The general area and bulk requirements in each land use district are set below. This schedule is supplemented, as appropriate, by other provisions of this chapter.
Requirement
H
LIC
RR
AR
CRM
Density
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Minimum lot area
With septic and well
1 acre
2 acres
1 acre
1 acre
1 acres
With community water or sewer
0.75 acre
2 acres
1 acre
1 acre
1 acres
With public water and sewer
0.5 acre
2 acres
.5 acre
1 acre
1 acres
Minimum lot width
100 feet
200 feet
100 feet
100 feet
100 feet
Minimum lot frontage
20 feet
50 feet
50 feet
50 feet
50 feet
Minimum front setback3
50 feet
50 feet
50 feet
50 feet
State highway
80 feet
County or Town road
65 feet
Minimum side setbacks
20 feet
20 feet4
20 feet
20 feet
20 feet
Minimum rear setback
10 feet
10 feet4
10 feet
10 feet
10 feet
3
From nearest edge of road except for Light Industrial Commercial where measured from road center line. Structure is not allowed on road right-of-way.
4
The side and rear setback should be at least as great as the height of the structure abutting the setback; i.e. a fifty-foot building at the rear of the lot should have a fifty-foot setback.
A. 
Maximum building height: the maximum height of a structure can only be as great as the number of feet of setback from the next closest building.
Nothing contained herein shall prohibit the use of an existing lot of record of less than the prescribed area, width, or depth, if such existing lot of record was owned individually or separately from any adjoining tract at the time of enactment of this chapter, provided that all applicable provisions of this chapter are met.
The height restrictions set forth in the district schedule of area and bulk requirements shall not be applicable to the following; provided, however, that no such structure shall be erected so as to obstruct solar gain to any principal building or solar energy collecting device located on neighboring lands:
A. 
Flagpoles, spires, belfries, residential radio or television antennas, residential satellite dishes, agricultural silos, commercial wind turbines, green energy, emergency 911 and ham radio towers, and similar features, any of which shall be restricted to a maximum height of 100 feet above average finished grade at its base.
B. 
Chimneys, skylights, water or cooling towers, parapets or railings, elevators, stair bulkheads, solar collectors, air-conditioning units, or similar structures, any of which shall be erected only to such height as is necessary to accomplish the purpose for which it is intended.
A. 
Required front yards. On a corner lot, each road frontage shall be deemed a front road line, and the required yard along each such lot line shall be a required front yard. The Building Inspector shall, after consultation with the owner, determine which of the remaining yards shall constitute the required side yard and required rear yard.
B. 
Obstructions at road intersections. At all road intersections, no obstruction to vision of road traffic, such as a fence, wall, hedge, structure, planting, or sign, shall be erected on any lot within the triangle formed by the intersecting road lines, or their projections where corners are rounded, and a straight line joining said road lines at points which are 40 feet distant from their point of intersection measured along said road lines and/or said projections.
A. 
The following architectural features of a building may extend into a required yard subject to the limitations provided herein:
(1) 
Ordinary projection of windowsills, bay windows, chimneys, cornices, eaves, enclosed column porches, and other architectural features;
(2) 
Open arbor or trellis;
(3) 
Unroofed steps, patio or terrace, not less than 20 feet from the highway right-of-way nor less than 15 feet from any side or rear lot line, provided that the building itself complies with the yard requirements of this chapter;
(4) 
Awning or moveable canopy;
(5) 
Fence, retaining wall, or masonry wall, except as limited by § 247-15 of this chapter.
(6) 
Open fire escapes on the side or rear of a building.
B. 
The following accessory structures may be located in any side or rear yard, subject to the limitations stated herein:
(1) 
Private in-ground or aboveground swimming pools not less than 15 feet from the side or rear lot.
(2) 
Permitted accessory structure, as defined in Article XIII, Definitions, of this chapter, provided:
(a) 
No such structure shall exceed 20 feet in height in any Hamlet District except structures used for agricultural purposes;
(b) 
No such structures shall be set back less than 20 feet from any lot line;
(c) 
All such structures together shall not occupy more than 30% of any required yard.