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Town of Jamestown Zoning Ordinance
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§ 82-1203.6

Dimensional requirements

  • A. A CCD may be developed with dwelling units on separate lots, a single lot, or a combination thereof.

  • B. No detached accessory structures shall be allowed except as development facilities such as storage sheds, garages, utility structures, or similar common facilities.

  • C. Dwelling units shall be separated by a minimum of ten feet from the side edge of one building to another. Where attached architectural features such as eaves, window bays, bulkheads, etc. project into the space between residences, the ten-foot separation shall be measured from the outside edge of these features.

  • D. Dwelling units not abutting or oriented towards a right-of-way shall have a front yard oriented towards the common open space.

  • E. The total habitable floor area, as defined in section 82-104 of the zoning ordinance, of each cottage unit shall not exceed 1,200 square feet. No building footprint, excluding any enclosed porch area, shall exceed 800 square feet. Habitable floor area in a two-story cottage for the second floor shall not exceed 400 square feet.

  • F. The distance between the front building edge and the right-of-way or the edge of the common space shall be at least 15 feet.

  • G. The building height for all structures shall not exceed 22 feet.

  • H. The nearest building in the cottage community shall not be closer than 50 feet from the lot line of any abutting residential use.

  • I. Accessory dwelling units are not allowed within a CCD.

(Ord. of 2-3-2025(1), § 1(Exh. A))