The following regulations shall apply in R-1
Districts:
A. Permitted uses:
(2) Two-family dwellings.
[Amended 3-20-2007 by Ord. No. 03202007]
(a)
Two-family dwellings shall not be located within
350 feet of another two-family dwelling.
(b)
Exception: Two-family dwellings may be located
on corner lots adjoining an intersection within 350 feet of each other;
however, in no instance shall more than 50% of the corner lots adjoining
an intersection be utilized for two-family dwellings in the R-1 District.
(3) The following institutional uses, provided that any
building shall be located 25 feet or more from any other lot in a
residential district:
(a)
Schools, public, denominational or private,
elementary, junior high and senior high, including playgrounds, athletic
fields and other accessory uses required for operation.
(b)
Public open space, including customary park,
playground and athletic field activities and functions.
(c)
Public libraries, museums, community centers
or other public recreational buildings and grounds.
(4) Transmission lines, substations, telephone and telegraph
lines and public utility installments.
(5) Churches, chapels, temples, synagogues, rectories,
parsonages and parish houses, provided that the buildings are located
25 feet or more from any other lot in a residential district.
B. Permitted accessory uses:
(1) Private garages, carports and driveways.
(3) Tool houses, sheds and other similar buildings used
for the storage of common supplies.
(4) Conservatories and greenhouses for plants, provided
that such activity is not designed for wholesale or retail trade.
C. Conditional uses:
(1) Planned unit development.
(2) Religious institutions in the form of convents, seminaries
and monasteries.
(4) Fire stations, police stations, post offices and other
municipal facilities necessary for Village operation.
(5) Temporary buildings, trailers, equipment and signs
necessary for construction purposes and the temporary storage of building
materials and equipment for a period not to exceed the duration of
such construction.
(7) Day-care centers.
[Added 6-21-1994 by Ord. No. 062194]
(8) Wireless telecommunications facilities, provided that
such facilities are located on an existing public structure or land.
[Added 5-2-2006 by Ord. No. 05022006B; amended 2-3-2009 by Ord. No. 02032009]
D. Lot requirement.
(1) Each lot being used for a single-family residence
shall have no less than 7,500 feet in area and no less than 75 feet
of frontage on a street.
(2) Each lot on which a two-family residence is built
shall have no less than 10,000 square feet of area and no less than
100 feet of frontage on a street, or 110 feet of frontage if a corner
lot.
(3) Residential lots shall not be less than 75 feet wide
measured at the right-of-way line. Such minimum lot width may be measured
at the building setback line if said lot is located on the outer radius
of a curbed street, such as a cul-de-sac.
E. Height regulations. No structure shall exceed either 35 feet or 2 1/2 stories in height, except as provided by §
206-16.
F. Building setbacks.
(1) Front yard.
(a)
Principal structure: 25 feet minimum from right-of-way.
(c)
Where 50% or more of the frontage is occupied
by buildings having an average setback line of more or of less than
25 feet, no building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall
project beyond the average setback line so established, provided that
a setback line of more than 40 feet shall not be required.
(d)
On corner lots less than 75 feet wide and of
record at the time of the passage of this chapter, where reversed
frontage exists, the setback on the side street shall be not less
than 60% of the setback required on the lot in the rear, and no accessory
building shall project beyond the setback line of the line of the
lots in the rear, provided that the buildable width of such corner
lot shall not be reduced to less than 24 feet.
(2) Rear yard.
(a)
Principal structure: 25 feet minimum.
(3) Side yard.
(a)
There shall be two classes of lots as follows:
Class A lots shall be all lots over 75 feet in width, and Class B
lots shall be all lots under 75 feet in width.
(b)
On Class A lots, the total of both side yards
shall be not less than 14 feet, and the short side yard shall be not
less than six feet.
(c)
On Class B lots, the total of the side yards
shall be 12 feet, and the short side yard shall be not less than five
feet.
(d)
For two-story buildings for Class A and B lots,
the side yard setback shall not be less than 10 feet.
G. Building size. Minimum ground floor area per dwelling
shall be 960 square feet for a one-story dwelling and 750 square feet
minimum ground floor area for dwellings having more than one story.
H. Accessory uses. Accessory uses shall conform to district
requirements and other applicable requirements in this chapter.
I. Parking. Parking shall conform to the requirements as set forth in Article
VIII.
J. Signs. Signs shall conform to the provisions of Article
VII.
