Ordinance Series 2012
Ordinance No. 12-08
An
Ordinance to Amend
Title 17
Of the Code of Emmitsburg
Entitled
Zoning
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Be It Enacted and Ordained by the
Board of Commissioners of the Town of Emmitsburg,
Maryland that Chapter 17.32.070 of the Emmitsburg
Municipal Code be, and it hereby is, amended as follows:
The amended section of this
regulation reads as follows with new language designated
by being in BOLD CAPITAL LETTERS, and language
being deleted designated by being stricken
through.
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7.32.070 Required lot area, lot width and yards in
residential districts.
Required lot area, lot width and yards in residential
districts are as follows, with yard measurements taken
from closest point of structure to the corresponding lot
line:
|
Minimum Lot Area Per Family
Dwelling Unit (Sq. Feet) |
Minimum Lot Width Per
Principal Structure
(Feet) |
Front (1) Yard Depth (Feet) |
Each Side Yard Width
(Feet)
(2)(3)(6)(7) |
Rear Yard Depth
(Feet) (6)(7) |
R-S DISTRICT
Single-family dwelling |
20,000(4) |
100 |
35 |
12 |
30 |
R-1 DISTRICT
Single-family dwelling |
12,000 |
85 |
35 |
12 |
30 |
R-2 DISTRICT
Single-family dwelling |
8,000 |
70 |
35 |
10 |
30 |
Duplex dwelling |
6,000 |
60 |
35 |
10 |
30 |
Town house |
(See Section
17.32.080)
|
R-3 DISTRICT
Single-family dwelling |
8,000 |
70 |
30 |
10 |
30 |
Duplex dwelling |
6,000 |
60 |
35 |
10 |
30 |
Multi-family dwelling |
6,000(5) |
— |
35 |
16 |
30 |
Town house |
(See Section
17.32.080)
|
Schools |
— |
— |
40 |
100 |
100 |
Churches |
— |
— |
40 |
100 |
100 |
Other permitted uses having
structures |
8,000 |
75 |
35 |
12 |
25 |
RESIDENTIAL ACCESSORY
STRUCTURES |
-- |
-- |
Same as principal structure |
6 |
6 |
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(1) Corner lots shall provide two front yards, and
two side yards.
(2) See Section 17.32.120
(3) Exceptions to yard requirements are allowed for
certain uses (Chapter 17.40).
(4) In the R-S residential district, developments of
more than ten lots may have no more than forty (40)
percent of the total number of lots from fifteen
thousand (15,000) to twenty thousand (20,000) square
feet in area.
(5) Does not include street right-of-way or floodplain.
(6) See section 17.32.110 for detached garage or car
canopy where lot width is thirty (30) feet or less as of
September 1, 2011.
(7) SEE SECTION 17.36.030 FOR RESIDENTIAL DETACHED
GARAGE OR CAR CANOPY IN VILLAGE ZONE WHERE LOT WIDTH IS
THIRTY (30) FEET OR LESS AS OF MAY 1, 2012.
Section II. Be it Further Resolved, Enacted and
Ordained that this Ordinance shall take effect on
the date on which the Mayor approves the Ordinance after
passing by the Board of Commissioners or on the date on
which the Board of Commissioners pass the Ordinance over
the veto of the Mayor.
Passed this 21st day of May, 01, by a vote of
5 for, 0 against, 0 absent, and 0 abstain.
ATTEST:
By: /s/ Vickie L. Felix, Recording
Secretary
Board of Commissioners
By: /s/ Christopher Staiger, President
Approved this 21st day of May 2012.
By: /s/ Donald Briggs, Mayor
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