The purpose of the R-1, Single Family Residential District is to provide a range of choices of single family living environments, encouraging the development and maintenance of suitable neighborhoods for families and children, prohibiting uses of land that would adversely impact residential neighborhoods, and discouraging uses that would generate traffic on local streets in excess of normal traffic generated by the neighborhood. The intent of the district is to provide for an environment of predominantly single-family dwellings, along with other associated uses and facilities that serve the residents in the district, including but not limited to educational, cultural, and religious institutions, parks and playgrounds, and municipal facilities.
The R-1 District also recognizes those portions of the Mount Union College (College) campus that are located in the R-1 District and provides the opportunity for the College to continue to operate and grow within the context of this Ordinance in consideration of surrounding residential neighborhoods.