or more than 12 dwelling units, nor in the case of
an interior corridor, shall the building contain less than eight nor
more than 12 dwelling units.
(2) The lot area per dwelling unit shall not be less than
2,500 square feet per unit.
(3) Each principal building shall have an uninterrupted
frontage upon a street or court. Frontage shall be maintained as open
space and shall not be used for service of any kind, and frontage
on a court shall be 60 feet or twice the average height of the opposite
bounding wall, whichever is greater.
(4) Where a principal building is opposite another principal
building, the distance between the two shall not be less than 60 feet
or twice the average height of the opposite bounding wall, whichever
is greater.
(5) Where the side of a principal building is opposite
the side of another principal building, then the distance between
the two buildings shall be not less than 30 feet or the average height
of the opposite walls, whichever is greater.
(6) Where the side of a principal building is opposite
the side of another principal building and both buildings front on
a public street, then the distance between the two buildings shall
not be less than 60 feet or twice the average height of the opposite
bounding walls, whichever is greater.
(7) An offset to a court or yard may be considered as
part of such court or yard, provided that the offset is not deeper
in any part than it is wide on the open side and that such open side
in no event shall be less than 10 feet wide.
(8) No principal building shall exceed 80 feet in length
at its longest dimension.
(9) No wall of a principal building running parallel or
nearly parallel to a street shall exceed 50 feet in length, nor shall
combined walls of principal buildings running parallel or nearly parallel
to a street exceed 50 feet in length.
(10)
Each principal building shall provide both a
front and rear service entrance.