K. Zero lot line two-family dwellings. The side yard
setbacks may be zero on one side, provided that:
(1) The total area of the property on which the attached
two-family dwelling is constructed (e.g., the area of both adjacent
lots) is no less than 10,000 square feet in size and has no less 100
feet of frontage or 110 feet of frontage on a corner lot.
[Amended 8-29-1995 by Ord. No. 082995A; 10-6-2009 by Ord. No. 10062009A]
(2) The lot adjacent to that side yard is held under the
same ownership at the time of initial construction.
(3) The adjoining side yard setback of the lot adjacent
the zero side yard setback is also zero.
(4) The opposite side yard is not less than eight feet.
(5) When attached dwelling units are created, matters
of mutual concern to the adjacent property owners, due to construction,
catastrophe and maintenance, shall be guarded against by private covenants
and deed restrictions, and the approving authorities shall not be
held responsible for the same.
(6) Easements shall be provided across zero lot lines
where necessary for water, sewer and utility services.
(7) There shall be a common wall. Wherever improvements
abut on the common boundary line between adjoining units there shall
be a one-hour fire wall running from the lowest floor level, including
the basement if it is the common wall, to the underside of the roof
sheathing. Such basement wall, if any, shall be waterproofed masonry.
(8) When attached dwelling units are created, the plans,
specifications and construction of such buildings shall require that
the installation and construction of sewer, water and other utility
services be done in such a manner as to provide separate systems to
each dwelling unit. Common sewer and water laterals may be shared,
provided that such lateral connections are separated at a point outside
the structure.
(9) Conversion of duplexes to twindominiums/condominiums.
Duplexes are allowed to be converted to twindominiums/condominiums
with the establishment of a homeowners' association with bylaws that
are recorded with the appropriate County Register of Deeds office.
A copy of the recorded document is required to be filed with the Clerk
of the Village of Wrightstown.
[Added 2-7-2006 by Ord. No. 02072006B; amended 2-27-2018 by Ord. No.
02212018]
[Added 2-6-2007 by Ord. No. 02062007]
A. The following uses shall be permitted in E-A Districts:
(1) Agriculture, dairying, floriculture, forestry, general
farming, grazing, greenhouse, hatcheries, horticulture, livestock
raising, nurseries, orchards, paddocks, pasturage, poultry raising,
truck farming, game farms, wildlife sanctuaries, and game preserves.
(2) Commercial feed lots and stock farms.
(3) Single-family dwellings for the farm operator, a parent
or child of the farm operator, or worker who earns a substantial part
of his/her livelihood from farm operations on the parcel.
(5) Transmission lines, substations, telephone and telegraph
lines, public utility installations.
B. Permitted accessory uses.
(1) Roadside stand, provided the structure does not cover
more than 300 square feet in ground area and does not exceed 10 feet
in height.
(2) Additional structures necessary for the continuance
of the farming operation.
C. Conditional uses.
(2) Colleges, universities, schools (elementary, junior
high, and senior high), hospitals, sanitariums, churches, and other
religious institutions.
(3) Airfields, airports, and heliports, provided that
they are public uses.
(5) Mobile homes and dwellings in conjunction with an
operating farm, to be used solely by resident owner or laborer actively
engaged in the farming operation.
(6) Riding academies and stables, which do not conflict
with agricultural use and/or are found necessary in light of alternative
locations available for such uses.
(7) Agricultural warehouses, which do not conflict with
agricultural use and/or are found necessary in light of alternative
locations available for such uses.
(8) Parks, recreational sites, and golf course if they
are public (governmental) facilities.
(9) Railroad right-of-way and passenger depots, not including
switching, storage, freight yards or sidings, which do not conflict
with agricultural use and/or are found necessary in light of alternative
locations available for such uses.
(10)
Wireless telecommunications facilities meeting the requirements of §
206-15B.
D. Lot requirement.
(1) Each lot being used for a farm-related dwelling shall
have no less than 7,500 square feet in area and no less than 75 feet
of frontage on a street.
(2) Each lot being used for a non-farm related dwelling
shall have no less than 35 acres in area and no less than 75 feet
of frontage on a street.
(3) Residential lots shall not be less than 75 feet on
a side measured at the right-of-way line; such minimum lot width may
be measured at the building setback line if said lot is located on
the outer radius of a curbed street such as a cul-de-sac.
E. Height regulations. Residential dwellings shall be no greater than 35 feet in height, or 2 1/2 stories, except as provided in §
206-16.
F. Building setbacks.
(1) Front yard.
(a)
Principal structure: 25 feet minimum from right-of-way.
(b)
Accessory building: 25 feet minimum from right-of-way.
