ZONING & SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS

St. Albans Guide to the Rewrite Process

WHAT IS ZONING?

 Zoning is the most common way in which municipalities regulate the land uses and physical development       Districts: Division of Uses Minimum Lot Sizes Setbacks Minimum Frontage Maximum Height Maximum building and lot coverage  These Regulations are codified in our zoning bylaws

ZONING DISTRICTS

 What you can build depends on where—or in what ‘zone’—your property is.

 The Town uses zoning to group land into different districts, or zones, with rules about what you can build in each         St. Albans Zoning Districts: Rural Residential Residential Commercial Light Industrial Heavy Industrial Conservation Lakeshore

ZONING MAP

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Each Zoning district has permitted, conditional and prohibited uses

Accessory Dwelling Agribusiness Agricultural Structures Agricultural Uses Church Day Care Center Educational Facility Essential Public Services Forestry Funeral Home Home Child Care Indoor Recreation Indoor Storage Multi-Family Dwelling PUD Sawmill Seawalls Single Family Dwelling Tourist Home Two family dwelling

Use

P C P P C C C C P P C C P P P C C P

Rural

P C C P P C P P P C C C P

Residential

PERMITTED CONDITIONAL & PROHIBITED USES

MINIMUM LOT SIZES Lot si z e i s c al culated by m ultiplying t he l ot w i dth by l ot dept h.

FY – Front Yard Setback RY – Rear Yard Setback SY – Side Yard Setback SETBACKS T he ho r i zont al di stance from a st r ucture to t he pro per ty l i ne

FRONTAGE T he po r tion o f a l ot abut ting a st r eet and si t uated bet ween l ot l i nes i nter secting suc h st r eet.

Height Ground MAXIMUM HEIGHT

LOT COVERAGE T he perc entage o f a l ot ’s ar ea t hat i s c overed by i m per vious sur faces.

WHAT IS SUBDIVISION?

 Subdivision is dividing land into multiple parcels or lots  Subdivision regulations control how land is divided to accommodate uses and support infrastructure

 Permit flexibility in the application of land development regulations PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT