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A. The following uses are permitted by right provided said uses comply with all other applicable requirements of this chapter and any amendments thereto:
(2) Agriculture: limited to crop farming and related agricultural processing and specifically excluding livestock and poultry farms.
(4) Churches or related facilities.
(5) Conservation areas and uses.
(6) Fish and wildlife refuges.
(7) Forestry, subject to the provisions of §
27-97.
(11) Single-family attached dwellings.
(12) Single-family detached dwellings.
(13) Single-family semidetached dwellings (twins).
(14) Support infrastructure: substations, pumping stations, bus stop shelters.
(15) No-impact home-based business.
(16) Adaptive reuse for affordable housing and multifamily housing.
B. The following accessory uses, if situate on the same lot, are permitted by right, provided said uses comply with all other applicable requirements of this chapter and any amendments thereto:
(1) Any use customarily associated with, incidental to or provided with a permitted use.
(3) Greenhouses (noncommercial).
(5) Satellite earth station dishes.
(7) Support infrastructure: substations, pumping stations, bus stop shelters.
(8) Swimming pools (private).
C. The following special exception uses are permitted when authorized by the Zoning Hearing Board pursuant to §
27-43, provided said uses comply with all other applicable requirements of this chapter and any amendments thereto.
(1) Single-operator barbershops as in home occupations.
(2) Single-operator beauty shops as in home occupations.
(4) New construction of facilities which provide elderly housing for persons 55 years of age and older pursuant to the Fair Housing Act of 1988; provided that a restrictive covenant be attached to the land that obligates the developer to maintain the property as elderly housing for a minimum period of 30 years. Conversion of existing structures to housing permitted under this section is prohibited. For those developments proposed on tracts of 10 acres or more, the provisions of §
27-139 of this chapter shall apply.
D. The following conditional uses are permitted when authorized by the Board of Commissioners pursuant to §
27-44, provided said uses comply with all other applicable requirements of this chapter and any amendments thereto:
(1) Bed-and-breakfast facilities.
(4) Hunting and fishing clubs.
(5) Indoor recreation facilities.
(7) Outdoor recreation facilities.
(8) Adult residences accessory to an existing assisted living facility.
E. The following dimensional requirements shall apply to each permitted or authorized use, unless otherwise specified:
(1) Minimum lot size. Any lot not served by public water and sewer shall have a minimum lot size of one acre.
(a) Area.
[1] Single-family detached: 7,500 square feet.
[2] Single-family semidetached: 10,000 square feet (5,000 square feet per unit).
[3] Single-family attached: 2,500 square feet.
[4] Apartments: See Article
XI.
[5] Elderly housing: 1.5 acres (minimum lot area per dwelling unit: 1,600 square feet).
[6] All other uses: 10,000 square feet.
(b) Width.
[1] Single-family detached: 70 feet.
[2] Single-family semidetached: 100 feet (50 feet per unit).
[3] Single-family attached: 20 feet per unit.
[4] Apartments and all other uses: 100 feet.
(c) Frontage.
[1] Single-family detached: 55 feet.
[2] Single-family semidetached: 100 feet (50 feet per unit).
[3] Single-family attached: 20 feet per unit.
[4] Apartment buildings and all other uses: 100 feet.
(2) Minimum yard requirements.
(a) Front.
[1] Single-family detached, semidetached (twins and end-of-row townhouses) and attached (townhouses): 25 feet.
(b) Rear.
[1] Single-family detached, semidetached (twins and end-of-row townhouses) and attached (townhouses): 25 feet.
(c) Side.
[1] Single-family attached for end units only and semidetached dwellings: 12.5 feet.
[2] Single-family detached: 7.5 feet.
(d) Side (both).
[1] Single-family attached for end units only and semidetached dwellings: 25 feet.
[2] Single-family detached: 15 feet.
(e) Minimum yard requirements for apartments: See Article
XI, Conditional Use Provisions.
(3) Maximum building coverage: 40%.
(4) Maximum building height: 35 feet above finished grade.
(5) Maximum impervious coverage (total): 70%.