(c)
Where 50% or more of the frontage is occupied
with buildings having an average setback line of more or of less than
25 feet, no building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall
project beyond the average setback line so established; provided that
a setback line of more than 40 feet shall not be required.
(d)
On corner lots less than 75 feet wide and of
record at the time of the passage of this chapter, where reversed
frontage exists, the setback on the side street shall be not less
than 60% of the setback required on the lot in the rear, and no accessory
building shall project beyond the setback line of the lots in the
rear; provided the buildable width of such corner lot shall not be
reduced to less than 24 feet.
(2) Rear yard.
(a)
Principal structure: 25 feet minimum.
(b)
Accessory structure: 10 feet minimum.
(3) Side yard. There shall be two classes of lots as follows:
(a)
Class A lots shall be all lots equal to or over
75 feet in width at the right-of-way line or if on a curved street
or cul-de-sac, at the setback line. On class A lots, the total of
both side yards shall be not less than 14 feet and the short side
yard shall be not less than six feet.
(b)
Class B lots shall be all lots under 75 feet
in width at the right-of-way line or if on a curved street or cul-de-sac,
at the setback line. On class B lots, the total of the side yards
shall be not less than 12 feet and the short side yard shall be not
less than five feet.
(c)
For two-story buildings for class A and B lots,
the side yard setback shall not be less than 10 feet.
(d)
Farm structures shall be set back at least 75
feet from the side lot lines.
(4) Building size. Minimum size of a residential dwelling
shall be 960 square feet ground floor area for a one-story dwelling
and 750 square feet minimum ground floor area for dwellings with more
than one story.
(5) Accessory uses. Accessory uses shall conform to district requirements and those set forth in §
206-18.
(6) Parking. Parking shall conform to the requirements as set forth in Article
VIII.
(7) Signs. Signs shall be regulated as set forth in Article
VII.
(8) Other requirements. Other structures or buildings
allowed within the E-A District shall meet the requirements of the
district and the remaining articles of this chapter as determined
by the Village Building Inspector.
The following regulations shall apply in R-R
Districts:
A. Permitted uses:
(1) Agriculture, dairying, floriculture, forestry, general
farming, grazing, greenhouse, hatcheries, horticulture, livestock
raising, nurseries, orchards, paddocks, pasturage, poultry raising,
riding academies and stables, truck farming, game farms, wildlife
sanctuaries and game preserves.
(3) Commercial feedlots and stock farms.
(4) Parks, recreational sites and golf courses.
(7) Transmission lines, substations, telephone and telegraph
lines, public utility installation.
[Amended 5-2-2006 by Ord. No. 05022006B]
B. Permitted accessory uses:
(1) Roadside stands, provided that the structure does
not cover more than 300 square feet in ground area and does not exceed
10 feet in height.
(2) Additional structures necessary for the continuance
of the farming operation.
C. Conditional uses:
(2) Colleges, universities, schools (elementary, junior
high and senior high), hospitals, sanitariums, churches and other
religious institutions.
(3) Airfields, airports and heliports.
(5) Mobile homes and dwellings in conjunction with an
operating farm, to be used solely by the resident owner or laborer
actively engaged in the farming operation.
(6) Kennels.
[Added 8-16-1994 by Ord. No. 081694E]
(7) Radio and television stations and towers and railroad
rights-of-way and passenger depots, not including switching, storage,
freight yards or siding.
[Added 5-2-2006 by Ord. No. 05022006B]
(8) Wireless telecommunications facilities meeting the requirements of §
206-15B.
[Added 5-2-2006 by Ord. No. 05022006B]
D. Lot requirement.
[Amended 8-16-1994 by Ord. No. 081694E]
(1) Each lot being used for a single-family residence
shall have no less than 7,500 feet in area and no less than 75 feet
of frontage on a street.
(2) Residential lots shall not be less than 75 feet wide
measured at the right-of-way line. Such minimum lot width may be measured
at the building setback line if said lot is located on the outer radius
of a curbed street, such as a cul-de-sac.
E. Height regulations. Residential dwellings shall be no greater than 35 feet in height or 2 1/2 stories, except as provided in §
206-16.
F. Building setbacks.
(1) Front yard.
(a)
Principal structure: 25 feet minimum from right-of-way.
(b)
Accessory building: 25 feet minimum from right-of-way.
(c)
Where 50% or more of the frontage is occupied
by buildings having an average setback line of more or of less than
25 feet, no building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall
project beyond the average setback line so established, provided that
a setback line of more than 40 feet shall not be required.
