This district is intended as a transitional area between the
RR District, which is primarily very rural in character, and the R-1
District, which is predominately residential in character. The following
regulations shall apply in all RRT Districts:
[Amended 4-22-2024 by L.L. No. 2-2024]
Permitted uses shall be as follows:
A. One-family detached dwellings.
C. Parish houses or convents.
D. Community facilities, public parks, playgrounds and recreation areas.
F. Colleges and universities.
G. Governmental buildings owned and operated by a federal, state, county
or other municipal government, governmental agency or public utility.
H. Customary agricultural operations, including truck gardening, nurseries
or greenhouses, now in lawful existence.
I. Private stables, provided that the parcel is a minimum of 10 acres
in size.
[Amended 4-22-2024 by L.L. No. 2-2024]
The following shall be permitted within RRT Districts only after submission of a special use permit application in accordance with §
360-132 and approval is received from the Planning Board.
A. Private stables on lots from five to 10 acres in size.
B. Roadside stands for the sale of farm products on properties that
are not active farms.
C. Cluster development, subject to Article
IX of the Code of the Town of Lewiston.
D. Bed-and-breakfast establishments.
E. Forestry and conservation uses, activities and structures.
Accessory uses and buildings must be incidental to the principal
use and can not include any activity commonly conducted as a business.
Any accessory building shall be located on the same lot with the principal
building. Allowable accessory uses and buildings are as follows:
A. Garages, parking areas and storage buildings.
B. Private swimming pools and other private recreational uses and structures.
C. Noncommercial greenhouses and garden sheds.
D. Fences, subject to §
360-194 of the Code of the Town of Lewiston.
E. Signs, subject to Article
XXI of the Code of the Town of Lewiston.
No building in this district shall be erected to a height in
excess of 35 feet.
Each lot shall have front, side and rear yards not less than
the depth or widths following:
A. Front yard depth.
(1) If
there shall be a dwelling or dwellings erected on the same side of
the street within 300 feet of either side line of a lot, the front
yard depth of such lot shall be not less than the average depth of
the front yards of all such dwellings within said distance. If there
shall be no dwelling on the same side of the street within said distance,
the required front yard depth shall be not less than the average depth
of the front yards of any dwellings on the opposite side of the street
within a distance of 300 feet of either side lot line, extended to
the opposite side of said street.
(2) In
the event there are no existing dwellings within 300 feet on either,
side of the street, the front yard depth shall be not less than 35
feet. In no event shall a front yard depth of more than 100 feet be
required.
B. Side yard width. Each side yard shall be a minimum of 15% of the
width of the lot, provided no side yard shall be required to be more
than 15 feet in width. If the side lot lines are not parallel, the
side yards shall be a minimum of 15% of the width of the lot, measured
at all points in the side wall of the structure.
C. Rear yard depth. The rear yard shall be a minimum of 15% of the depth
of the lot.