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SMALL-LOT RESIDENTIAL

This designation covers areas of primarily single-family detached residential use where accommodation of the
automobile is more visually dominant relative to more prominent green space in Suburban Residential character areas.
This is typically due to relatively smaller and narrower lots, and often with limited open space set-asides or amenities for
residents.
Primary Land Use Types
– Detached residential dwellings.

– Other attached residential forms (e.g., duplexes and multiplexes, patio homes, townhomes, multi-family, etc.) as
permitted by zoning or where not otherwise restricted.
– Planned developments, potentially with a mix of housing types and varying densities, subject to compatibility and
open space standards.
– Public/institutional uses (including certain public assembly uses such as places of worship).
– Parks and public spaces.
Characteristics

– Residential neighborhoods with narrower and
shallower lots, greater lot coverage and less openness
and separation between dwellings compared to
Suburban Residential areas.
– Auto Urban character, especially where driveways
and front-loading garages internalized within the
structure dominate the front yards and front facades
of homes. This can be offset by landscaping, “anti-
monotony” architectural standards and limitations
on “cookie cutter” subdivision layouts characterized
by straight streets and uniform lot sizes and
arrangement.
– Neighborhood-oriented commercial uses may
emerge over time and should be encouraged
on corner sites or other locations at the edge of
predominantly residential areas, at a scale and with a
site design that is compatible with nearby residential
uses.

Small-Lot Residential development along Heritage Court off
of Five Mile Road.

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