(d)
On corner lots less than 75 feet wide and of
record at the time of the passage of this chapter, where reversed
frontage exists, the setback on the side street shall be not less
than 60% of the setback required on the lot in the rear, and no accessory
building shall project beyond the setback line of the lots in the
rear, provided that the buildable width of such corner lot shall not
be reduced to less than 24 feet.
(e)
Kennel building: 25 feet minimum from right-of-way.
[Added 5-19-2015 by Ord.
No. 05192015]
(2) Rear yard.
(a)
Principal structure: 25 feet minimum.
(b)
Accessory building: 10 feet.
(c)
Kennel building: 25 feet minimum.
[Added 5-19-2015 by Ord.
No. 05192015]
(3) Side yard.
(a)
There shall be two classes of lots as follows:
Class A lots shall be all lots over 75 feet in width. Class B lots
shall be all lots under 75 feet in width.
(b)
On Class A lots, the total of both side yards
shall be not less than 14 feet, and the short side yard shall be not
less than six feet.
(c)
On Class B lots, the total of the side yards
shall be 12 feet, and the short side yard shall be not less than five
feet.
(d)
For two-story buildings for Class A and B lots,
the side yard setback shall not be less than 10 feet.
(e)
Farm structures shall be set back at least 75
feet from the side lot lines.
(f)
Kennel building: 50 feet minimum from side lot line.
[Added 5-19-2015 by Ord.
No. 05192015]
G. Building size. Minimum size of a residential dwelling
shall be 960 square feet ground floor area for a one-story dwelling
and 750 square feet minimum ground floor area for dwellings with more
than one story.
H. Accessory uses. Accessory uses shall conform to district requirements and those set forth in §
206-18.
I. Parking. Parking shall conform to the requirements as set forth in Article
VIII.
J. Signs. Signs shall be regulated as set forth in Article
VII.
K. Other requirements. Other structures or buildings
allowed within the R-R District shall meet the requirements of the
district and the remaining articles of this chapter, as determined
by the Village Building Inspector.
The I-1 General Industrial District is designed
to accommodate those industrial activities which by their character
should be relatively remote from residential and business development
and found not to be obnoxious, unhealthful or offensive by reason
of the potential emission and transmission of noise, vibration, smoke,
dust, odors, toxic or noxious matter or glare or heat.
A. Conditions to permitted uses. Uses permitted in the
I-1 District are subject to the following conditions:
(1) Dwelling units and lodging rooms, other than custodian's
quarters, are not permitted.
(2) All business, servicing or processing within 300 feet
of a residence or business district shall be conducted within completely
enclosed buildings.
(3) All storage within 300 feet of a residence district
or business district, except of motor vehicles in operable condition,
shall be within completely enclosed buildings or effectively screened
by shrubbery or a solid wall or fence (including solid entrance and
exit gates) not less than six feet nor more than eight feet in height.
B. The following uses are permitted in the I-1 District:
(1) Accessory uses incidental to and on the same lot as
the principal use.
(5) Boot and shoe manufacturing.
(7) Brick and structural clay products manufacture.
(8) Building materials sales and storage.
(11)
Cloth products manufacturing.
(12)
Contractor, architect and engineering offices,
shops and yards.
(14)
Dairy products processing and storage.
(15)
Electronic and scientific precision instrument
manufacturing.
(18)
Food manufacture, packaging and processing.
(20)
Glass products production and sales.
(21)
Grain storage and processing.
(22)
Graphite products manufacture.
(24)
Heavy machinery production.
(25)
Laboratories, research and testing.
(27)
Light machinery products, appliances, business
machines, etc.
(29)
Lodges and offices of labor organizations.
(32)
Medical and dental clinics.
(34)
Musical instruments manufacture.
(35)
Orthopedic and medical appliance manufacture.
(36)
Paint products manufacture.
(37)
Paper products manufacture.
(38)
Parking lots, other than accessory, and subject to the provision of Article
VIII, Off-Street Parking and Loading.
(39)
Petroleum products storage or processing.
(41)
Printing and publishing establishments.
(42)
Public utility and service uses.
(43)
Radio and television stations and towers.
(44)
Rope, cord and twine manufacture.
(45)
Rubber processing and manufacture.
(47)
Sporting goods manufacture.
(50)
Wastewater treatment plants, municipal.
(51)
Wearing apparel manufacture.
(52)
Woodworking and wood products.
(53)
Warehousing, storage and distributing facilities.
