HOW ZONING WORKS .. SETBACKS Setbacks are the minimum distance your building can be located from the four sides of the property line. Again for our example, see the chart on page 5.3-5. As you can see, set backs are shown for various lot widths. For instance, the side interior lot set back is 5’ […]

HOW ZONING WORKS .. MINIMUM LOT SIZE On page 5.3-5, you can see that the various zones show minimum lot sizes. For instance, the U-SU-C zone has a minimum lot size of 5,500 sf, the U-RH-2.5 zone has a minimum lot width of 25’, and so on. Minimum lot size can affect you as follows: […]

HOW ZONING WORKS .. MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE Maximum lot coverage is a ratio of the land covered by the building to the open space on the lot. In our page 5.3-5 example, lots <30’ are permitted 50% coverage and all others are permitted 37.5%. It’s not given a letter or number in the outline, but […]