FAR Comparison Across Zones
Greenwich Homeowners in Conservation Zones

 

 

Read Bud Dealys Columns on Greenwich Issues and Real Estate

DOES THIS SEEM UPSIDE DOWN TO YOU?

LARGER HOMES ARE ALLOWED IN ZONES CLOSER TO TOWN WITH THE

SMALLEST SETBACKS.  No wonder most of the complaints about homes appearing

out of scale are from the R-6 to R-20 zones. 

Comparison of Home Size on Same Size Lot in Different Zones

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Half Acre Lot

 

One Acre Lot

Two Acre Lot

Four Acre Lot

R4

1,599

 

3,131.000

 

5990

 

10890

 

R2

2254

 

4,312.000

 

7841

 

15682

 

R1

3234

 

5,880.000

 

11761

 

 

 

R20

4901

 

9,801.000

 

19602

 

 

 

R12

6860

 

13,721.000

 

 

 

 

 

R7

7200

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R6

11000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There has been no analysis presented by the P&Z of what size property a

particular lot size can support.  If a one acre lot in the R20 Zone can support

a 9,801 square foot house why is the same one acre lot in the R4 Zone only

allowed 3,131 square feet?  When the setbacks in the R4 zone are much larger,

so the home would be built much further from the street and any neighbors?

DOES THIS MAKE SENSE TO YOU?