FAQs
- Deed
- Plans with Elevations
- PDF
- 11 X 17 hard copy (we do not want 24 X 36 plans)
- Plot plan showing location of structure on property
- PDF
- Hard copy
- Contractor Name and Contractor Information
- Payment
- Inspections
- Footing (after forms are installed, prior to footings being poured to determine ground suitability)
- Foundation (after forms are removed, damp proof, drains, silt protection in place and before backfilling)
- Sub Floor Plumbing (plumbing that will be in the slab before concrete is poured)
- Rough In
- Framing
- Electrical
- Plumbing
- Erosion and Sedimentation Control
- Septic (scarification)
- Septic (leech bed)
- Electrical Inspection (temporary and/or permanent)
- Electrical Service Inspection
- Insulation
- Final (only to be done when project is completely finished)
TABLE 7.2 SPACE AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS [AMENDED 6/19/21, 11/08/22; 6/17/24] | ||||||||||
District | Minimum Lot Area Per Dwelling Unit | Maximum Residential Density1 (Acres) | Maximum Dwelling Units per Vacant Lot (Residential) | Maximum Dwelling Units per Lot with Existing Dwelling Unit6,7 | Maxim um Lot Cover age (%) | Street Frontage | Structure Setback From Property Lines (Feet) | Maximum Structure Height (Feet)3 | ||
Front | Side | Rear | ||||||||
Village Center 2 | 1 acre4 | N/A | See Note 8 | See Note 8 | 70% | 100’ MIN | 10’ MIN | 10’ MIN | 5’ MIN |
3 stories, no higher than 50 feet |
Village Residential | 1 acre | 1 Residential unit per acre; Subdivisions – 1 residential unit per net residential acre | 2 units | 3 units | 30% | Routes 9, 115 and 231 – Min 200 feet; Other streets – Min 100 feet | 20’Min | 10’ MIN | 10’ MIN |
2.5 stories, no higher than 35 feet |
Farm and Forest 5 | 3 acres | 1 Residential unit per 3 acres; Subdivisions – 1 residential unit per 3 net residential acres | 2 units | 3 units | 20% | Min 200 feet | 50’Min | 20’MIN | 20’ MIN |
2.5 stories, no higher than 35 feet |
Residential Shoreland | 3 acres | 1 Residential unit per 3 acres; Subdivisions – 1 residential unit per 3 net residential acres | 2 units | 3 units | 20% | Min 200 feet | 50’Min | 20’ MIN | 20’ MIN | 35’ |
Resource Protection | 3 acres | 1 Residential unit per 3 acres; Subdivisions – 1 residential unit per 3 net residential acres | 2 units | 3 units | 20% | Min 200 feet | 50’Min | 20’ MIN | 20’ MIN | 35’ |
Royal River Corridor Overlay |
3 acres |
Same as underlying district |
Same as underlying district |
Groundwater Protection Overlay | Single lots not part of a subdivision must meet the minimums for the underlying district; no reduction in lot size shall be permitted. | Same as underlying district | Same as underlying district |
Footnotes Key --
- Refer to Section 7.6.C. Calculation of Net Residential Density and Net Residential Acreage for standards related to Maximum Residential Density.
- Refer to Section 7.6.D. Pocket Neighborhoods for additional standards related to Pocket Neighborhoods.
- Maximum Structure Height is not applicable to wireless communication towers, windmills, antennas, barn silos and structures having no floor area.
- Minimum Lot Size:
- The minimum lot size can be reduced in the VC to 20,000 square feet when the lot is served by an advanced wastewater treatment system, or the existing system is retrofitted with an advanced wastewater system that meets or exceeds the standards and requirements imposed by Section 11.11.B of this Article.
- Gallon Per Day (GPD) design flows may be utilized when presented and proven to not exceed the assumed 4 bedroom or 360 GPD flows of a typical residential home per lot; this type of development requires Planning Board approval.
- Pocket Neighborhoods allow for the use of reduced lot size below 20,000 square feet; refer to Section 7.6.D. for more information.
- Open space or clustered subdivisions are mandatory in the Farm and Forest Zoning District and at least 50% of the total parcel must be preserved; refer to Section 11.3 Cluster Housing Development and Open Space Development for more information.
- Additional units may be constructed as a) one unit within or attached to the existing dwelling unit; b) one unit detached; or c) one of each.
- If a property owner tears down an existing dwelling unit in order to construct more dwelling units, the lot shall be treated as if the dwelling unit were still in existence for purposes of redevelopment.
- Maximum number of dwelling units per lot is as set forth in Section 10.4.
- When the window is in the normal open position the opening must be at least 5.7 square feet in area.
- A times B must be equal at least 820.8 square inches.
- The width of the opening must be at least 20 inches.
- The height of the opening must be at least 24 inches.
- 20 X 24 only equals 480 square inches, not enough.
- 32 X 26 = 832 square inches. 832 divided by 144 equals 5.7777 square feet.