The residential uses within the district comprise
relatively small low-density or medium-density residential neighborhoods
in the original part or center of the Town. To enhance the general
historic character of the district, all uses shall strictly conform
to the historic district architectural guidelines and planning standards.
[Amended 11-4-2002]
Buildings may be erected, altered or used and
land may be used for any of the following purposes, and no other:
Permitted accessory uses are as follows:
A.
Accessory off-street parking and loading spaces.
B.
Open or enclosed space for parking one commercial
vehicle of not more than one ton capacity and used by the occupant
of a dwelling.
C.
Domestic storage in the main building or in an accessory
building.
D.
Garages, private.
E.
Home barbecue grills.
F.
Keeping of small animals, insects, reptiles, fish
or birds, but only for personal enjoyment or household use and not
as a business home.
G.
Storage of a boat trailer or camp trailer or a boat,
but not in a front yard, provided that it is not used for living purposes
while so parked or stored.
H.
Swimming pools and game courts, unlighted, for use
of occupants or their guests.
I.
Accessory off-street parking and loading spaces. Open
or enclosed space for parking one commercial vehicle of not more than
one ton capacity and used by the occupant of a dwelling shall be permitted
as an accessory use.
J.
Yard sales.
K.
Temporary buildings, the use of which is incidental
to construction operations or sale of lots during development being
conducted on the same or adjoining tract or subdivision and which
shall be removed upon completion or abandonment of such construction
or upon the expiration of a period of two years from the time of erection
of such temporary buildings, whichever is sooner; and conditions on
the placement of which may be established by the Mayor and Town Council
to limit any negative effect such structures may have on the property
or adjacent properties.
[Added 2-2-2004]
[Amended 11-4-2019]
Conditional uses shall be permitted as provided in Article XVII of this chapter.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former § 200-71, Special use exceptions,
as amended, was repealed 9-9-2019.
Signs permitted in the HR District shall be
as follows:
A.
Minimum lot sizes. Minimum lot sizes shall be as follows:
[Amended 8-6-2007]
|
Use
|
Area
(square feet)
|
Width
(feet)
|
Depth
(feet)
|
Units/Acre
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Single-family
|
7,500
|
75
|
100
|
5.8
|
B.
Minimum yard requirements. Minimum yard requirements
shall be as follows:
[Amended 8-6-2007; 2-4-2008]
|
Use
|
Depth of Front Yard
(feet)
|
Width of Side Yard
(feet)
|
Depth of Rear Yard
(feet)
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Single-family
|
30
|
10
|
10
|
(1)
When 25% or more of the street frontage within 400
feet of the property in question is improved with buildings, no buildings
shall be constructed or altered to project beyond the average front
yard so established.
(2)
Unenclosed porches, decks, patios or terraces, not
covered by a roof or canopy, and not extending above the height of
the first floor, may extend a maximum of six feet into the front yard.
(3)
Where a lot is held in single and separate ownership
at the effective date of this chapter and such lot has a depth of
less than 100 feet, the depth of the rear yard may be decreased by
three inches for each foot that the depth of the lot is less than
100 feet.
C.
Maximum height requirements. Maximum height requirements
shall be as follows:
|
Use
|
Feet
|
Stories
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Single-family
|
35
|
3
|
A.
The regulations set forth in this article are not
intended to be modified or expanded by the provisions of the following:
|
Article XV, Off-Street Parking
|
B.
The regulations contained in the article are supplemented
or modified by regulations contained in other articles of this chapter,
especially the following:
