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{Ord.No. 94 3rd series, § 11, 9-24-2012) <br /> Sec. 78-1b84. -Standard hardcover exclusions. <br /> Landscaping with permeaBle lining shall not be considered hardcover. Additionally, the following <br /> hardcover items shall be exGuded from hardcover calculations: <br /> (1) Roads, traifs, sidewalks, utilities and ather hardcover encroachments intended for the public's <br /> benefit; <br /> (2) Hardcover encroachments created by impro�ements on adjacent property not owned by the <br /> subject landowner; <br /> a. In such cases o#encroachment, the square footage of all encroaching hardco►rer shall not <br /> be added to the overall hardco�er caunting against the subject fot; <br /> b. The land area upon which the encroachment rests shall count towards the overall lot area <br /> for the subject lot. <br /> {3) Retaining walls; <br /> (4) Handicapped ramps with a pervious surtace below; and <br /> {5) The first 100 square feet of pervious paver patios/walkways or the first 100 square feet of deck <br /> with a minimum one-fourth-inch spacing between boards and a petvious surface below the <br /> decking. <br /> (Ord. No. 94 3rd series, § 11,9-24-2012) <br /> Sec. 78-1685. - Massing standards. <br /> {1) Non-industrial zoning districts. Except for parcels zoned industriai, all lots in the stormwater qua[ity <br /> overlay district that ha�e a gross acreage of less than two acres shall comply with the following <br /> massing standards for structures. <br /> a. N9aximum total footprints allowed. <br /> 1. On lots equal to or greater than 10,OOfl square feet in area, the total combined footprints of <br /> all principal and accessory structures shall not exceed 15 percent of the gross lot area. <br /> 2. On lots of less than 1p,000 square feet in area, the total combined footprints of all principal <br /> and accessory structures shal! not exceed 1,500 square feet. <br /> b. Calculation of massing. The following shall be included in the calculation of the total combined <br /> footprints by structures: <br /> 1. All roofed sVuctures more than six feet above grade level. <br /> 2. Tennis courts, patios, decks, ar�d all similar open structures when partially or fulfy enclosed <br /> by fences, railings or walls which extend more than six feet above grade level{if any partion <br /> of such structures extends more than six feet above grade level, the entire structure shall <br /> count toward lot coverage}. <br /> (2) Industrial zoning district. For parcels zoned industrial, the following massing standarrls for structures <br /> shall apply. <br /> a. On lots equal to or less than three acres in area, the totaf cambined footprints of all principal and <br /> accessory structures shall not exceed 35 percent of the gross lot area. <br /> b. On lots greater than three acres in area, the total combined footprints of all principai and <br /> accessory structures shall nat excsed 45 percent of the gross iot area;exoept that when the tota! <br /> building floor area on a site is cont�ained within a single b�ilding, and when the total area used for <br /> Page 6 <br />