§ VIII-4

Use limitations and dimensional requirements

A. A compound shall include not more than three (3) single-family dwelling units having frontage in common on a public road and sharing a private access road held in common.
B. Restrictive covenants shall prohibit further division of land within the compound.
C. The only permitted use shall be single-family residential and uses customarily accessory to residences, except that no apartments or so-called in-law apartments shall be permitted.

D. The number of dwelling houses (not to exceed three (3) in any event) which can be placed on a tract in a compound development shall be determined by taking the total area of the tract, subtracting the area of any wetlands and/or waterbodies and dividing the result by two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) and rounding off to the lowest whole number.

Example:	area	900,000 sq. ft
	LESS wetlands	100,000
		800,000
DIVIDED BY 250,000			=3
Example:	area	600,000 sq. ft.
Example:	area	900,000 sq. ft.
	LESS pond	20,000
		580,000
DIVIDED BY 250,000 (rounded down)			=2
Example:	area	1,200,000 sq. ft.
	LESS wetlands	40,000
		1,160,000
DIVIDED BY 250,000 (rounded down)			=4
Maximum			=3

E. The minimum dimensions for lots within the compound shall be:

Minimum lot size	120,000 sq. ft. (1)
Minimum lot width (on right of way) (2)	300 ft.
Minimum front yard depth	50 ft.
Minimum side yard depth	35 ft.
Minimum rear yard depth	60 ft.
Maximum building coverage	15%
Maximum building height	30 ft.

- (1) Note: The difference between the square feet (two hundred fifty thousand (250,000)) used in the formula for figuring maximum number of dwellings, as set forth in section D, and the minimum lot size (one hundred twenty thousand (120,000) sq. ft.) set forth in this article is intentional.
- (2) The minimum frontage of the entire compound on a public highway shall be at least fifty (50) feet in order to allow a common right-of-way. The plan commission shall specify the construction requirements for the common right-of-way and they shall be such as to permit access by public safety vehicles and equipment (police, fire, rescue, ambulance, etc.).
F. Land in excess of that required to meet minimum lot size requirements and for the common right-of-way shall subject to the approval of the plan commission and the rules and regulations of the plan commission, either:
- (1) Be allocated to the lots within the compound, in which case there shall be no commonly owned land other than the common right-of-way, [or]
- (2) Be devoted to common open space, or
- (3) Be allocated in part to lots within the compound and in part to common open space, or
- (4) Be allocated in whole or in part to public use.
G. In allocating excess land to specific lots, lot sizes need not be equal so long as each lot complies with the minimum dimensions set forth in section E.
H. No town services shall be provided in maintenance or plowing of the common right-of-way; nor shall any school buses be required or permitted to travel on the common right-of-way; nor shall rubbish or garbage pick up be made on the common right-of-way; nor shall any street lighting be provided on the common right-of-way.
I. Driveways for access to the proposed houses shall conform to the following:
- 1. A minimum length of fifty (50) feet, from the existing town road, shall be constructed with bituminous pavement, in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the plan commission.

(Ord. of 8-8-96(5); Ord. of 4-23-98(5))