What the Apex zoning ordinance says about lot coverage, district by district. Section numbers link to the official ordinance.
Maximum built-upon area 50 percent for single family and all other uses; 60 percent for schools. Maximum density 0.2 gross units per acre for single family and all other uses (Sec. 5.2.3.B for single family; Sec. 4.4 for other uses).
Maximum built-upon area 50 percent for single family, farm residence, and congregate living facility. Maximum density: single family and farm residence 1 gross unit per acre; congregate living facility 5 gross units per acre (Sec. 5.2.2.F, Sec. 5.2.3.B).
Maximum built-upon area 60 percent for single family and church or place of worship; 70 percent for schools. Maximum density for single family 3 gross units per acre (Sec. 5.2.3.B).
Maximum built-upon area: single family and duplexes 60 percent, townhouses (detached) 65 percent. Maximum density: single family and duplexes 6 gross units per acre; townhouses (detached) 7 gross units per acre (Sec. 4.4.1.J).
Maximum built-upon area 65 percent for single family, duplexes, townhouses, and townhouses (detached). Maximum density: duplexes 8 gross units per acre; townhouses (detached) 7 gross units per acre (Sec. 4.4.1.J); single family has no listed density cap in this chart.
Maximum built-upon area 65 percent across all HDMF use rows in this chart. Maximum density: duplexes/triplexes/quadplexes 14 gross units per acre; congregate living/nursing facilities 21 gross units per acre; multi-family/apartments 14 gross units per acre; townhouses (detached) 7 gross units per acre (Sec. 5.2.2.F; Sec. 4.4.1.J).
Maximum built-upon area 65 percent. Maximum density 6 gross units per acre for manufactured home and single family home.
Maximum built-upon area 65 percent. Maximum density 8 gross units per acre for mobile home.
Maximum built-upon area 70 percent across MORR use rows (townhouses detached: 65 percent). Maximum density: single family 8 gross units per acre; duplex/multi-family/apartments 12; congregate living/nursing facility 18; townhouses, detached 7 (Sec. 5.2.2.F; Sec. 4.4.1.J).
Maximum built-upon area 65 percent for ambulatory healthcare, hospital, and nursing/convalescent facility; 70 percent for office/business/professional, medical/dental office, government services, and schools. Nursing/convalescent facility density: 12 units per acre (Sec. 5.2.2.F).
Maximum built-upon area 70 percent across every use row in the B1 chart, including office/business/professional, medical/dental office, government services, schools, and all other uses.
Base B2 maximum built-upon area is 70 percent, except government services and all other uses are excluded from the Maximum Built-Upon Area requirement within the Central Business District as defined in Sec. 12.2. Within the Small Town Character Overlay's Central Business District row, maximum built-upon area is 100 percent.
Maximum built-upon area 70 percent for all other uses. (The Central Business District coverage exclusion in Sec. 12.2 applies to B2's "all other uses" and "government services" rows, not to B3.)
Maximum built-upon area 70 percent across PC use rows. Nursing/convalescent facility density: 21 units per acre.
Maximum built-upon area 70 percent.
Maximum built-upon area 70 percent.
Maximum built-upon area 70 percent.
Maximum built-upon area 60 percent.
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