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• <br /> • <br /> 12217 <br /> • Article XII <br /> DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REGULATIONS <br /> Section 15-181 Minimum Lot Size Requirements. <br /> Subject to the provisions of Sections 15-186 (Cluster <br /> Subdivisions) and 15-187 (Architecturally Integrated <br /> ' Subdivisions) , all lots in the following zones shall have at <br /> least the amount of square footage indicated in the following <br /> table: <br /> (AMENDED 5/12/81; 12/7/83; 2/4/86) <br /> Zone Minimum Square Feet <br /> R-2 40,000 except that the size may be reduced to <br /> 2 , 000 square feet in an architecturally <br /> integrated subdivision on a tract of at least <br /> 40,000 square feet. <br /> R-3 3,000 <br /> R-7.5 7,500 <br /> R-10 10,000 <br /> R-S.I.R. 10,000 <br /> R-15 15,000 <br /> R-20 20,000 <br /> RR 20,000 <br /> R-40 40,000 <br /> R-60 80,000 <br /> C No Minimum <br /> 8-1(c) None <br /> • 3-1 (g) 3,000 for residential; otherwise no minimum <br /> 8-2 7,500 <br /> 8-3 7 , 500 if used for residential purposes; <br /> otherwise no minimum <br /> B-4 Same as 8-1(g) <br /> 8-5 43,680 ( 1 acre) • <br /> M-1 No Minimum <br /> M-2 No Minimum <br /> WM-3 40,000 <br /> CT 40,000 <br /> Section 15-182 Residential Density. <br /> (a) Subject to the other provisions of this section and the <br /> provisions of Section 15-186 (Cluster Subdivisions) , 15-187 <br /> (Architecturally Integrated Subdivisions) and 15-182. 1 (Density <br /> ' in R-SIR Zoning) , every lot developed for residential purposes <br /> shall have the number of square feet per dwelling unit indicated <br /> in the following table. . In determining the number of dwelling <br /> units permissible on a tract of land (by dividing the total <br /> ' number of square feet the tract contains by the minimum per <br /> dwelling unit) , fractions shall be dropped. (AMENDED 4/24/84; <br /> • • 1/22/85; 2/4/86) <br /> Page 1 <br />