St. Albans Guide to the Rewrite Process

ZONING & SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS

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

WHAT IS ZONING?

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 DISTRICTS

ZONING MAP

Each Zoning district has permitted, conditional and prohibited uses

PERMITTED CONDITIONAL & PROHIBITED USES

Use Rural Residential Accessory Dwelling P PAgribusiness C Agricultural Structures P PAgricultural Uses P PChurch C CDay Care Center C CEducational Facility C CEssential Public Services C Forestry P Funeral Home Home Child Care P PIndoor Recreation C Indoor Storage C Multi-Family Dwelling CPUD C CSawmill C Seawalls P PSingle Family Dwelling P PTourist Home P CTwo family dwelling P P

Lot size is calculated by mult iplying the lot width by lot depth.

MINIMUM LOT SIZES

The horizontal distance from a structure to the property l ine

SETBACKS

FY – Front Yard SetbackRY – Rear Yard SetbackSY – Side Yard Setback

The portion of a lot abutting a street and situated between lot l ines intersecting such street.

FRONTAGE

MAXIMUM HEIGHT

Height Height

Ground

The percentage of a lot’s area that is covered by impervious surfaces.

LOT COVERAGE

Subdivision is dividing land into multiple parcels or lots

Subdivision regulations control how land is divided to accommodate uses and support infrastructure

WHAT IS SUBDIVISION?

PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT

Permit flexibility in the application of land development regulations