Ordinance
  M Streets Conservation District Ordinance
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PREAMBLE
SECTION 1. Approval of the conceptual plan.
SECTION 2. Creation of the conservation district.
SECTION 3. Purpose.
SECTION 4. Zoning district maps.
SECTION 5. Penalty clause.
SECTION 6. Saving clause.
SECTION 7. Severability clause.
SECTION 8. Effective date.
EXHIBIT A: M STREETS CONSERVATION DISTRICT REGULATIONS
     (a) Interpretations and definitions
     (b) Conceptual Plan
     (c) Nonconforming Structures
     (d) Development Standards
          (1) Use
          (2) Conversions or additions
          (3) Lot size
          (4) Lot width
          (5) Lot coverage
          (6) Height
          (7) Front yard setback for main structures
          (8) Side yard setbacks for main structures
          (9) Rear yard setback for main structures
          (10) Stories
          (11) Accessory structures, garages, and carports
          (12) Roofing materials
          (13) Fences and walls
          (14) Driveways and curbing
          (15) Front yards and parkways
          (16) Retaining walls
          (17) Parkway trees
          (18) Windows and doors 11
     (e) Architectural standards for new construction
          (1) Applicability
          (2) Style
          (3) Materials
          (4) Front facade dimensions
          (5) Roof form
          (6) Foundation
          (7) Steps
          (8) Front porches
          (9) Front facade windows
          (10) Chimneys
          (11) Dormers and eyebrows
          (12) Optional architectural design features
     (f) Architectural standards for remodeling High Tudor and Tudor Cottage houses
          (1) Applicability
          (2) Materials
          (3) Porte cocheres
          (4) Architectural design features
     (g) Demolition of High Tudor houses
     (h) Architectural standards for remodeling and reconstruction of non-Tudor houses
     (i) Architectural standards for Craftsman houses
          (1) Applicability
          (2) Materials
          (3) Roof form
          (4) Windows
          (5) Front porches
     (j) Architectural standards for Spanish Revival houses
          (1) Applicability
          (2) Materials
          (3) Roofs
          (4) Windows
          (5) Arches
     (k) Architectural standards for Minimal Traditional houses
          (1) Applicability
          (2) Materials
          (3) Roofs
          (4) Windows
          (5) Front porches
     (l) Architectural standards for Neo-Colonial houses
          (1) Applicability
          (2) Materials
          (3) Roof form
          (4) Windows
          (5) Front door
     (m) Architectural standards for Ranch houses
          (1) Applicability
          (2) Materials
          (3) Roof form
          (4) Windows
     (n) Architectural standards for Contemporary houses
          (1) Applicability
          (2) Style and materials
     (o) Procedures
          (1) Review form application
          (2) Posting of architectural plans
          (3) Work requiring a building permit
          (4) Work not requiring a building permit
          (5) Appeals
 

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