[Added 2-17-2003 by Ord. No. 02172003]
(54)
Financial institutions (banking facilities).
[Added 8-5-2003 by Ord. No. 08052003]
(55)
Wireless telecommunications facilities meeting the requirements of §
206-15B.
[Added 5-2-2006 by Ord. No. 05022006B]
C. Conditional uses. The following conditional uses may
be allowed in the I-1 District:
(1) Airports and commercial heliports, including aircraft
landing fields, runways, flight strips and flying schools, together
with hangars, terminal buildings and other auxiliary facilities.
(3) Other manufacturing, assembling, processing, storage or commercial uses determined by the Regional Planning Committee to be of the same general character as the uses permitted in Subsection
B above.
(4) Accessory uses incidental to and on the same zoning
lots as the principal use.
(5) In-house day care for employee use only.
[Added 6-21-1994 by Ord. No. 062194]
(6) Mini storage units/buildings.
[Added 2-17-2003 by Ord. No. 02172003]
D. Height regulations. Principal structures shall be no more than 60 feet in height, except as provided by §
206-16.
E. Transitional yards. Where a side or rear lot line
in an I-1 District coincides with a side or rear lot line in an adjacent
residence district, a yard shall be provided along such side or rear
lot line not less than 30 feet in depth and shall contain landscaping
and planting suitable to provide an effective screen.
F. Building setbacks.
(1) Front yard.
(a)
Principal structure: 25 feet minimum from right-of-way.
(b)
Accessory building: 25 feet minimum from right-of-way.
(2) Side yard.
(a)
Principal structure: 10 feet minimum.
(b)
Accessory building: 10 feet minimum.
(3) Rear yard.
(a)
Principal structure: 20 feet minimum.
(b)
Accessory building: 20 feet minimum.
(4) Corner side.
(a)
Principal structure: 25 feet minimum from right-of-way.
(b)
Accessory building: 25 feet minimum from right-of-way.
G. Accessory buildings. All accessory buildings hereinafter constructed in the I-1 District shall meet the district requirements and those identified in §
206-18.
H. Parking. Parking shall conform to requirements as set forth in Article
VIII.
I. Other requirements. No use shall be established, maintained
or conducted in any I-1 District that causes any of the following:
(1) Dissemination of excessive noise, vibration, odor,
dust, smoke, gas or fumes or other atmospheric pollutants beyond the
boundaries of the immediate site of the building in which such use
is conducted.
(2) Hazard of fire or explosion or other physical hazard
to any person, building or vegetation.
(3) A harmful discharge of waste material.
(4) Radiation or interference with radio and television
reception beyond the immediate boundaries of the immediate site of
the building in which such use is conducted.
J. Signs. Signs shall be allowed in the I-1 District, provided that they are permitted by the Village Board according to the provisions of §
206-24B(7). They shall also conform to the regulations of §
206-49.
[Amended 2-6-1990]
The purpose of the Conservancy District is to
provide adequate natural areas for the drainage of surface water and
stormwater, to protect and promote the general health, safety and
welfare of the community and to protect natural resource areas containing
swamps, wildlife habitat and natural water- or drainage courses. The
following regulations shall apply in C-1 Districts:
A. Permitted uses:
(2) Hunting, trapping and fishing where not otherwise
prohibited.
(4) Public water measurement and water control facilities.
(6) Sustained yield forestry.
(9) Grazing and general farming.
(10)
Other uses which would not impair the natural
fauna, flora and water regimen.
B. Conditional uses:
(2) Parks, playgrounds and other open space areas.
(3) Outdoor archery, rifle or trap or skeet shooting ranges.
(4) Golf courses and golf driving ranges.
(10)
Accessory structures, provided that the structures
will not be designed for human habitation and will be constructed
to offer the minimum encroachment on the resource.
(11)
Wireless telecommunications facilities meeting the requirements of §
206-15B, provided that they are located outside of the one-hundred-year floodplain and/or other areas subject to occasional high water levels.
[Added 5-2-2006 by Ord. No. 05022006B]
C. Other requirements. Any use allowed in the C-1 District
will meet the regulations of this district and the other articles
of this chapter, as determined by the Village Building Inspector.
D. Warning and disclaimer of liability. The degree of
flood protection intended to be provided by this chapter is considered
reasonable for normal water or flooding levels. This chapter does
not imply that areas adjacent to district boundaries or uses permitted
within such a district will always be free from flooding or water
damage, nor shall this chapter create a liability on the part of the
Village or any official or employee thereof for any flood or water
damages that may result from reliance on or compliance with this chapter.