In Residence Area A, no buildings or premises
shall be used and no building or part of a building shall be erected,
constructed or altered which shall be arranged, intended or designed
to be used for any purpose other than the following uses:
A. A single, detached house used as a residence by not
more than one family and accessory buildings necessary thereto. There
shall not be more than one private garage as an accessory building.
B. A church or place of worship, including a parish house,
Sunday school building and church school.
C. Public schools or other educational institutions,
including playgrounds and accessory buildings.
D. Public libraries, museums, art galleries or community
center buildings.
E. Public parks or private gardens.
[Amended 5-25-1994 by Ord. No. 1994:669]
F. Farms, nurseries or greenhouses, provided that said
uses must reserve on site not less than one acre of open space.
[Amended 5-25-1994 by Ord. No. 1994:669; 6-8-1994 by Ord. No. 1994:675]
G. Reservoir or water supply reservation.
H. Clubhouse of an incorporated fraternal, educational
or philanthropic organization, where the organization is not conducted
for pecuniary profit.
[Added 7-13-1994 by Ord. No. 1994:670]
A. In Residence Area A, the following uses may be granted
as conditional uses by the Planning Board:
(1) A church or place of worship, including a parish house
and religious school.
B. The conditional uses set forth in Subsection
A must meet the following requirements, which shall take precedence over any permitted use regulations for the zoning district in which the use is located:
(1) The requirements set forth on Schedule B, Limiting
Schedule For Group Gathering Uses — No. 1 Residence
Area A and No. 2 Residence Area B, adopted by Ordinance No. 1994:671.
(2) Any conditional use must access a collector street
or county road, and the pavement width must be not less than 36 feet
along the frontage of the conditional use property and for a distance
of not less than 300 feet in one direction therefrom, unless good
cause is established by objectors before the Planning Board. The direction
of the thirty-six-foot pavement width shall be determined by the Planning
Board based upon the direction which will have the greatest traffic
to and from the conditional use site upon issuance of a certificate
of occupancy. For purposes of this section, and notwithstanding any
other provisions of this chapter, the property line contiguous to
the collector street or county road shall be the front property line,
and the portion of the property between the front property line and
the building setback line shall be the front yard and the only front
yard. If the property accesses more than one collector street or county
road, the front of the property shall be where the main entrance is
located as determined by the Planning Board. Streets must be adequate
to handle increased traffic generated by the development. Improvements
to streets, if necessary to support increased traffic, will be borne
by the applicant.
(3) No use shall be permitted except uses specifically
incorporated by the Planning Board approval. No portion of the property
lying within the required setbacks set forth in Schedule B shall be used for any purpose excepting those permitted
by Footnotes 1 and 2 of Limiting Schedule B. No portion of any off-street
parking area shall be used for any purpose but off-street parking.
No outdoor activities (e.g., parties and fairs) shall be conducted
without approval by the Mayor and Council, and no structure, including
tents, canopies, awnings or recreational facilities, permanent or
temporary, shall be constructed, erected or brought in the lot that
has not been part of the approved site plan, unless specifically approved
by the Mayor and Council. The Mayor and Council shall consider the
impact of the outdoor activities or structures on the surrounding
neighborhood and its relationship to the originally approved use.
The Planning Board shall not have jurisdiction to review, approve
or reject the outdoor activities or structures referenced herein.
This prohibition shall not be deemed to prohibit any use or activity
required by religious belief or tenet to be conducted outdoors.
(4) No portion of the premises may be used, leased or borrowed by any person not an owner, director, religious leader, officer, trustee or member or immediate family member of the owner, director, religious leader, officer, trustee or member of the conditionally permitted user of the property. By way of example only, a house of worship may have a wedding reception for a member of the congregation (or a member of the family of the congregation member) but may not cater a wedding for a person unaffiliated with the conditionally permitted user. For purposes of this Subsection
B(4), "immediate family member" shall mean a spouse, parent or child.
(5) There shall be no outdoor lighting or spot lighting
shining directly or indirectly on abutting property.
(6) The buffer required by Limiting Schedule B shall be
sufficient to create a visual block from surrounding homes and streets
within two years of completion of the development.
(7) The Planning Board may approve a proposed development
if the use does not substantially impair the present or future use
and enjoyment of surrounding properties and does not substantially
impair the character of the surrounding area.
(8) The Planning Board shall consider the impact of any
additional noise, traffic, odors, air pollution and similar factors
on the surrounding properties and area, relative acceptability of
the lot in terms of transportation and circulation patterns, the environmental
factors, the visual and aesthetic impacts, the adequacy of existing
and proposed utility and drainage systems, the public interest in
the existence of such use and the relative availability of other suitable
sites for such use, the sufficiency of related uses and services,
the adequacy of proposed barriers and safety devices and other such
factors as may be relevant to the proposed use and the area in question.
(9) The Planning Board may impose any other conditions
necessary to maintain the character of the neighborhood and to protect
the rights and privacy of neighbors.
There may be contained in said district walks
or driveways, but not as an access to a business, commercial or industrial
use.
No residence hereafter erected shall contain
less than 900 square feet of floor area, exclusive of porches and
garages, where all living spaces are located on one floor and less
than 1,200 square feet where living spaces are divided on two floors.
In computing the square foot area of the second floor, 75% of said
floor area shall have a ceiling height of not less than seven feet
six inches. Finished living spaces in basements or attics shall not
constitute any part of the required area.